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Town Split Over Renaming Street Called ‘Swastika Trail’

(JTA) — A township council in Ontario will vote on whether or not to rename a street called Swastika Trail. The street in Puslinch Township, located about 50 miles west of Toronto, reportedly was named in the 1920s. Residents have told the Canadian Press that the swastika should not be vilified as it is an…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Mike Pence To Address Knesset During Upcoming Israel Visit

JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will address the Knesset when he visits Israel next month. Senior officials in Jerusalem told Israel’s Channel 10 news that Pence had suggested speaking to the Knesset, and that his offer was accepted. Pence will be the first senior US official to address the Knesset since President…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Massachusetts Chabad Sued For Allegedly Infiltrating Conservative Synagogue

(JTA) — Conservative Jewish congregants in Sharon, Massachusetts, are suing the local Chabad, alleging its members infiltrated their leadership in a bid to take control of their synagogue and its assets. The case filed by members of Temple Adath Sharon will be heard Monday in Norfolk County Superior Court, The Jewish Advocate, a Boston weekly…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Nadler Replaces Conyers As House Judiciary Committee’s Top Democrat

(JTA) — New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler will become the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee after Rep. John Conyers announced he would step down from his post amid accusations of sexual harassment and misuse of office resources. Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, announced Sunday he would step down from the powerful post, as…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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‘No Jews Allowed’ Banner Seized From Polish Hotel

(JTA) — Polish police seized a banner reading “no Jews, speculators and traitors allowed” from the entrance to a hotel that reportedly is owned by an ultranationalist who is jailed for anti-Semitic hate speech. Officers were sent Thursday night following the surfacing of images on social networks showing the banner on the gate to the…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Veiled Woman Assaults Jewish Mother And Son At French Supermarket

(JTA) — A veiled woman in a supermarket near Toulouse assaulted with two younger women a Jewish woman and her teenage son, a watchdog on anti-Semitism said. The incident occurred in Carcassonne, a town situated 55 miles southeast of Toulouse, on Tuesday, the National Bureau for Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, reported Friday. The watchdog…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Israeli Government Teeters As Minister Resigns Over Shabbat Railway Work

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox government minister resigned from his post over railway work that took place on Shabbat. Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party officially resigned on Sunday after a new signaling system was installed on rail lines in the Negev on Saturday. Litzman had announced on Friday that…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read
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Turkish Jewish Leader Denies Snubbing Gay Israeli Envoy

(JTA) — Leaders of the Jewish community of Turkey denied complaints by a gay Israeli diplomat serving in Istanbul, who said they ignore him because of his sexual orientation. Ishak Ibrahim Zadeh, the president of the Jewish Community of Turkey, responded in a statement Thursday to the complaints leveled at him by Yossi Levi Sfari,…

By JTA Nov 26, 2017 | < 1 min read

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