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Fast Forward ADL: Homeland Security Post For ‘Extremist’ Sheriff Would Be ‘Shameful’
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League warned that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s consideration for a senior post at the Department of Homeland Security is “shameful” and “dangerous.” Clarke, who has said he would “grab Democrats by the throat” and whom ADL said has ties to “two anti-government groups well known for trying to recruit law…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Dismisses Critics Who Panned Jerusalem-Themed Dress At Cannes
(JTA) – Israel’s culture minister dismissed criticism over her wearing to the Cannes Film Festival’s opening a dress whose hem features an image of Jerusalem. “Jerusalem is not a provocation, and it was lovely to see how much affection the dress received at Cannes,” Miri Regev, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist Likud…
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Fast Forward French President’s Party Withdraws 2nd Candidate Who Supported BDS
(JTA) – For the second time this month, the party of French President Emmanuel Macron withdrew from its parliamentary elections ticket a candidate who promoted a boycott of Israel. William Tchamaha was removed Thursday from the En Marche party’s list in next month’s elections, the news site Actu reported. CRIF, the umbrella group of French…
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Fast Forward Israeli Settler Attacked By Rock Throwers Kills Palestinian
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli settler opened fire on a group of Palestinians throwing rocks at his car, killing one and injuring a journalist. The shooter, a father of eight from Itamar in the West Bank who was on his way home from the supermarket, said he felt his life was in danger when he…
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Fast Forward House Passes Bill Enhancing Reporting On European Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would add greater detail to State Department reporting on anti-Semitism in Europe. The Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017 requires the State Department to report to Congress on security challenges to European Jewish communities and to the police forces where they…
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Fast Forward Hebrew University Will Skip ‘Hatikvah’ At Graduation To Avoid Offending Arab Students
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hebrew University will not play Israel’s national anthem at a graduation ceremony, saying it does not want to offend the university’s Arab students. The decision not to play “Hatikvah,” or “The Hope,” at the end of Thursday night’s graduation ceremony for the Humanities Department on the Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem was…
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Fast Forward Seth Rich Parents Demand Retraction Of Fox Story On Wikileaks Ties
(JTA) — The family of Seth Rich, a Jewish Democratic National Committee staffer killed near his Washington, D.C., home last summer, has called on Fox News to retract a story that says Rich had contact with Wikileaks before his death. Rich, 27, a Nebraska native, was shot dead while walking home before dawn on July 10, 2016. Police…
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Fast Forward Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Says ‘I’m Making Aliyah’ At Israel Gig — But Is It Kosher?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jewish Agency for Israel invited Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler to apply to immigrate to Israel after the rocker said during his concert “I’m making aliyah!” Some 50,000 of the band’s fans cheered Tyler’s announcement during the concert on Wednesday night at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, the opening of Aerosmith’s ‘Aero…
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