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Fast Forward Marc Klionsky, Master Portrait Painter, Dies At 90
(JTA) — Marc Klionsky, a Soviet-Jewish émigré to New York who gained worldwide prominence painting portraits of such eminent figures as Golda Meir and Elie Wiesel, has died. Klionsky, who died last month at 90, became the youngest artist to have his paintings exhibited in the renowned Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. His works have been…
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Fast Forward Israel Sets Preconditions For Talks With Palestinian Unity Government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government said it will not conduct diplomatic negotiations with a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas unless it meets several conditions, including a halt to the group’s terrorist activities. The conditions, which were announced Tuesday following a meeting of the Security Cabinet, include recognition of Israel and a halt to…
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Fast Forward Hey Mooch, Don’t Tweet About How Many Jews Died In The Holocaust
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Twitter account associated with Anthony Scaramucci, the colorful figure who was briefly President Donald Trump’s communications director, withdrew and apologized for a tweet surveying how many Jews people believed were killed in the Holocaust. “This poll was put up by @lancelaifer without consulting @Scaramucci who is traveling in London,” the Scaramucci…
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Fast Forward Spanish Newspaper Says London Soccer Club Hated Over ‘Jewish Origin’
(JTA) — British soccer clubs have condemned an article in a Spanish daily newspaper that reported the “Jewish origin” of Tottenham Hotspur has caused the team to be hated by rival clubs’ fans. The Madrid-based daily sports newspaper Marca published the article on Monday ahead of a match between the Spurs and Real Madrid as…
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Fast Forward Holocaust-Denying ‘Nazi Grandma’ Convicted By German Court
(JTA) — Ursula Haverbeck, a well-known historical revisionist and neo-Nazi was again convicted of Holocaust denial. Haverbeck, 88, was convicted on a Berlin district court on Monday and sentenced to six months in prison, Deutche Welle reported. The conviction was for saying at an event in the city in January 2016 that the Holocaust did…
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Fast Forward Kosher Winery Partially Reopens Amid California Wildfires
(JTA) — Hagafen Cellars, the only kosher winery in the Napa Valley and Sonoma, partially opened despite sustaining heavy damage in the wildfires racing through the area. The winery’s tasting room reopened on Monday morning, and “We’re waiting now for our first tourist,” owner and winemaker Ernie Weir told J. The Jewish News of Northern…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Honors Nationalist Leader Blamed For Pogroms
(JTA) — Ukraine unveiled a statue for a nationalist leader who guided a regime that killed tens of thousands of Jews in pogroms during the Russian Revolution. The memorial for Symon Petliura was unveiled Saturday in Vinnitsa, a city in the western part of the nation, on Defender of Ukraine Day, a national holiday, the…
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Fast Forward Ben Kingsley Playing Adolf Eichmann In Movie About Israeli Capture Operation
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — British actor Ben Kingsley is in Buenos Aires filming a Hollywood movie about the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann by Israeli agents. Filming of “Operation Finale” will last one more month in the greater Buenos Aires area in which Eichmann lived as Ricardo Klement until a Mossad unit…
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