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Fast Forward Jewish Activist Joins Ticket Of Former NAACP Head Running For Maryland Governor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A top former Jewish community official has joined the ticket of a one-time NAACP president in the latter’s bid for Maryland governor. Susan Turnbull, who chaired the Jewish Council for Public Affairs from 2014 to 2016, would become lieutenant governor should Ben Jealous be elected. Regional newspapers reported Jealous’ pick on Wednesday….
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Fast Forward White House: Reports Of Israel Embassy Move Are ‘Premature’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House labeled as “premature” a report in the Israeli media that President Donald Trump was set to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. “We have nothing to announce,” a White House official told JTA on Wednesday. Trump has until this weekend to issue a waiver suspending for six months a…
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Fast Forward Why Were People Allowed To Play Naked Tag In A Nazi Gas Chamber?
(JTA) — Groups representing Holocaust survivors have asked Poland’s president to explain why artists were allowed to film a naked game of tag inside a gas chamber in the former Nazi death camp of Stutthof. On Wednesday, the Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and several other groups sent the request…
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Fast Forward ‘Nazi Grandma’ Will Serve Jail Time In Germany For Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — The octogenarian known as the “Nazi Grandma” will serve 14 months in a German prison for Holocaust denial after losing an appeal on one of several convictions. Ursula Haverbeck, 89, was sentenced Tuesday by a district appeals court in Detmold for repeatedly denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in Germany. In September…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Targeted By Adelson Can Sue, Court Rules
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Jewish Democrats may countersue casino magnate Sheldon Adelson now that lower courts have dismissed his libel lawsuit against them. Adelson had sued the National Jewish Democratic Council in 2012 over an online petition alleging the Republican donor allowed prostitution at his casino in Macau. The…
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Fast Forward Jews Most Targeted By Hate Crimes In Canada
MONTREAL (JTA) **— **Jews were the most targeted minority group for hate crimes in Canada in 2016, according to data released by Statistics Canada, the country’s main numbers-keeper. According to “Police-Reported Hate Crime, 2016,” released Tuesday, Jews were victimized 221 times, up from 178 the previous year, a rise of more than 20 percent. Blacks…
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Fast Forward U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gets A Torah Scroll
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish sailors aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford now have a Torah scroll to use during their six- to eight-month stints at sea. The umbrella body for Jewish chaplains, the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, dedicated the scroll on Wednesday aboard the ship in Norfolk, Virginia. It was dedicated to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Slam Trump For Anti-Muslim Retweets
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of national Jewish groups condemned President Trump for his retweet of three incendiary videos posted by a British anti-Muslim agitator. “It is no longer alarming that our @POTUS is tweeting violent anti-Muslim videos created by far right extremists – it is a four alarm fire,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of…
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