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Fast Forward Irish Jewish Leaders Defend Ex-Columnist Under Fire For Anti-Semitic References
(JTA) — Leaders of the Irish Jewish community have come to the defense of a columnist who was fired for a column in which he made anti-Semitic references. The Sunday Times fired columnist Kevin Myers on Sunday, the same day its Irish edition published his column on the BBC’s gender pay gap, in which he noted that…
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Fast Forward Reconstruction Of Hitler Bunker Draws Tens Of Thousands In Berlin
BERLIN (JTA) – Hitler continues to fascinate, and a new exhibit in Berlin is proof with its most sensational attraction: a reconstruction of the bunker where Hitler took his life in April 1945. Meant to show the dangers of dictatorship, the exhibit – called “How Could It Happen” – also contains thousands of documents, photos and objects that tell…
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Fast Forward Is It A Hate Crime To Train A Dog To Do A Nazi Salute?
(JTA) — A Scottish man arrested for teaching his girlfriend’s dog to do the Nazi salute denied in court that he committed a hate crime. Mark Meechan, 29, taught the pug, named Buddha, to respond with the Nazi salute when prompted by statements such as “Heil Hitler” and “gas the Jews.” Meechan posted videos of…
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Fast Forward Family Flees After ID Of Israeli Embassy Guard Who Shot Civilian Made Public
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of the Israeli Embassy security guard who shot and killed two Jordanians while under attack in diplomatic living quarters has left their home after a publication in Jordan made the guard’s identity public. The identity of the guard, Ziv Moyal, 28, from a moshav in southern Israel, had been censored…
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Fast Forward Australian Labor Party Votes To Recognize A Palestinian State
SYDNEY (JTA) — The members of Australia’s New South Wales Labor Party have voted for the recognition of a Palestinian state following a push by former Foreign Minister Bob Carr. The resolution was watered down ahead of the conference on Sunday in Sydney and failed to follow its original call for unilateral recognition of a…
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Fast Forward Jewish Camp Sorry For Raising Palestinian Flag In ‘Friendship’
(JTA) — A camp affiliated with the Conservative movement apologized after flying a Palestinian flag “as a sign of friendship and acceptance” to visiting Palestinian Muslim and Christian students. Camp Solomon Schechter in Washington State last week hosted members of Kids 4 Peace, including Christian and Muslim Palestinian children. In a letter sent to parents…
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Fast Forward Argentina Delivers Thousands Of Documents To U.S. Holocaust Museum
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Argentine Foreign Ministry delivered to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington a series of documents about World War II, some of them related to Nazi war criminals. The digital copies of the documents delivered are mainly letters, telegrams, newspaper articles, notes and reports, totaling almost 40,000 documents. An…
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Fast Forward Abbas Hospitalized For Exhaustion And Stress
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was hospitalized in Ramallah on Saturday for what his spokesman called a routine medical checkup. But doctors and Palestinian officials speaking anonymously on Sunday told media outlets that Abbas, 82, was hospitalized due to exhaustion and stress. Abbas is overweight and a heavy smoker, though he reportedly…
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