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Fast Forward Jewish Republican Defends Inviting Messianic Rabbi To Pray For Pittsburgh With Pence
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Lena Epstein, a Jewish Republican nominee for Congress in Michigan, defended inviting a Messianic Jew to an event that starred Vice President Mike Pence, to say a prayer marking the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. “I invited the prayer because we must unite as a nation — while embracing our religious differences…
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Fast Forward ‘Lou Dobbs’ Show Yanked By Fox For Anti-Semitic Dog Whistle On Night Of Synagogue Massacre
(JTA) — Fox Business Network announced that it is pulling a recent broadcast of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” featuring a guest commenting on the “Soros-occupied State Department.” “We condemn the rhetoric by the guest on Lou Dobbs Tonight,” said Gary Schreier, the network’s senior vice president of programming, in a statement. “This episode was a repeat…
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Fast Forward Israel Opposition Chief Says Pittsburgh Shooting Should Teach Jews To Make Aliyah
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli opposition leader Avi Gabbay stirred controversy by saying that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting should spur American Jews to move to Israel. While others focused on sending sympathy, the tone-deaf Gabbay called “upon the Jews of the United States to immigrate more and more to Israel, because this is their home.” In…
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Breaking News Jewish World Stunned By ‘Devastating’ Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
Jewish leaders, politicians and Israeli leaders react with horror
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Is First Israeli Head Of State To Visit Oman Since 1996
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the first visit to Oman by an Israeli head of state since 1996. Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, along with Mossad head Yossi Cohen and others, visited the Gulf state earlier this week and returned Friday, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The trip to Oman, an Arab…
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Fast Forward British Fashion Mogul Accused Of Sexual Harassment
(JTA) — Philip Green, a British fashion mogul, is accused of sexually harassing and at times abusing in a racist manner at least five of his employees and then buying their silence, a lawmaker said. The accusations surfaced Thursday in the British House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British parliament. A member of…
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Fast Forward GW Student Bar President Ordered To Resign Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Comment
(JTA) — The senate of the Student Bar Association at George Washington University has called on the organization’s president to resign after she allegedly made an anti-Semitic comment. The resolution passed Tuesday night calls on Ali Kingston to step down by Monday, according to The Hatchet, the university’s student newspaper. Kingston is alleged by members…
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Fast Forward House Majority Leader Deletes Tweet Saying Soros, Bloomberg Are Buying Midterms
(JTA) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused George Soros, Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg of trying to “buy” the upcoming elections for Democrats. The Republican congressman from California tweeted a video of himself making the comments on Tuesday and temporarily pinned it to the top of his feed before deleting the Twitter post entirely….
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