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Fast Forward Iranian Wrestler Throws Match To Avoid Facing Israeli
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian wrestler acknowledged that he threw a bout at an international championship where he was favored for a gold medal rather than face an Israel challenger in the next round. Alireza Karimi-Mashiani, 23, told the Iranian Students’ News Agency that when his coaches told him he would have to throw his…
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Fast Forward Jewish Wrestler Calls Out Gentile Colleague For Dressing As Hasid
(JTA) — A Jewish professional wrestler has called out a non-Jewish colleague who dresses as a Hasidic Jew for his matches, saying it is “the equivalent of black face.” David Starr, whose given name is Max Barsky, in a post on Facebook complained about Mathias Glass, who calls himself “The Most Jewish Man Alive.” Glass…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Loses German TV Sponsorship Over BDS Support
(JTA) — A German broadcaster has pulled its sponsorship for a Cologne concert by Roger Waters following protests led by a Jewish resident of the city. Malca Goldstein-Wolf, who reportedly collected about 1,500 signatures on a petition, had accused WDR — a radio and TV broadcaster under the ARD Consortium of public broadcasters in Germany…
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Fast Forward Colombia Deports Israeli Accused Of Providing Vacations With Drugs, Prostitutes
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Colombia has expelled an Israeli national accused of running an illegal tourism network that offered trips with drugs and underage prostitutes. Assi Ben-Mosh, 43, was put on a plane Sunday that was scheduled to stop in Spain on its way to Israel. He is banned from returning to Colombia for 10…
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Fast Forward Uber Service In Israel Stopped By Court Injunction
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Uber has been ordered by a Tel Aviv judge to stop running its car-sharing service in Israel. The service must be halted by Wednesday morning according to the Monday morning ruling. The judge said in his injunction that the UberDay and UberNight ride-sharing service could not continue because the drivers, who are…
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Fast Forward Landowner Wants Polish Town To Remove Monument To Murdered Jews
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A monument commemorating Jews murdered in a small town in southern Poland during World War II may be removed. The owner of the land on which the memorial is standing has asked the local government of Chrzanow to remove the monument. It is believed that he wants to sell or lease…
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Fast Forward ‘Death To The Kikes’ Painted On Wall Of Jewish Charity In Ukraine
(JTA) — Unidentified individuals wrote “death to the kikes” on the wall of a Jewish charity in western Ukraine. The black graffiti was discovered Monday on the exterior wall of Uzhgorod’s Hesed Shpira charity, which is funded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote on Facebook Monday….
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Fast Forward Israeli Leader Apologizes For Saying U.S. Jews Don’t Fight For Their Country
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely publicly apologized if statements she made about American Jewry, including that they “never send their children to fight for their country” and that “most of them are having quite convenient lives,” offended Jews in the U.S. In an interview with the Hadashot news agency, she reiterated a…
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