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Fast Forward Chabad Leaders: Child Abuse Must Be Reported To Secular Authorities Immediately
(JTA) — Rabbinic leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement have signed a proclamation calling for the immediate reporting of child sexual abuse and other kinds of abuse to secular authorities. “We recognize in light of past experiences that our communities could have responded in more responsible and sensitive ways to help victims and to hold perpetrators accountable,”…
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Fast Forward College Campuses Are Actually Becoming More Pro-Israel, Study Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — Anti-Israel activism on college campuses across the country has declined, according to a new report by a campus pro-Israel organization. The report by the Israel on Campus Coalition published Monday shows that there were nearly three times as many total pro-Israel events on campus as anti-Israel events during the past school…
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Fast Forward U.S. Opens First Military Base In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United States opened its first official military base on Israeli soil. The base started operating Monday following a ceremony at the end of last week to inaugurate the facility that included Israeli and American military personnel. It will operate independently from within an Israeli military base in southern Israel that houses an…
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Fast Forward The Most Popular Baby Name In Israel Is Muhammad
JERUSALEM (JTA) — For the third straight Jewish year, the most popular baby names in Israel were Tamar and Muhammad. The Population and Immigration Authority of Israel’s Interior Ministry released the figures ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Joining Muhammad among the top 10 names for boys were Joseph, David, Daniel, Uri, Omer, Eitan,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Volunteers Help Mexico Recover From Deadly Earthquake
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Volunteers from the Jewish Agency for Israel have mobilized in two Mexican communities to help residents recover from a major earthquake earlier this month. At least 96 people died in the 8.1 magnitude quake that struck off the southern Pacific coast on Sept. 7. The Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas were…
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Fast Forward 5 French Teens Get Suspended Sentences For Vandalizing Jewish Gravestones
(JTA) — A juvenile court in northeastern France suspended the prison sentences of five teenagers who vandalized a Jewish cemetery and damaged a Holocaust memorial. The defendants, who were 15 to 17 in February 2015 when the vandalism occurred, were sentenced last week to eight to 18 months in prison for toppling and breaking some 300…
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Fast Forward Swedish Neo-Nazis March In Run-Up To Planned Yom Kippur Rally
(JTA) — A group that promotes an openly racist and anti-Semitic doctrine marched through Sweden’s second largest city ahead of its neo-Nazi march planned for Yom Kippur. Dozens of members of the Nordic Resistance Movement marched through Gothenburg on Sunday, reportedly using the event to build support for its Sept. 30 march, whose route will…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Condemns Vandalism At Sofia Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry condemned the vandalism of gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the capital city of Sofia. The vandalism occurred last week in the Jewish section of the Sofia Central Cemetery. It was first reported to the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria, which posted photos of the damage on Facebook….
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