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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Joins Interfaith Endorsement Of Emmanuel Macron
(JTA) — France’s chief rabbi joined a Muslim and Christian faith leaders in an unusual endorsement of the centrist presidential candidate Emannuel Macron against the far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen. Haim Korsia’s office issued the endorsement Thursday, a day after a remarkably acrimonious televised debate between the two candidates ahead of the May 7 runoff. Titled “Call to…
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Books Idra Novey Wins Sami Rohr Prize For Literature
(JTA) — Idra Novey, author of the novel “Ways to Disappear,” won the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. She takes home $100,000 for winning the prize, which was announced Wednesday by the Jewish Book Council at a ceremony at New York’s Jewish Museum. Her book explores a translator’s search for a missing…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Carved Into Cars Near University of Denver Hillel
(JTA) — Swastikas and other hate symbols were carved into cars in a Denver neighborhood. The vandalism was discovered Tuesday in a neighborhood abutting the University of Denver on the cars of residents who live across the street from the campus Hillel, the Denver ABC affiliate reported. Denver police are investigating the incident. They have…
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Fast Forward Texas Governor Signs Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill banning state entities from dealing with businesses that boycott Israel or its settlements. Abbott signed the bill on Tuesday, which was Israel Independence Day, at the Jewish Community Center of Austin. “You can always count on Texas,” Abbott said at the signing ceremony. “Any anti-Israel policy…
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Fast Forward James Comey Cites JCC Bombing Case As An FBI Success Story
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Under fire for election-related controversies, FBI Director James Comey cited a successful outcome in the JCC bomb threats case as an example of why the agency’s work remains vital. “Children frightened, old people frightened, terrifying threats of bombs at Jewish institutions, especially the Jewish community centers — the entire FBI surged in…
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Fast Forward El Al Launches Nonstop Flight To Miami
(JTA) — El Al Israel Airlines will begin nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and Miami in November. It will be El Al’s sixth route in North America; the others are New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Boston and Toronto. Miami International Airport had been in talks with Israel’s national airline since February 2016 in order…
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Fast Forward Arsonist Torches Brooklyn Jewish School’s Bus — Using Religious Books
ted a fire in a Jewish school’s bus in Brooklyn using religious books he found in the vehicle. The incident from last week in the Williamsburg neighborhood was first reported by the New York media on Wednesday. The arsonist broke into the emergency exit of the parked bus in the early evening, the New York…
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Fast Forward What Else Shmuley Boteach Revealed On Stephen Bannon’s White Board
(JTA) — The man who calls himself “America’s Rabbi” revealed the agenda of America’s most powerful nationalist in a photo op with Stephen Bannon. Shmuley Boteach, an author, speaker and adviser to several celebrities, tweeted a photo of himself with Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, on Tuesday. This is not the first time that…
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