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Fast Forward Anti-Jewish Chants Erupt At BDS Rally In The Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Participants in a rally in Rotterdam that was co-organized last month by a Hamas operative and promoters of a boycott against Israel shouted in Arabic about killing Jews, leaders of Dutch Jewry said. The incident occurred on July 22 during a rally advertised by a newly-formed organization called the Palestinian Community in…
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Fast Forward German Prosecutors Dropping Case Against Former Auschwitz Medic, 96
(JTA) — German prosecutors have submitted a motion to a German state court to drop the case against former Auschwitz medic Hubert Zafke. Zafke, 95, in March 2016, was found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. His trial had failed to…
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Fast Forward European Jewish Congress Slams Poland’s ‘Lack Of Concern’ On Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — In an unusually harsh condemnation, the European Jewish Congress said the Polish government has a “staggering lack of concern” about anti-Semitism and a “transparent divide-and-rule tactic” vis-a-vis Jews. The statement Thursday follows an open feud between leaders of Polish Jewry on whether Poland has seen an increase in anti-Semitic incidents or sentiment since…
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Fast Forward French Schools Ordered To Serve Pork-Free Lunches To Jewish Students
(JTA) — A French court ruled that schools should provide an alternative to lunches containing pork for Muslim and Jewish students. The decision on Monday came after a Muslim organization sued the local authority at Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, about 180 miles from Paris in east-central France, challenging its decision in 2015 to stop providing a…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted On Connecticut Public School
(JTA) — Swastikas and graffiti, some of it anti-Semitic, was painted on the wall of a public high school in Stamford, Connecticut. The vandalism discovered Saturday morning at the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering was the second act of anti-Semitic vandalism to occur this summer in Stamford. In July, a city resident used feces…
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Fast Forward Polish Tourism Chief Fired After Yanking Auschwitz From Journalist Itineraries
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The president of the national tourist organization in Poland was fired after noting in a newspaper interview that he had removed the Auschwitz memorial from the itinerary for foreign journalists’ visits. Marek Olszewski, who has held his post since March, also suggested a similar move for the Museum of the History…
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Fast Forward Houston Jewish Community ‘Could Take Years’ To Recover From Harvey
(JTA) — The Jewish community in Houston has seen “devastating” damage from Hurricane Harvey and could take years to recover, a federation official said. “Recovery like this — it is a disaster larger than Katrina in terms of the amount of water that fell — we’re going to have short- and long-term recovery plans, but…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches $20M Program To Teach Children Better English
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will spend nearly $20 million on a new program to improve the English skills of its schoolchildren. At a news conference Wednesday announcing the Give Me Five program, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said that not knowing how to speak English well is hurting Israelis in business and in life. The plan…
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