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Dallas Commissioner Compares Trump And Hitler In New Ad

(JTA) — An elected official in Dallas sent a political mailer comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Area Jewish groups condemned Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price for the mailing, saying that using the example of Hitler for anything besides education or the Holocaust is “highly inappropriate and offensive,” the Dallas Morning News reported….

By JTA Oct 15, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Home Of West Bank Gunman’s Family To Be Demolished

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The home of the Palestinian man who killed two Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank is slated to be demolished. The Israel Defense Forces notified the family of Ashraf Walid Saliman Na’alwa, 23, on Sunday night that the family home will be demolished, a…

By JTA Oct 15, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Anti-Semitic And Racist KKK Fliers Dropped In New Jersey Community

(JTA) — Anti-Semitic and racist fliers supporting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in the New Jersey community of Cherry Hill. The fliers were placed in Ziplock bags and weighed down with rice. Some featured a picture of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Others used the image of a black man on trial before a Jewish…

By JTA Oct 15, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Michael Cohen Is Now A Registered Democrat

NEW YORK (JTA) — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty to criminal charges, has changed his party registration back to Democrat, according to a report. Cohen made the change from the Republican Party on Thursday, Axios reported, citing “a knowledgeable source.” Last year, he had changed to Republican when…

By JTA Oct 12, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Chelsea Soccer Club To Take Anti-Semitic Chanters On Tour Auschwitz

(JTA) — Chelsea, the British soccer club, is planning to send fans who are caught chanting anti-Semitic songs on a tour of the former death camp of Auschwitz instead of punishing them. The team’s owner, Roman Abramovich, who is Jewish, has spearheaded a new initiative to combat anti-Semitism, according to the report about he plan…

By JTA Oct 12, 2018 | 2 min read
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Suspected Palestinian Terrorist Nabbed Near Nablus

(JTA) — Israeli security services apprehended a man they said stabbed a soldier and caused the injury of a bystander in the West Bank. The suspect in Wednesday’s stabbing is a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of the Jamain village in the West Bank, the Israel Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. He was captured near Nablus. He allegedly…

By JTA Oct 12, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Kippahs May Be Banned In Quebec Workplaces

MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec’s incoming government wants to ban some public servants from wearing religious symbols to work, spurring concerns from Jewish groups. The proposed ban by the Coalition Avenir Québec government is ostensibly to make Quebec public institutions more secular and “neutral” religiously. It would bar police, prison guards, public school teachers and some…

By JTA Oct 12, 2018 | < 1 min read
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Pompeo: Trump Admin Will Leverage Aid To Syria To Remove Iranian Troops

WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration’s goal is to remove Iran and its proxies from Syria, and it will use assistance to Syria as an incentive to do so. That formula is likely to disappoint Israel, where security and government officials have held out for a more forceful…

By JTA Oct 11, 2018 | 2 min read

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