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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court Rejects Push For Public Transit On Shabbat
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that called for public transportation on Shabbat. The court on Monday decided not to hear the case, filed by several liberal groups and a left-wing Meretz party lawmaker, Tamar Zandberg, after it said that the filers had not properly requested the public transportation on Shabbat from…
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Fast Forward Jerry Gottesman, Philanthropist Who Funded Expansion Of Jewish Schools, Dies
(JTA) — Jerome “Jerry” Gottesman, a property developer and philanthropist who often focused on expanding access to Jewish education, has died. Gottesman died on Sunday at the age of 87 while on a private visit to Israel with his family. His body was set to be returned to New Jersey for a funeral and burial…
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Fast Forward Berkeley Girds For Ben Shapiro Speech
The University of California Berkeley is gearing up for a visit by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro by tightening campus security and offering counseling services for students. Shapiro, a former Breitbart News editor, who currently works as a political commentator, author, radio talk show host and lawyer is scheduled to speak on the UC Berkeley…
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Fast Forward French Interior Minister Condemns Anti-Semitic Attack On Jewish Leader
(JTA) — France’s Interior Minister Gerard Collomb condemned an anti-Semitic attack in which a French Jewish leader and his family were assaulted in their home. The statement issued over the weekend by Collomb’s office reiterated the French government’s determination ‘’to do everything to combat every form of racism and anti-Semitism, which have no place in…
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Fast Forward America Pauses To Remember 9/11 Attacks
(JTA) — The United States paused for a moment of silence to remember the 9/11 attacks on the United States. At 8:46 a.m. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, emerged from the White House in Washington DC and stood at attention while a bell was rung one time. Following the first moment of silence…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandals Hit Riverdale Home Of New York Prosecutor’s Parents
(JTA) — The parents of New York State’s Assistant Attorney General Jenny Michael were attacked with anti-Semitic vandalism. Michael’s father, former New York City Budget Director Philip Michael, discovered the vandalism Sunday morning on the door to the family’s home in a Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. The word “Jew” was spray painted in large…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Retrace Elie Wiesel’s Steps To Deportation In Romanian Hometown
More than 70 years after fascists took Elie Wiesel to the train station of this sleepy city in Romania, hundreds of its residents retraced his steps in a march to protest against anti-Semitism. The march Sunday night, organized by local authorities and the Limmud FSU Jewish learning group, began at the home where Wiesel, arguably…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Son Pulls Anti-Semitic Facebook Post About George Soros
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israel’s prime minister, removed an anti-Semitic meme he posted on his Facebook page in response to criticism of his parents. He removed the post without any public comment or apology. Other posts in response to the meme remain on his Facebook page, including at least one that retains part of the…
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