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Fast Forward Jewish, Muslim Manchester Mourners Have Been Friends For10 Years
(JTA) — The elderly Jewish woman and Muslim man whose photo mourning together at a memorial to the victims of the Manchester attack went viral on social media say they have been good friends for over 10 years. Renee Black, 93, and Sadiq Patel, 46, from Blackburn, Lancashire, one of the most deprived and racially…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Approves Western Wall Elevator To Improve Handicap Access
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan on Sunday to build an elevator from Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall that would allow more accessibility for handicapped people to the holy site. The elevator and a pedestrian tunnel at its foot is estimated to cost $14 million. The Ruderman Family Foundation praised the decision…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Hunger Strikers End Fast After Compromise On Family Visits
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons ended an extended hunger strike after reaching a compromise on receiving more family visits. The hunger strike ended after 40 days, on Saturday, which was also the first day of the month-long Ramadan holiday, where religious Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset each day. The end…
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Fast Forward Portland Man Who Killed Two After Anti-Muslim Rant Is Known White Supremacist
(JTA) — The Portland man who allegedly killed two men on a commuter train after they intervened as he spewed hate speech at two women who looked Muslim is a known local white supremacist, a local newspaper reported. Jeremy Christian, 35, was arrested early Saturday and charged with two counts of aggravated murder, one of…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Messages Painted On New York Home For Sale
(JTA) — The words “No Jews” was spray painted from floor to ceiling on the walls of a home for sale in Rockland County, New York. Anti-Semitic messages also were painted throughout the home, including in the kitchen and on the floors. The graffiti was discovered in the empty home, which is for sale, by…
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Fast Forward Thousands Rally In Tel Aviv For Two States, Against Occupation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of Israelis gathered on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to demonstrate against what organizers called “50 years of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.” The rally on Saturday night under the banner of “Two States-–One Hope” was organized by Peace Now and included left-wing Israeli political parties such as the Zionist…
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Fast Forward Syria Attacks Israel Through U.N. Health Resolution
(JTA) — Great Britain and the United States joined four other nations in voting against a World Health Organization resolution that they said singles out Israel for criticism. The resolution, which passed by an overwhelming majority on Friday during the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, mostly speaks of the need to improve services provided…
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Fast Forward Hungarian State TV Shows Ayatollah Calling Soros ‘Evil Zionist-American’
(JTA) — Hungarian Jews condemned a public broadcaster’s airing of an allegedly anti-Semitic rhetoric against billionaire George Soros, and a state news agency’s silence about it. The main news program of the state MTVA channel aired on Wednesday the controversial rhetoric on Soros, who recently became the subject of hostile statements by Hungary’s top politicians…
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