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Fast Forward Nikki Haley Willl Throw A Party For Nations That Didn’t Defy The U.S. On Jerusalem
(JTA) — To thank the 65 countries that did not support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s position on Jerusalem, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley invited her counterparts from those states to a festive reception. Haley extended the invitation Thursday, hours after a resolution condemning Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital passed…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Woman Gives Birth To 20th Child — At 42
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox grandmother’s delivery of her 20th child was no big deal to her, but it was an exciting event for the maternity department staff at Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem. Wednesday’s delivery, a boy, was a natural birth. It was the 42-year-old woman’s 19th delivery, according to the…
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Fast Forward Glenn Thrush Will Resume Work At Times After Suspension
NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York Times said Glenn Thrush, who was suspended following allegations he made unwanted advances toward female journalists, will resume reporting duties. The Times said on Wednesday that Thrush will be suspended until late January and then return to work. However, the paper said Thrush, who was its prominent Washington,…
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Fast Forward South Africa’s Ruling African National Congress Downgrades Embassy In Israel
(JTA) — South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, announced that it will downgrade the country’s embassy in Israel to a liaison office. The decision made late Wednesday night during the ANC’s national conference in Johannesburg came less than a day before the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution rejecting any recognition of Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Rant Outside Israeli Restaurant In Berlin Goes Viral
BERLIN (JTA) — A video of a 60-year-old man spewing an anti-Semitic rant outside an Israeli restaurant in Berlin has gone viral. The six-minute video of the man haranguing restaurateur Yorai Feinberg on Tuesday has been viewed more than 600,000 times on the internet since it was posted the same day. The man was released…
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Fast Forward Corsica Just Had Its First Hanukkah Celebration Ever
(JTA) — Corsica saw its first public celebration of Hanukkah in its recorded history, according to the French Mediterranean island’s only rabbi. The event took place in the central Foch Square of the capital Ajaccio on Tuesday, the last of the Jewish holiday’s eight days, on which Jews light menorahs with candles, the Corse-Matin daily…
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Fast Forward Thousands Attend Israel Funeral Of Mom and 3 Children Killed In Brooklyn Hanukkah House Fire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral in Israel for a woman and her three children killed in a house fire in Brooklyn. The funeral was held in Holon near Tel Aviv, where the mother, Aliza Azan grew up. Moshe, 11; Yitzah, 7, and Henrietta, 3, also died in the early Monday morning blaze….
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Fast Forward Nazi Guard Says Jail Sentence Violates His ‘Right To Life’
(JTA) — A 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard who was deemed fit to serve a prison sentence has challenged his jail sentence arguing that it violates his “right to life.” Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in July 2015 to four years in jail for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the…
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