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Fast Forward 12-Year-Old Israeli Boy Hurt When Palestinian Drops Large Rock On Him
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A large rock was dropped on the head of an Israeli boy while he played at a spring in the West Bank city of Hebron. The boy, 12, was knocked unconscious and fell into the water of Abraham’s Well spring, located in the city’s Jewish enclave, in the incident on Saturday which…
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Fast Forward Maryland Governor Signs Anti-BDS Order
(JTA) — The governor of Maryland signed an executive order that prohibits state agencies from entering into contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order on Monday at a ceremony attended by state Jewish leaders. The order appears to be largely symbolic, since there are not any current state contractors who…
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Fast Forward Swedish Synagogue Hit By Stone-Throwing Vandals
(JTA) — The synagogue of the city of Malmo in southern Sweden had one of its windows shattered when unidentified vandals hurled stones at it. The incident occurred earlier this month but was reported in Swedish media Tuesday, after police arrived at the building on Monday night because of a separate incident, which turned out to be a…
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Fast Forward Former Nazi Camp Guard Charged As Accessory To Murder
(JTA) — A former guard at the Majdanek Nazi death camp has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder. The Frankfurt resident, 96, whose name has not been released due to the country’s privacy laws, was charged by the city prosecutor on Friday for being an accessory to murder during his service…
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Fast Forward Publisher Apologizes For Nursing Textbook That Stereotypes Jews
(JTA) — The Pearson education publishing company has apologized for a section of one of its nursing textbooks that claims Jews are often “[v]ocal and demanding of assistance” during medical treatment. The page from “Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning” drew widespread ire on social media for its descriptions of how “Jews,” “Arabs/Muslims,” “Asians,” “Blacks,”…
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Fast Forward Roman Polanski Accused Of Molesting 10-Year-Old Girl In 1975
(JTA) — Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States some four decades ago after being convicted of sexually assaulting an underage girl, has been accused by another woman of sexually assaulting her when she was 10. Some 16,769 people have signed an online petition set up by artist Marianne Barnard calling on…
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Fast Forward Was Celebrity Chef Alon Shaya Fired For Backing Sex Harassment Whistle Blowers?
(JTA) — Israeli-American chef Alon Shaya says he was fired from his namesake New Orleans restaurant for alleged sexual harassment at the famed eatery and other affiliated restaurants. Twenty-five current and former employees were interviewed for the expose in NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune about a culutre of harassment. Shaya spoke up in support of the women. He…
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Fast Forward Austrian Jews Push To Keep Far-Right Party Out Of Government
VIENNA (JTA) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party will “probably be a part of the coalition” despite pleas by Jews to keep it out, the president of the Jewish Community of Vienna said. Oskar Deutsch made the prediction last week in the aftermath of Oct. 15 elections that saw the Freedom Party finish third behind the…
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