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Fast Forward Archeologists Unearth Foundations Of Polish Synagogue Razed In 1938
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Archaeologists in Western Poland found the foundations of the New Synagogue, which was destroyed in 1938. The ruins found in the Polish city of Wroclaw belonged to the second largest synagogue in pre-war Germany. The archaeological digs are being conducted with the financial support of German President Frank-Walter Steimeier. The synagogue…
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Fast Forward Fugitive Holocaust Denier Ordered Extradited Back To Germany
(JTA)– A Hungarian court has ordered the extradition of German right-wing extremist Horst Mahler who fled Germany to avoid serving out the rest of a sentence for Holocaust denial and incitement to anti-Semitism. Mahler, 81, was arrested on May 15 in the Hungarian city of Sopron while trying to cross into Austria. The Budapest city court on…
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Fast Forward Kapparot Can Continue In NY, Appeals Court Rules
(JTA) — The pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot can continue in New York, a New York appeals court found. The Appellate Division First Department in Manhattan on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision that declined to block the pre-Yom Kippur slaughter of chickens in 2015, when the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos and 19…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Says Police Never Came To Help Daughter Attacked In London Park
(JTA) — A Jewish chaplain in London said his 16-year-old daughter was punched and kicked in a local park in an anti-Semitic attack, and that police did not respond to an emergency call. Alex Goldberg, the Jewish Chaplain at the University of Surrey and Chaplain to Surrey Police, said in a post on Facebook Sunday…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Raises $150,000 After Jewish Woman Sues For Harassment
(JTA) — A fundraiser for the founder of a neo-Nazi website who is being sued by a Jewish woman for launching a harassment campaign against her received over $150,000 in donations. In April, Tanya Gersh announced that she was suing Andrew Anglin, the founder of the Daily Stormer. Gersh said she has lost income and suffered because of the attacks — including…
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Fast Forward Pitcher Brad Goldberg Clobbered In White Sox Debut
(JTA) — Relief pitcher Brad Goldberg, who is Jewish, made his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago White Sox. Goldberg, 27, was called up from the minors, the Triple-A Charlotte Knights, over the weekend, after pitcher Michael Ynoa was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right hip flexor strain. Goldberg pitched part…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Immigrants Arrive In Israel — First In 7 Months
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 70 new Ethiopian immigrants landed in Israel Tuesday, the first to arrive in more than seven months. The 72 immigrants identified as Falash Mura, or Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage, landed on Tuesday as part of a joint operation between the Jewish Agency and the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem….
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Fast Forward Bipartisan Senate Push Aims To Boost Anti-Semitism Monitor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation that would enhance the role of the State Department’s anti-Semitism envoy. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Monday introduced the “Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2017,” a companion bill to one introduced earlier this…
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