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Fast Forward Will This Beauty Become First Jewish Miss Germany?
(JTA) — A Jewish woman has qualified for the final round of the Miss Germany 2018 contest. Tamar Morali, 21, won the title of Miss Internet over the weekend, which qualifies her to compete against about 20 other women who have won in other categories to become Miss Germany. She was chosen among the 10 contestants…
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Fast Forward London Jews Call For Coroner’s Firing Over Delayed Burials
(JTA) — A Jewish burial society has called for the removal of a London coroner over delayed Jewish burials. Mary Hassell, the senior coroner at the St. Pancras coroner’s office in central London, told Jewish leaders in a letter that “no death will be prioritized in any way over any other because of the religion of…
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Fast Forward British Chabad Slams Jews Who Danced With Sex Offender’s Donated Torah Scroll
(JTA) — Leaders of Chabad in the United Kingdom condemned the hosting in one of their movement’s synagogues of a religious ceremony honoring the donation of a Torah scroll by a sex offender. Chabad UK has issued a “wide and loud condemnation of the celebrant and the event,” a spokesperson for the movement told The…
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Fast Forward Landlords Union Inadvertently Used A Picture Of Auschwitz On Twitter
(JTA) — The Landlords Union, an organization in the United Kingdom, is under fire for using a photo of Auschwitz to illustrate a news release about new government policies against rogue landlords. The image reportedly first appeared on the news release on the union’s property118.com website two weeks ago, the British tabloid Metro reported, but…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Killed In Clashes With Israeli Troops
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers near Qalqilya in the West Bank. Dozens of Palestinians were protesting in Jayyus, located near the western border of the West Bank, and began throwing rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers deployed near Qalqilya. The soldiers responded with riot dispersal methods and…
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Fast Forward U.S. Denies Visa For Controversial Israeli Singer To Perform At U.N.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United States embassy in Israel has declined a visa request by Israeli singer Amir Benayoun, who is scheduled to perform a song he wrote at the United Nations’ annual ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Benayoun is scheduled to be joined on stage at the U.N. in New York by singers…
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Fast Forward Abbas Denies Jewish Connection To Israel In Speech To Palestinian Leadership
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denied a Jewish connection to Israel in a speech to the Palestinian leadership. “Israel is a colonial project that has nothing to do with Jews,” Abbas said during a more than two-hour speech in Ramallah, to a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Council. The two-day…
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Fast Forward Israeli DACA Recipient Facing Deportation After Accidentally Entering Mexico
(JTA) — An Israeli citizen living in California under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status was jailed for nearly a week and threatened with deportation after making a wrong turn at the U.S.-Mexico border. Orr Yakobi, 22, is a senior at the University of California, San Diego. He was brought to the U.S. by…
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