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Fast Forward Greece Holocaust Memorials Vandalized On Eve Of Passover
(JTA) — Two Holocaust memorials in Greece were vandalized. A Holocaust memorial in Kavala in northern Greece was smashed on Wednesday night, the Athens-based daily newspaper Ekathimerini reported. The monument unveiled about a year ago commemorates 1,484 Jews from Kavala who died in Nazi death camps during World War II. The marble veneer of the…
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Fast Forward Rocket From Sinai Hits Israel After Border Closed For Passover
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Sinai landed on a greenhouse in southern Israel near the Gaza border hours after Israel closed its border with Egypt, citing fear of an imminent attack. The rocket was fired on Monday morning, causing Code Red alerts to sound in several Israeli communities on the border with Gaza….
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Says French Not Responsible For Deporting Jews
(JTA) — Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, said that her country is not responsible for the deportation of thousands of Jews to death camps in 1942. Le Pen, who according to recent polls is one of the two leading candidates ahead of the first round of the elections on…
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Fast Forward Israel Top Court Sets June 4 Deadline On Western Wall Prayer Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court called on the Israeli government to respond to lawsuits regarding the establishment of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. The court on Friday set a deadline of June 4 for the government to respond to the lawsuits and resolve the crisis, Haaretz reported. The court combined three…
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Fast Forward 2,000 Protest Killing Of Jewish Woman Outside Paris
Two thousand French Jews demonstrated outside of the home of an ultra-Orthodox woman who is believed to have been pushed out of her third-floor apartment by a neighbor to her death. The memorial rally held on Sunday in Paris outside the home of Sarah Halimi became contentious after younger members of the Jewish community, reported…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner And Steve Bannon Meet To Ease White House Feud
(JTA) — President Donald Trump’s top strategist Steve Bannon, and his son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, met in an attempt to smooth tensions that have roiled the administration. The men met on Friday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, after being ordered to by White House chief of staff Reince Priebus at the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Theater Building Demolished In Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – Work began on demolishing the Jewish Theater building in Warsaw. The demolition of the building at Grzybowski Square began on Friday, but actors, staff and spectators came to the site on Saturday to say good-bye to the 50-year-old building. The demolition could last for several weeks, as it is dismantled in…
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Fast Forward Historian Says Hitler Had A Jewish Landlord For 9 Years
(JTA) — Adolf Hitler had a Jewish landlord, a German historian says. Hitler lived in a home in Munich that was owned by a Jewish merchant between the years 1920 and 1929, according to Paul Hoser. Hitler spent one of those years in Landsberg prison for his and his Nazi Party’s failed coup attempt known…
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