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Fast Forward Threats To Synagogue In Raleigh, N.C. Cancel Weekend Activities
(JTA) — A synagogue in Raleigh, North Carolina, cancelled some weekend activities after synagogue workers and board members received threatening letters. Raleigh police and the FBI are investigating the threats against Temple Beth Or, local NBC affiliate WRAL reported. The synagogue cancelled Sunday school and an end of the summer party last weekend after the…
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Fast Forward Antisemitic And Hate Messages On NJ Lawn Of Non-Jewish Supporters Of Candidate
(JTA) — Hate messages again were spray painted in front of the New Jersey home of a supporter of a Jewish candidate for Congress. It is the third time that the Hampton Township home of Adam Stolarsky and Colleen Murch has been vandalized since they hung a campaign sign earlier this month for the reelection…
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Fast Forward Real Madrid Honors Activist Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi
(JTA) — The world’s biggest soccer club honored activist Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi. The European champions Real Madrid welcomed the teen at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday before the Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid. The team presented her with a Real Madrid jersey with her first name printed on the back. She was accompanied…
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Fast Forward Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Riff? Appeals Court Orders New Trial.
(JTA) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ordered a new trial in a civil lawsuit against the British rock band Led Zeppelin, which accuses it of stealing the famous anthem used in “Stairway to Heaven” from another rock band. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the late Randy Wolfe, aka Randy…
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Fast Forward Samaritans View Part Of Ancient Torah Scroll Stolen More Than 20 Years Ago
(JTA) — More than 20 years after the theft of ancient Torah scrolls from a synagogue in Nablus, the Israel Antiquities Authority retrieved one page from the missing objects and invited its owners to view it. The piece of parchment retrieved earlier this year during a customs inspection came from one of two missing 14th-century…
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Fast Forward Holland Bears First Naturally Grown Etrog Fruit In Decades
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Following record-breaking temperatures in the Netherlands, a tree planted years ago by a Jewish woman near the capital produced what may be the country’s first naturally grown etrog fruit in decades. Rachel Levy eight years ago planted several seeds of an etrog tree, a citrus whose fruits are used for ceremonial purposes…
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Fast Forward Swedish Far-Right Party Moves To Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
(JTA) – The Sweden Democrats, a right-wing populist party, submitted a draft motion urging their government to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s capital. Bjorn Soder, a former leader and current lawmaker for the Sweden Democrats, submitted the draft motion to the Riksdag, or parliament, on Thursday. It would…
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Fast Forward Bank Of England Erects First Sukkah For Jewish Employees
(JTA) — The Bank of England erected a sukkah in London for its Jewish workers for the first time in its centuries-long history. The sukkah, a ceremonial hut in which Jews consume their meals for one week each year on the holiday of Sukkot, was inaugurated this week, marking the first such installation in the bank’s…
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