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Fast Forward Son Of ‘Japanese Schindler’ Unearths Lifesaving Visas For Holocaust Survivors
(JTA) — Lithuania’s state archive contains forgeries of life-saving visas given to Jews during the Holocaust by late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, his son said. Nobuki Sugihara, who visited the archives in Vilnius last week, found out that the seals and signatures on some visas said to have been issued by his father differ from those on…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Looted Renoir Returned To Jewish Art Dealer’s Last Heir
(JTA) — A Renoir painting that the Nazis stole from a Paris bank vault was returned to the heir of its owner. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities returned the 1919 work “Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin” to Sylvie Sulitzer of France, the last remaining heir of her grandfather Alfred Weinberger, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in…
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Fast Forward San Francisco’s Transit System Accepts Ad From Holocaust-Denying Group
(JTA) — The Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco accepted an ad from the Institute for Historical Review, a known Holocaust-denying group. The ad, which shows a map of the world overlaid with the words “History Matters” and the name of the group, will run through the month of September on digital boards in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Ends Syrian Civilian Aid Mission
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces announced that it has ended its operation providing humanitarian assistance to Syrians affected by the country’s long-running civil war. “Operation Good Neighbor,” which was launched in 2016, came to an end due to the return of the Syrian regime to southern Syria, according to the IDF. Rebel groups in…
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Fast Forward House Passes New $38 Billion Aid Package For Israel
(JTA) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure that would codify into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration. The U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 approved Wednesday gives the defense package the imprimatur of Congress,…
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Fast Forward House Passes Bill Promoting Anti-Semitism Envoy To Ambassador
(JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that upgrades to ambassador level the position of special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism at the State Department. The Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act was authored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who helped write the 2004 law that created the monitor post….
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Fast Forward In First, Israeli Court Recognizes Private Conversion To Judaism
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli court ordered the Interior Ministry to register as Jewish a woman converted by a private Orthodox conversion court. The decision by the Jerusalem Municipal Court was publicized on Thursday. The woman’s conversion in the summer of 2016 was performed in the Giyur K’Halacha court, which was founded three years ago and…
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Fast Forward Michael Steinhardt Accused Of Inappropriate Remarks To Female Hillel Employees
(JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt is the subject of an internal investigation by Hillel International: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life for making inappropriate sexual remarks to two female employees, The New York Jewish Week reported. Steinhardt, who was not informed directly about the details of the allegations made against him until Monday, when he…
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