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Fast Forward Polish Man Gets House Arrest For Burning Jew In Effigy
A Polish man sentenced to prison for burning an effigy of a haredi Orthodox Jew said he will sue the leaders of the Wroclaw Jewish community for publicly naming him an anti-Semite. Piotr Rybak burned the effigy during a 2015 demonstration in Wroclaw against accepting refugees in Poland. An appeals court reduced his prison sentence…
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Fast Forward Wannabe Jew Admits Painting Swastikas On His Own Home
(JTA) — A would=be Jewish convert in upstate New York admitted to spray-painting swastikas and hate messages on his own home. Andrew King, who is not Jewish but wears a kippah, pleaded guilty last week in Schenectady City Court to week to falsely reporting an incident, which is a misdemeanor crime, the Albany Times Union…
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Fast Forward 30 Polish ‘Righteous Gentiles’ Honored For Holocaust ‘True Heroism’
(JTA) — Some 30 Polish rescuers of Jews living in Warsaw during the Holocaust were honored by a foundation that assist Righteous Gentiles. The rescuers who met Sunday at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jewry in Warsaw range in age from late 80s to 101, according to the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous,…
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Fast Forward Felicity Jones Replaces Natalie Portman In Ruth Bader Ginsburg Flick
(JTA) — British actress Felicity Jones will portray Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic “On the Basis of Sex.” Shooting of the film was slated to begin this month in Montreal, according to Variety. Jewish actress Natalie Portman had been attached to play Ginsburg for at least four years while the…
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Fast Forward Religious Zionist Youth Movement Reopens In Germany — 79 Years Later
(JTA) — A religious Zionist youth movement is officially reopening in Germany, 79 years after being shut down under the Nazis. Bnei Akiva Deutschland is one of several Zionist organizations to return to Germany in recent years. In this case, the group’s aim is to encourage Jews to leave Germany for Israel. Status as a charitable…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray Painted On Atlanta Car Wash
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray painted on an Atlanta car wash. The graffiti was discovered at the Auto Spa Bistro, which is also a restaurant, on Monday. The graffiti included a swastika, a crossed out Star of David and a reference to the Nazi military, according to local television station WGCL-TV. The incident is…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Calls Reform Jews ‘Like Holocaust Deniers’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar called Reform Jews worse than Holocaust deniers because they reject traditional Jewish law. Amar, who is a former chief rabbi of Israel, in his weekly class last week referenced the Israel Supreme Court decision, handed down hours earlier, in which it called on the government to…
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Fast Forward Buses On Shabbat Aren’t ‘Essential,’ Israeli Government Tells Supreme Court
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Public transportation on Shabbat is not an essential need, Israel’s government told the Supreme Court in response to a lawsuit. Several liberal groups and a Meretz party lawmaker, Tamar Zandberg, filed the lawsuit calling for public transportation during the 25 hours of the Jewish Sabbath. Buses and trains do not run in…
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