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Fast Forward Man Arrested In Hit-And-Run That Injured Long Island Rabbi
(JTA) — Police arrested a New York man and charged him with a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured an elderly rabbi. Rabbi Jordan Kelemer, 71, is the long-time rabbi of the Young Israel of West Hempstead on Long Island. He was hit in December while crossing the street in front of the synagogue; the driver…
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Fast Forward ZAKA Team Helps With Harvey Relief Push
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A team of volunteers from Israel’s ZAKA Search and Rescue organization is in Houston to help with clean up in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The eight-member team will be joined by four more volunteers in the coming days, the organization said. The volunteers currently are assisting throughout the city with tasks…
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Fast Forward British Couple Pleads Guilty To Anti-Semitic Attack At Wedding
(JTA) — A British couple pleaded guilty in court to launching an anti-Semitic attack outside a London synagogue during a wedding. Ineta Winiarski, 33, and her partner, Kasimiersz Winiarski, 62, from Hackney, a borough of London, pleaded guilty in Thames magistrates’ court to racially aggravated assault and assault, respectively, The Times reported. The couple attacked…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Man Charged With Hate Campaign Against Reform Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A man from the haredi Orthodox town of Bnei Brak was indicted for making death threats against leaders of the Reform movement and for vandalizing a Reform synagogue. The man, whose name has not been made public, was arrested last month and prosecutors asked Monday that he be held in custody until…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Family Evicted From East Jerusalem Home — 69 Years Later
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian family was evicted from its home of more than 50 years in the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem. The eviction early on Tuesday morning to restore the property to the Jewish family that owned it prior to 1948 is the first such eviction since 2009. The eight members of…
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Fast Forward Jewish Deli Owner Apologizes For Nazi Cartoon On High Holidays Catering Menu
(JTA) — The Jewish owner of a Jewish deli in suburban Chicago has come under fire for a cartoon of a Nazi resembling Donald Trump on its High Holidays catering menu. The menu was posted on the Max’s Deli Facebook page on Aug. 23, but only began to gain notice on Thursday. The doodled figure…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Largest Private Union Adopts BDS Resolution
(JTA) — Canada’s largest private sector union adopted a motion in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, or BDS. The union passed the motion last month at its Unifor Canadian Council held in Winnipeg. Unifor is made up of more than 310,000 members across Canada. The resolution titled “Palestinian Self-Determination and…
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Fast Forward Widow Of Holocaust Survivor Donates $22 Million To German Zoo
(JTA) — A millionaire widow from New Jersey has pledged to donate at least $22 million to a zoo in Cologne, Germany in memory of her Jewish husband, a Holocaust survivor. Elizabeth Reichert, 93, was born in Cologne and met her husband, Arnulf, also a Cologne native, during World War II while he was hiding…
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