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Fast Forward Arson Probe Launched In Las Vegas Chabad Fires
(JTA) — Two fires at a Las Vegas Chabad building prompted an arson investigation by the Las Vegas Fire Department. A car was set ablaze Monday night in the parking lot of Chabad of Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Earlier on Monday evening, a trash can was set on fire in a restroom…
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Fast Forward Montana Hit By More Anti-Semitic Fliers
(JTA) — Hundreds of anti-Semitic fliers were dropped in front of homes in Bozeman, Montana. The fliers featuring a photo of a haredi Orthodox rabbi calling for a white genocide were distributed over the weekend, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. There does not appear to be such a person as the rabbi named in the…
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Fast Forward Ohio County Sued For Failing To Provide Days Off For Jewish Holidays
(JTA) — A former staff attorney for Butler County in southern Ohio filed a lawsuit alleging that she had to use vacation time to observe Jewish holidays. Kimberly Edelstein in a lawsuit filed against Butler County, and its judge, prosecutor and assistant prosecutor, said she was not able to use official holiday time off in…
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Fast Forward Cars And Homes Vandalized In New Wave Of Israeli ‘Price Tag’ Hate Crimes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 20 cars were vandalized in eastern Jerusalem and in the Galilee area of northern Israel in what are being investigated as anti-Arab hate crime attacks. The cars were vandalized in eastern Jerusalem overnight in a swath running from the Arab Shuafat neighborhood to the haredi-Orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. The damage…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Pope Francis Dances With Hasidic Jews At Vatican
A delegation of Hasidic Jews and discussed with them issues including the protection of Jewish cemeteries in Europe and combating child sex abuse. The pontiff held a 45-minute audience at the Vatican on Monday with the group, which was led by Rabbi Edgar Gluck. A video on the Yeshiva World News website and also posted to YouTube…
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Fast Forward Turkish President: Muslims Should Resist Israel By Visiting Temple Mount Often
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey called on Turks to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque often to protect its Muslim identity and accused Israel of “massacres” against the Palestinians. “Turkey attaches great importance to the justified resistance of the Palestinians and will not yield to Israeli attempts to change the status quo in the…
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Fast Forward Kushners Sorry For Using Jared In China Cash-For-Visas Pitch
(JTA) — Kushner Companies, the company owned by the family of senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, reportedly has apologized for using his name during a real estate sales pitch to Chinese investors. Nicole Meyer, Kushner’s sister, made the pitch on Saturday in Beijing to more than 100 Chinese investors. Meyer said the project “means a…
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Fast Forward Texas Bill Would Allow Agencies To Deny Adoptions Based On Religion — And Sexual Orientation
(JTA) — Texas lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would allow state-funded or private faith-based adoption agencies to reject couples seeking to adopt children if they are Jewish. The state House proposal also would allow potential adoptive couples to be rejected if they are Muslim, interfaith, gay or single, according to reports….
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