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Fast Forward Remaining Beastie Boys To Lead Anti-Hate Rally in Brooklyn
The two remaining members of the Beastie Boys called for an anti-hate rally at a Brooklyn park in memory of band member Adam Yauch after it was defaced with swastikas. The rally is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn. On Friday, the park was spray painted with swastikas and the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Blast Donald Trump for Appointing ‘Alt-Right’ Darling Steve Bannon
Liberal Jewish groups joined in the criticism of Donald Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon as a senior White House strategist. “Those of us who were alarmed by Trump’s campaign when it began over a year ago are starting to see the things we feared come to pass, and this is one of them – the…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Transition Team Includes Jewish Daughter Ivanka and Son-in-Law Jared
Donald Trump’s presidential transition team includes his Jewish daughter and son-in-law, among other family members. Four of the president-elect’s five adult children are on the team, including Ivanka Trump. Her husband, Jared Kushner, a publisher and, like Ivanka, an heir to a real estate fortune, is also on the team. Kushner became one of Trump’s…
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Fast Forward Interfaith Delegation from Arab Countries Holds ‘Historic’ Meeting With Italian Jewish Leaders
An interfaith delegation from Bahrain and other Arab countries met with Italian Jewish leaders at Rome’s main synagogue. Rome’s Jewish community president, Ruth Dureghello, called Friday’s encounter historic. “You will always find our doors open to fight together for a world that is more free, to reinforce the challenge of dialogue,” she said. Led by…
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Fast Forward Leonard Cohen Was Buried in Montreal Before His Death Was Made Public
Singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen was buried in Montreal in the family plot a day before his death was made public. Cohen died Monday in Los Angeles and was buried on Thursday at the Shaar Hashomayim cemetery in Montreal, his hometown, according to reports citing a statement from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, an Orthodox synagogue located…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Warns Lawmakers Not To Speak Publicly About Donald Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on lawmakers and government ministers to refrain from speaking publicly about the election of Donald Trump and possible policy changes. Netanyahu said Sunday during the weekly Cabinet meeting that during his telephone conversation with the president-elect last week, “Trump expressed very deep friendship for Israel, a friendship which has…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Scores Stunning Upset To Win White House — Vows Reconciliation Despite Anti-Semitic Overtones in Race
Donald Trump is the next U.S. president, sweeping to victory in at least 27 states with 276 electoral votes, and jolting a Jewish community made increasingly anxious as his rough-edged nativist rhetoric emboldened the far right and brought into the light a strain of anti-Semitic invective not heard in decades. Trump called on all Americans…
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Life Orthodox Papers Feud Over Using Image of Hillary Clinton
After one haredi Orthodox newspaper printed a photo of Hillary Clinton, a rival haredi paper accused it of breaking Jewish law. Hamodia, a Hebrew paper in Israel, in an editorial this week denounced the decision by Mishpacha magazine, according to Yeshiva World News. Mishpacha, which is published in the United States and Israel, made history…
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