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Fast Forward Far-Right Marchers Shout ‘Jews Out’ At Polish Rally
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Holocaust commemoration activists in Poland complained to prosecutors that participants shouted “Jews out” and other anti-Semitic slogans at an Independence Day march in Warsaw. A small minority of the approximately 60,000 people who participated in the annual march Saturday used racist language, Jonny Daniels, founder of the From the Depths group,…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Is Drafting An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Trump and his advisers have started drafting an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, officials told The New York Times. In the article published Saturday, officials said they expect to address issues that have long frustrated negotiators, such as the status of Jerusalem and West Bank settlements. The framework could “take until early next…
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Fast Forward One Of Facebook’s First Investors Now Compares It To Nazi Propaganda
(JTA) — An early Facebook investor likened the social media site’s practices to Nazi propaganda. Roger McNamee made the comparison Friday in an interview with the London-based Telegraph. He said Facebook has borrowed methods from Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. “In order to maintain your attention they have taken all the techniques of Edward Bernays…
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Fast Forward Aliyah From U.S., France Down Sharply Despite Anti-Semitism Fears
(JTA) — Bucking a slump in Western immigration to Israel under its law of return for Jews, movement from Russia has increased in 2017 and more than doubled from Turkey. In total, the 23,415 immigrants who have come to Israel from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 constituted a 2 percent increase over the corresponding period…
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Fast Forward Visitors Take Selfies With Hitler At Auschwitz In Indonesian Museum
(JTA) — A museum in Indonesia defended a wax figure of Adolf Hitler set against a backdrop of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Da Mata, a waxwork and visual effects museum in Yogyakarta, amid outrage over the display said it was “fun.” The Hitler figure has been up since 2014. “No visitors complained about it. Most…
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Fast Forward Brussels Jewish Museum Opens 1st New Exhibit Since 2014 Massacre
(JTA) – Three years after the slaying of four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in what prosecutors say was a jihadist terrorist attack, the institution opened its first new exposition, whose theme is immigration. The new exhibition, which opened last month and is titled “Belgium, Welcoming Land,” was inaugurated following renovations during which…
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Fast Forward $770 Million Being Distributed Among Madoff Victims
(JTA) — The U.S. Department of Justice began distributing $772.5 million in recovered funds to some 24,000 victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. The sum, which is being returned eight years after the former stockbroker and investment adviser pleaded guilty to committing one of the largest fraud schemes in U.S. history, is the largest restoration…
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Fast Forward Empire Kosher Recalls Tainted Chicken Breasts
(JTA) — Empire Kosher Poultry is recalling approximately five tons of raw poultry products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, including metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. The department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a statement about the recall Friday, adding that the suspected contamination at the Pennsylvania-based factory — one of…
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