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Fast Forward Leonard Cohen’s Death Anniversary Marked With Montreal Gig
(JTA) — The family of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has announced a memorial concert to mark the first anniversary of his death. The concert, called “Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen,” will be held on Nov. 6 in Cohen’s hometown of Montreal, his family announced on it Monday. It will benefit the Canada…
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Fast Forward Paris Jews Picket Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Over Hate-Filled Remarks
(JTA) — In a move that underlined growing divisions among French Jews, several dozen attended a demonstration protesting communal leaders’ welcoming of a deeply conservative rabbi from Israel. Approximately 40 Jewish protesters, some of them affiliated with Liberal congregations, showed up at the rally last week outside the Buffault synagogue in Paris ahead of the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lesbian Told To Stop Working At Texas Church Food Pantry
(JTA) — A woman from Texas was asked to stop volunteering at a local church food pantry after it was discovered that she was both Jewish and lesbian. Carmen Hix wrote in a post on Facebook on Sept. 8 that she took a week off of work and donated over $500 worth of food to…
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Fast Forward Julia Louis-Dreyfus Breaks Record As Emmys Take Shots At Trump
(JTA) — The 2017 Emmy Awards celebrated a stellar year for television while barely concealing its political disdain, which permeated everything from the opening performance and monologue to the acceptance speeches. The 69th Emmy awards show which aired on Sunday night celebrated diversity and equality, and celebrated some Jewish talent as well. The HBO series…
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Fast Forward Trump Retweets Anti-Hillary Video From Anti-Semitic Troll
(JTA) — President Donald Trump retweeted a video from the account of a supporter who had previously tweeted several anti-Semitic and racist statements showing him hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball. The doctored video was retweeted on Sunday from the account of someone named Mike, whose account goes by the handle @Fuctupmind. The post…
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Fast Forward German Right-Wing Party Leader: We Should Stop Feeling Guilty About Nazi Past
(JTA) — The head of Germany’s right-populist Alternative for Germany party has said it is high time Germany stopped feeling guilty about its Nazi past. Alexander Gauland, speaking earlier this month with members of the party’s national-conservative branch in the former east German state of Thuringia, said Germans “don’t have to be held accountable any more…
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Fast Forward St. Louis Synagogue Gives Sanctuary To Protesters After March Turns Violent
(JTA) — A synagogue in St. Louis opened its doors to provide sanctuary for protesters demonstrating against the acquittal of a white policeman for the killing of a black suspect after police efforts to control the protesters led to violence. After St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers reportedly surrounded the Central Reform Congregation on Friday night…
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Fast Forward Kiev’s New JCC Celebrates Marriage Of Elderly Couple Who Met There
KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — Less than a year after it opened, this city’s American-style Jewish community center celebrated the first wedding by a couple who met here: a 68-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man who fell in love during dancing class. Maya Serebryanaya and Valeriy Utvenko registered at City Hall as husband and wife earlier…
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