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Fast Forward Israel To Limit Contact With Austrian Ministries Headed By Far-Right Party
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it would limit its contact with the ministries in the new Austrian government headed by the far-right Freedom Party to the professional staff. The Freedom Party holds the interior, defense and foreign ministries in a coalition government with the conservative People’s Party that was sworn in Monday. It…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Town Pulls Back From Bid To Ban Eruv
(JTA) — A New Jersey township has rescinded a proposed ordinance that would have prevented the construction of an eruv. The Mahwah Township Council voted Thursday night to withdraw a measure that would have prohibited the posting on utility poles of “other matter,” which would include the white PVC pipes used to demarcate the artificial…
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Fast Forward Two IDF Soldiers Arrested For Brutal Attack On Druze Soldier
(JTA) — Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were arrested Sunday night in connection with an on-base attack against a Druze soldier. The soldier, who said he was attacked and beaten by fellow soldiers on his base in northern Israel, was taken to the hospital with a broken nose, and cuts on his head and face….
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Fast Forward Menorah In Kiev Vandalized With Swastika And Doused In ‘Blood’
(JTA) — A Hanukkah menorah at a synagogue in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev was doused with red liquid resembling blood and vandalized by unidentified perpetrators who drew a swastika on it. The incident happened Sunday at Podol synagogue in Kiev, according to Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee. The several foot tall menorah…
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Fast Forward Miami Village Is First Town To Pass Anti-Semitism Law
(JTA) — A Miami-area village council passed an ordinance that helps police define and investigate anti-Semitic acts as hate crimes. The Bal Harbour Village Council unanimously passed the ordinance, the first of its kind for a municipality, the Miami Herald reported. The ordinance was passed by the five-member council on Dec. 13 and took effect…
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Fast Forward Wheelchair-Bound Palestinian Killed By Israeli Troops Is Mourned By Thousands
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian man shot during clashes with Israeli troops. Ibrahim Abu Thurayya, 29, was one of four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Two of the Palestinians were killed on the border with the Gaza, and two were killed in…
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Fast Forward Women Gets Death Threats For Standing Up To ‘Modesty Police’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least two of the women who asked Israel’s Supreme Court to remove signs that demand women dress modestly have been targeted with death threats. The women said they received calls on Thursday and Friday threatening them with a kabbalistic ritual calling for their deaths, Ynet reported. Posters also were hung in…
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Fast Forward ‘Anti-Semitic’ New Jersey Imam Will Get ‘Retraining’
(JTA) — The imam of a New Jersey mosque will be sent for “retraining” after delivering anti-Semitic sermons. Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby, imam of the Islamic Center of Jersey City, in a sermon earlier this month, called Jews “apes and pigs,” and urged his followers to: “Count them one by one, and kill them down to the…
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