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Fast Forward Barking Dog Saves Paris Jewish Family From Torched Apartment
(JTA) — A Jewish family in suburban Paris has their dog to thank for their escape from a fire that they believe may have been started outside their home by an Islamist neighbor, an anti-racism group said. The family was awakened after midnight on Friday night by the dog’s insistent barking to discover that their front door was…
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Fast Forward Should Israel Pardon Soldier Who Shot Downed Palestinian Terror Suspect?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman asked the country’s president to pardon an Israeli soldier convicted of shooting and killing an injured Palestinian terrorist as he lay on the ground. In a letter sent on Sunday to President Reuven Rivlin on behalf of jailed soldier Elor Azaria, Liberman said: “We must put an…
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Fast Forward Israel Holds Bodies Of 5 Slain Gaza Tunnel Militants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is holding the bodies of five Islamic Jihad terrorists killed in the Gaza terror tunnel that the Israel Defense Forces blew up last week. The IDF said on Sunday that it is holding the bodies, days after Hamas, which controls Gaza, asked to be allowed to search for the missing men….
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Fast Forward Record $53M Raised For IDF Support At Gala
(JTA) — The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces raised $53.8 million at a Beverly Hills gala. Some 1,200 people were in attendance at the annual event on Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which raised what organizers said was a “record” amount for Israeli soldiers for needed services such as: academic scholarships to…
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Fast Forward Camp Newman Finds New Home After Being Destroyed By California Wildfires
(JTA) — The Union for Reform Judaism’s Camp Newman, which was “mostly destroyed” by last month’s northern California forest fires, will have a temporary home for the 2018 summer camp season. The URJ announced Friday that the camp will be housed for summer 2018 at the facilities of California State University Maritime Academy, or Cal Maritime,…
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Fast Forward Sacramento Synagogue Targeted By Anti-Semitic Posters
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic posters were pasted to a synagogue in suburban Sacramento, California. Members of Temple Or Rishon on Saturday morning discovered about 10 to 15 of the hate posters stuck to the building, The Sacramento Bee reported. They were placed on the building overnight between Friday and Saturday. The vandalism attack was reported to…
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Fast Forward 85,000 Mark Yitzhak Rabin Assassination With Rally
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An estimated 85,000 rallied in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the 22nd anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The rally on Saturday night was controversial for stressing national unity over calling for peace and leaving the settlements. The rally, organized by two centrist organizations: the Darkenu…
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Fast Forward Bill Sparked By JCC Threats Would Raise Penalties For Targeting Religious Institutions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A U.S. House of Representatives committee advanced a bill that would enhance penalties for threats on religious institutions, sparked by a wave of threats on Jewish community centers and other Jewish institutions earlier this year. “This bill clarifies that federal law prohibits threats toward religious institutions, and that the protection extends beyond…
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