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Fast Forward Petition Demands Punishment For Prof Who Wouldn’t Write Recommendation For Israel Gig
(JTA) — Fifty-eight organizations called on the University of Michigan to sanction professors who implement academic boycotts of Israel. The letter, sent Friday to university president Mark Schlissel, was signed by Jewish, Israel advocacy and political organizations and organized by the AMCHA Initiative, a nonprofit seeking to combat campus anti-Semitism. It referred to an incident…
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Fast Forward Unopened Letter Sent To Anne Frank’s Dad Fetches $11K
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — An unopened letter that was mailed to the home of Anne Frank while she and her family were in hiding fetched more than $11,000 at an auction. Bidding on the envelope, which came from an insurance company in 1942, began at $570 ahead of the auction, which took place Friday at the…
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Fast Forward Israel May Recognize Catalonia If Spain Does So For Palestinians
(JTA) — Spanish recognition of Palestinian statehood may well prompt Israel to do the same for Catalonia, a prominent Madrid-based lobby group for the Jewish state said. The head of the ACOM group, Angel Mas, issued the warning last week in an op-ed for the ABC daily. It came amid reports — which were confirmed…
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Fast Forward Kosovo Will Open An Embassy In Jerusalem If Israel Recognizes It As A State
(JTA) — Kosovo would set up an embassy in Israel if the Jewish state recognizes it as an independent state, the president of the Balkan breakaway republic said. Hashim Thaci said this during an interview Thursday, the KosovaPress agency reported. “If Kosovo were recognized by Israel, I would place the Kosovo embassy in Jerusalem,” Thaci…
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Fast Forward Trump And Netanyahu Will Meet At UN
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is one of six world leaders who will have bilateral meetings with President Donald Trump next week at the United Nations General Assembly. Trump will meet between Sept. 24 -26 with Netanyahu, a White House schedule released Thursday said, as well as with the leaders of five…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Town Of Mahwah Will Scrap Eruv Ban To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
(JTA) — A New Jersey township has agreed to repeal an ordinance prohibiting the construction of an eruv, that state officials said discriminated against Orthodox Jews. The announcement this week resolved a lawsuit the state attorney general’s office filed against Mahwah last October. The ordinance said the affixing of PVC pipes on utility poles to demarcate…
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Fast Forward Rock Hurled Inside Polish Synagogue During Yom Kippur Prayers
(JTA) — Unidentified individuals hurled a rock into a synagogue in Gdansk in northern Poland, shattering the glass of one window while worshippers, including children, were inside. The assault on Gdansk’s New Synagogue occurred on Wednesday, during Yom Kippur, one of Judaism’s holiest days, the Jewish Religious Community in Gdansk wrote on its Facebook page….
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Fast Forward Gazan Teen Killed By Israeli Troops During Yom Kippur Rioting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators rioted along the Gaza border on Yom Kippur, throwing firebombs and rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The Israeli troops responded with riot dispersal methods, the IDF said in a statement. The Gaza Health Ministry said a Palestinian teen was killed and at least three others injured in…
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