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Fast Forward Thousands Back Petition Against Trump Speech At Holocaust Museum
(JTA) — Thousands of American Jews have signed a petition challenging the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s invitation to President Donald Trump to deliver the keynote remarks at the National Day of Remembrance. Launched Monday by Bend the Arc, a Jewish group that advocates for social justice causes, the petition by the following morning had more…
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Fast Forward Report: Trump Picks Businessman Howard Lorber For Holocaust Memorial Council
(JTA) — President Trump reportedly is tapping businessman and longtime friend Howard Lorber to serve as chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council’s governing board. Lorber — the president and CEO of the Vector Group, a New York holding company, and chairman of the real estate giant Douglas Elliman — arranged for Trump to serve as grand marshal…
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Fast Forward Sanders, Pressed On Ossoff, Says It’s ‘Imperative’ That Dems Win Georgia Seat
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders said it was “imperative” to elect Jon Ossoff congressman from Atlanta’s suburbs, pushing back against the perception that Sanders was unenthusiastic about what is seen as a critical election targeting the policies of President Donald Trump. “Let me be very clear,” Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., said Friday in a rare email…
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Fast Forward Trump Proclaims Week Of Holocaust Remembrance
(JTA) — President Donald Trump proclaimed this week the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, ahead of his planned speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Trump made the proclamation on Monday, which is observed as Holocaust Remembrance Day. Trump’s statement condemned the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews as well as other minorities. “The…
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Fast Forward Americans For Peace Now Scraps Israel Trip Over BDS Ban
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Americans for Peace Now has canceled its annual trip to Israel over the country’s new anti-boycott law. The law passed last month by the Israeli Knesset bars entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements. Americans for Peace Now is concerned that trip participants could be stopped at Ben…
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Fast Forward Israel Brings In 6,000 Chinese Workers — But They Can’t Work In Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel signed a deal with China to bring in 6,000 construction workers after agreeing they would not work in West Bank settlements or eastern Jerusalem. Israel’s housing minister, Yoav Galant, and the Chinese vice minister of commerce, Fu Ziying, signed the agreement on Sunday in Jerusalem. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivors Praise Florida Golf Tourney For Dumping Allianz
(JTA) — Holocaust survivors praised the termination of Allianz’s sponsorship of an annual Florida golf tournament. Survivors, who say the international insurance company still owes an estimated $2 billion in unpaid claims to them, have been protesting the annual PGA seniors tournament held in Boca Raton since 2011. Allianz has sponsored the tournament for the past 11 years….
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Fast Forward Argentine Businessman Tapped To Lead WJC Latin Branch
(JTA) — The World Jewish Congress elected Argentine businessman Adrian Werthein as president of its Latin American branch, the Latin American Jewish Congress. Werthein was elected Sunday at the WJC’s Plenary Assembly in New York City to succeed Jack Terpins, who has led the organization since 2001 and became its first honorary president. He is the first Argentine…
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