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Fast Forward Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery Vandalized — Scores of Headstones Toppled
Dozens of headstones were overturned and broken at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. The vandalism at the Mt, Carmel Cemetery in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia was discovered on Sunday. The damage was found across the entire cemetery with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of headstones affected, the local ABC affiliate WPVI reported. The discovery comes nearly…
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Fast Forward Arizona Jewish Day School Teacher Quits Over ‘Just Kill’ Immigrants Tweet
A third-grade teacher at a Jewish day school in Scottsdale, Arizona, resigned over Twitter posts in which she said that immigrants should be shot. Bonnie Godin Verne resigned Tuesday from the Pardes Jewish Day School, where she has taught for the past 12 years. Her personal Twitter account has been closed, though screen shots of…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Tweets Concern And White House Calls JCC Bomb Threats ‘Unacceptable’
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump tweeted concern about the latest round of bomb threats called in to Jewish community centers Sunday and the White House responded to a reporter’s query by saying “these actions are unacceptable.” “Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom,”…
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Fast Forward IKEA Apologizes For Ultra-Orthodox Catalogue With No Women
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has apologized for publishing a catalogue for Israel’s haredi Orthodox community that does not include any photos of women. A spokeswoman in IKEA’s headquarters in Sweden told Israeli and international media outlets that the catalogue was produced by its Israel branch, which has three stores, and that it is “not something…
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News Israel Knesset Votes 60-52 To ‘Legalize’ Illegal West Bank Settlements
The Israeli parliament passed a bill that would retroactively legalize some West Bank settlements illegally built on private Palestinian land. Knesset lawmakers voted 60-52 in favor of the measure late Monday to legalize some 4,000 settler homes. The law, which prevents the government from demolishing the homes, comes less than a week after police forcibly…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Pinto, Disgraced Guru to Stars, Goes Free After Year in Prison
Yoshiyahu Pinto, an Israeli rabbi who has counseled such celebrities as LeBron James, was released from prison after serving a one-year sentence for bribery. Pinto, 43, was freed Wednesday from Nitzan Prison, where he served his time in the medical center. He has cancer and is in poor health. His appeal to reduce the prison…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Scrap Montana Anti-Jewish March After Failing To Get Permit
A neo-Nazi armed march designed to harass the Montana Jewish community of Whitefish has been postponed after the white supremacist organizer failed to get a city permit. Andrew Anglin, who runs the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website, announced on Wednesday evening that he would not hold his march scheduled for Monday because he has not yet…
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Fast Forward UCLA Sex Harassment Protests Rage Against Harsh Israel Critic
UCLA students vowed to resume their protests Wednesday against Gabriel Piterberg, an Israel-educated historian, over charges by two of his female students of repeated sexual harassment. Piterberg, a graduate of Tel Aviv University who served in the Israeli army, until now was more widely known as a fierce critic of Israel and its founders. When…
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