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Fast Forward Islamists have declared war on France, Jewish community leader says following fatal church stabbings
Islamists have declared war on France, a senior leader of French Jews said following multiple assaults, including the murder of three people at a church in Nice. Gil Taieb, the vice president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, made the comments Thursday in reference to the beheading of one woman and the…
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Fast Forward Trump administration set to allow ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on passports
The Trump administration is set to allow Jerusalem-born U.S. passport holders to add “Israel” to their birthplaces, Politico reported. On Wednesday, Politico quoted an administration official who confirmed the change, which reverses decades of policy under Republican and Democratic presidents. Jerusalem-born Americans began seeking to change to their passports almost immediately after Congress passed a…
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Fast Forward Jewish Republican candidate dredges up debunked claim that George Soros a ‘Nazi sympathizer’
The latest political candidate to condemn George Soros, the Jewish billionaire Democratic megadonor, is Jewish himself. Eric Early, a Republican who is running for Congress in California, tweeted Sunday, “Nazi sympathizer Soros is a danger to our nation.” Soros, who is a frequent target of Republican officials, in fact survived the Holocaust as a teenager….
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Fast Forward First, Auschwitz researchers found a name written in a child’s shoe. That led them to the father’s suitcase.
A note found in a child’s shoe at the Auschwitz museum this summer has led researchers to a suitcase that likely belonged to the child’s father. In July, employees of the Auschwitz museum discovered the name of Amos Steinberg written in a shoe. Amos Steinberg was born in Prague in 1938 and killed with his…
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Fast Forward Is Birthright too late? New program to fund pre-college Israel trips
A new program will lower the cost of Israel trips for high school students by about $3,000 in order to give them that experience before they get to college — not during or after, as Birthright does. The Jewish Education Project will lead the RootOne initiative, which will subsidize trips by five Jewish youth groups…
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Fast Forward Rabbi, couple among 8 arrested at Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires
(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A rabbi along with the bride and groom were among eight people arrested by Buenos Aires police for gathering at a wedding and violating the public coronavirus lockdown that bans public and religious events. It was the third Jewish wedding held in recent weeks in the Balvanera area…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Poster Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Slur In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (JTA) — A poster in Brooklyn featuring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s face was vandalized with the words “Die, Jew bitch!” and a swastika. The vandalized poster at a subway stop in the Greenpoint neighborhood made the rounds Wednesday on social media. The phrase and symbol were written in what appeared to…
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Fast Forward American-Born Biologist To Head Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of Negev
(JTA) — Daniel Chamovitz, a Pennsylvania native and former dean at Tel Aviv University, will assume the presidency of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Jan. 1. He succeeds Rivka Carmi, the first woman to be appointed president of an Israeli university, who served three four-year terms. Chamovitz, who grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, immigrated to Israel in…
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