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Fast Forward McGill Group Admits Using Anti-Semitic Propaganda To Defeat Jewish Student
(JTA) — A student group at McGill University admitted that it used anti-Semitic propaganda to prevent a Jewish candidate from being re-elected to the student government at the Montreal school. At a meeting last month of the General Assembly of the McGill’s Student Society, or SSMU, seven students were voted onto the board. But three…
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Fast Forward Elderly Jewish Woman Attacked In London; Assailant Yelled ‘Jew’ In Polish
(JTA) — A 70-year-old Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after being attacked by an assailant who called her “Zyd,” Polish for “Jew.” The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while shouting “Zyd” during the attack on Saturday afternoon in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population,…
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Fast Forward Long Island Orthodox High School Hit With Faxed Bomb Threat
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish high school on Long Island, New York, was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat. The bomb threat was faxed on Wednesday afternoon to the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, school leaders said in a letter to the school community posted on its Facebook page. The message said…
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Fast Forward British Secretary Of State Resigns Over Secret Meetings With Israeli Officials
(JTA) — A government minister in the United Kingdom resigned over secret meetings she had in Israel with government officials while on a family vacation there. Priti Patel, a lawmaker with the ruling Conservative Party, stepped down Wednesday after being called back earlier in the day from an official trip to Africa. In August, she…
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Fast Forward Kiryas Joel Allowed To Secede From Upstate New York Town
(JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel reportedly will become the first haredi Orthodox town in the United States after voters in Monroe, New York, overwhelmingly backed a referendum on secession. On Tuesday, over 80 percent of Monroe voters backed the measure on Kiryas Joel, a village of over 20,000 Yiddish-speaking Jews associated with…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Memorial Stones Stolen From Berlin Neighborhood
(JTA) — At least a dozen Holocaust memorial stones were stolen in Berlin ahead of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. The “Stolpersteine,” or “stumbling stones,” are gold-colored, cobblestone-sized monuments embedded in sidewalks in Berlin and other cities in Germany and across Europe. On Monday, the memorials were dug up and stolen on several streets…
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Fast Forward Racist Message Spelled Out In New Jersey Synagogue Skylights
(JTA) — A racist message was written in the skylight windows of a New Jersey synagogue using shingles torn off the building’s roof to form the letters. Rabbi Nathan Weiner of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Evesham Township, which is located in the southern part of the state about 25 miles from Philadelphia, said the word…
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Fast Forward Heavily-Jewish Maryland Public Schools Will Stay Closed On High Holidays
(JTA) — Schools will remain closed on the High Holidays in Baltimore County, the home to several large Jewish communities, for the 2018-19 school year following an extended debate. The Baltimore County school board on Tuesday night voted 9-3 to approve the academic calendar for the next term with the district closing on the first…
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