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Fast Forward Was Dumpster Fire Outside Jewish School Intentionally Set?
(JTA) — Canadian police are investigating whether a dumpster outside a Jewish school was intentionally set on fire. The Edmonton Fire Department responded on Saturday night to a call about a fire in a recycling bin outside the Talmud Torah School, a public school focusing on Hebrew and Jewish studies, The Edmonton Journal reported. The…
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Fast Forward Chicago’s Wrigley Field Going Kosher
(JTA) — Kosher hot dogs are coming to Wrigley Field, the home of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs. A kosher food stand will open up at the 103-year-old ballpark on Friday featuring Romanian hot dogs, Romanian Polish sausages, pretzels and drinks, Tablet magazine first reported. A subsidiary of the Chicago-based catering company Danziger…
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Fast Forward White House Slaps Iran With New Sanctions — After Doubling Down On Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hours after recertifying the Iran nuclear deal President Donald Trump decried as a candidate, his administration slapped new sanctions on the country in a bid to toughen the enforcement of Iran sanctions. “The United States remains deeply concerned about Iran’s malign activities across the Middle East which undermine regional stability, security and…
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Fast Forward White House Signs Off Again On Iran Deal — After Angry Trump Nearly Torpedoes It
The Trump administration once again recertified the Iran nuclear deal, and pledged to strengthen its enforcement — but only after the president threatened not to go along with the plan. The decision to recertify the deal Monday came after delays caused by President Donald Trump, who said during campaigning for the presidency that the deal,…
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Fast Forward Muslims Clash With Israel Troops On Temple Mount — ‘Day Of Rage’ Planned Over Crackdown
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Fatah movement called for a “day of rage” in eastern Jerusalem and the Wet Bank to protest new security measures at the Temple Mount. The call on Tuesday by the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to hold the day of rage on Wednesday came after a night in which…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed By Israeli Soldiers After Suspected Car-Ramming
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian attempted to drive his car into a group of soldiers stationed at the entrance to the West Bank village of Beit Anoun near Hebron. Two soldiers were injured in the attack and taken by Magen David Adom to a Jerusalem hospital for treatment. The driver was shot and killed by soldiers on…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Meets Mexican Diplomat Who Resisted UNESCO Jerusalem Vote
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Mexico’s former UNESCO ambassador who was fired last year for walking out of a vote on an anti-Israel resolution effectively denying Jewish ties to Jerusalem. Andres Roemer, who is Jewish, met with Netanyahu in Paris on Monday, just before the prime minister left for…
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Fast Forward Dutch Railway Refers Holocaust Survivor To Customer Service
(JTA) — Responding to a restitution claim by a Holocaust survivor, the Dutch national railway company referred him to its customer service department — which told him they cannot find his paperwork. Salo Muller, who was a boy when he was separated from his parents 75 years ago in Amsterdam before their murder in a…
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