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Fast Forward Swastika Scrawled On Welcome Sign At Virginia Jewish Summer Camp
(JTA) — A swastika was painted on the welcome sign of a Jewish summer camp in Virginia. The graffiti was discovered at Camp Hilbert in Goochland County, Virginia late last week, the Richmond, Virginia CBS affiliate, WTVR, reported Friday. Camp Hilbert, owned by the Weinstein JCC in Richmond, hosts children in grades k through 10…
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Fast Forward Lieberman Says Bibi’s Government Is Best For West Bank Settlers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman reacted to criticism from settler leaders claiming that the government has frozen West Bank settlement construction to appease the Trump administration. Liberman noted on Sunday at the weekly Cabinet meeting that plans to build 3,651 homes in West Bank settlements were approved last week. “Anyone who claims that…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israeli Woman Walks Naked Across Western Wall Plaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli woman was detained by police after streaking naked through the Western Wall Plaza. The woman removed her clothes on the women’s side of the Plaza on Sunday afternoon and then calmly started walking toward the men’s section. One person approached the woman and tried to cover her up with a…
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Fast Forward Rio Jewish Club Defaced With Swastika
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Vandals spray painted a swastika inside a Star of David on the entrance wall of a Jewish sports club located on a busy avenue in Rio. The Nazi symbol, drawn backwards, appeared inside the three-foot-tall Jewish symbol that identifies the Brazilian Israelite Club, a Jewish institution attended by Jews and non-Jews and whose doors…
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Fast Forward 3 Los Angeles Synagogue Buildings Shuttered On Shabbat By Bomb Threats
(JTA) — Three Los Angeles synagogue locations were temporarily closed after receiving bomb threats on Shabbat. The threats were reported in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal on Saturday. The affected synagogues were the University Synagogue in Brentwood, and both campuses of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple – the Erika J. Glazer Family Campus in Wilshire Center/Koreatown…
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Fast Forward Israeli University Chiefs Slam Naftali Bennett’s Plan To Muzzle Professors
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett has proposed a code of ethics that would prohibit lecturers from expressing political opinions at work and from calling for an academic boycott of Israel. Bennett defended the proposed code on Sunday, ahead of the weekly Cabinet meeting, according to reports. “We are taking action to prevent…
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Fast Forward DId Hamas Hide Terror Tunnel Under UN Schools In Gaza?
Israel filed an official protest against Hamas at the United Nations Security Council after a terrorist tunnel was discovered under two United Nations schools in Gaza. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon submitted the letter of protest to the United Nations Security Council, as well as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The tunnel, first…
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Fast Forward 3 Israelis Hurt By Out-Of-Control Car In Amsterdam
(JTA) — A car that rammed into pedestrians outside Amsterdam Centraal train station has injured three Israelis. Amsterdam Police say that the incident on Saturday night was not terror-related, rather that the driver became sick at the wheel and lost control. He rammed into a crowd of people and then a wall before stopping, The…
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