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Fast Forward Trump Once Agreed Jared Kushner Should Be Ousted: Woodward
JTA) — President Donald Trump last year agreed with a former top aide that Jared Kushner should not serve in the White House due to potential complications involving Kushner’s business dealings, the new book by journalist Bob Woodward claims. According to a story in Newsweek, “Fear: Trump in the White House” says that Trump contemplated…
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Fast Forward Chabad Hungary Joins Holocaust Project Boycotted By Other Jews
(JTA) – Hungary’s controversial Holocaust museum will open next year despite opposition by some in the Jewish community to its premise and staff, according to a government statement. Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said Friday at a news conference that the House of Fates will open in Budapest in 2019, four…
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Fast Forward Budapest Synagogue Re-Opened After Centuries Of Disuse
(JTA) — A former synagogue in Hungary’s capital city that had not been used as a place of worship in centuries reopened as a Jewish house of worship in a ceremony attended by the country’s president. President János Áder attended the re-dedication and opening ceremony of Buda Castle Synagogue on Thursday as a guest of…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Posters Appear Around London After Labour Party Anti-Semitism Vote
(JTA) — Posters stating “Israel is a racist endeavor” appeared on bus stops in London a day after Britain’s opposition Labour Party voted to accept the international definition of anti-Semitism, but with a free speech clause on criticizing Israel. A section of the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, definition of anti-Semitism states that…
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Fast Forward Memorial Ceremony For Victims Of 9/11 Held In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A memorial ceremony was held in Jerusalem for victims of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The annual ceremony was hosted by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) and the U.S. Embassy in Israel. The ceremony held at the 9/11 Living Memorial Monument in the Jerusalem neighborhood…
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Fast Forward Colombia Soccer Coach Jose Pekerman Quits
(JTA) — Jose Pekerman has stepped down as the coach of the Colombia national soccer team after leading the South American country back to international prominence, including two World Cup appearances, during his nearly seven-year run. Pekerman, 69, an Argentine who was the only Jewish coach or player participating in the 2018 World Cup, decided not…
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Fast Forward Paraguay Embassy Is Leaving Jerusalem, So Israel Closes Its Embassy In Paraguay
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel closed its embassy in Paraguay following an announcement by the South American country that it was relocating its embassy back to Tel Aviv four months after moving to Jerusalem. The move comes as Paraguay joins the effort to bring peace to the Middle East. “Paraguay wants to contribute to an intensification…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Lawmakers Ask EU To Help Overturn Nation-State Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The head of Israel’s Arab Joint List party met with the European Union’s foreign policy chief to urge the body to actively work to overturn the controversial nation-state law. Ayman Odeh and several Arab-Israeli lawmakers traveled to Brussels to meet with EU officials. “I highly value the E.U.’s support as we struggle…
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