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Fast Forward Israeli Apple Users File $125 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Slowdown
(JTA) — A class action lawsuit was filed in Israel against Apple accusing the company of breaching its duty toward users by failing to disclose that “innocent” software updates would slow the performance of older model iPhones. The $125 million lawsuit was filed on Monday in Tel Aviv and comes on the heels of at…
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Fast Forward JDL Member Indicted For Assault On Arab Teacher Outside AIPAC Convention
(JTA) — A Canadian member of the Jewish Defense League was indicted by a grand jury for charges that include an assault on an Arab teacher outside the AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. Yosef Steynovitz, 32, of Thornhill, Ontario, faces one count of assaulting a man with a dangerous weapon and one count of assaulting…
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Fast Forward Jerry Yellin, Who Flew The Last Combat Mission Of World War II, Dies At 93
(JTA) — Jerry Yellin, who flew the last combat mission of World War II and later helped fellow veterans overcome their trauma, has died. Yellin died Thursday in Florida at the home of one of his four sons after battling lung cancer. He was 93. Yellin, a lieutenant in the U.S. in the 78th Fighter…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Greek Anarchists Vandalize Israeli Embassy In Athens
(JTA) — Members of an anarchist group in Greece vandalized the Israeli embassy in Athens using bottles of red paint. The group, Rubicon, filmed themselves committing the early-morning attack on Monday and posted the video online. The video shows the members of the group riding up to the embassy building on motorcycles and throwing the…
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Fast Forward French Publishing House Pulps Kids’ Paper Claiming Israel ‘Not A Real Country’
(JTA) — One of France’s oldest publishing houses announces the recall of a magazine for children featuring trivia game cards stating that Israel and North Korea are not real countries. The cards that appeared in the January 2018 edition of the Youpi magazine, which belongs to the Groupe Bayard publishing house, read: “197: We call…
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Fast Forward Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Concert: ‘Right Decision At This Time’
(JTA) — Pop star Lorde said in an statement it is the “right decision at this time” to cancel a summer concert in Israel. The singer, 21, said that she educated herself about Israel before booking the June concert announced a week ago but that “I didn’t make the right call on this one.” In…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Truck Driver Rants ‘Hitler Was A Great Man’ In Jewish London Neighborhood
(JTA) — A van driver let loose an anti-Semitic rant during a road-rage incident in north London’s Stamford Hills neighborhood. The incident took place on Friday afternoon as the Jewish Sabbath was approaching, over a parking space. Stamford Hills is home to a large population of haredi Orthodox Jews. The driver repeatedly said “Hitler was…
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Fast Forward Teenage Boy Kills Girlfriend’s Parents Who Thought He Was A Neo-Nazi
(JTA) — A teenage boy shot and killed the parents of his girlfriend after they convinced her not to see him anymore because he was an “outspoken neo Nazi.” The boy, 17, of Lorton, Virginia, on Friday shot and seriously injured himself after killing his girlfriend’s parents in their home. He was charged on Saturday…
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