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Fast Forward This Philly Cop’s Alleged Nazi Tattoo Has Sparked an Internal Police Investigation
(JTA) — The Philadelphia Police Department launched an internal investigation of one of its officers after a photo circulated online of the officer sporting a tattoo resembling a symbol used by the Nazis. The image of Officer Ian Hans Lichtermann was posted to Facebook by Evan Parish Matthews, who said he took the photograph at…
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Fast Forward ‘Great Schlep’ Creators Plan Anti-Trump Spoof of ‘The Great Dictator’
The group that created “The Great Schlep,” a Jewish initiative that promoted Barack Obama’s presidential run in 2008, has written an anti-Donald Trump musical to be performed across the country. The musical, called “Chump,” is a satire of Trump’s Republican presidential campaign modeled on “The Great Dictator,” Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satire of Adolf Hitler. Its…
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Fast Forward Disgraced Boston Rabbi Avoids Jail Time in Hush Money Sex Scandal
A Boston-area court has dismissed a larceny charge against the former rabbi of a synagogue in Boston who was being blackmailed for having sex with an underage boy. The Norfolk County Superior Court on Friday also agreed to continue for a year without a finding an embezzlement charge against Rabbi Barry Starr, which would lead…
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The Schmooze Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and other classic comedies, dies at 83
Gene Wilder, a comedic actor known for playing wild-eyed eccentrics such as the titular characters in “Young Frankenstein” and “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” has died at 83. Wilder, who was Jewish, died Sunday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, his nephew, filmmaker Jordan Walker-Pearlman, told The Associated Press. Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Being Urged To Cancel Elections for Fear of Hamas Landslide: Report
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is reportedly being urged to cancel upcoming elections in the West Bank and Gaza for fear that his Fatah party will be trounced in them. Citing Channel 2 television, the Times of Israel reported Friday that Fatah officials are worried the party’s more militant rival, the terrorist group Hamas, could…
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Fast Forward Someone Has Downloaded the 8,000th Book at Dutch Jewish Library
An online library containing hundreds of Dutch-language books by Jewish authors has registered its 8,000th download. The milestone was reached earlier this year, according to the director of Crescas, Dutch Jewry’s main cultural organization, which set up five years ago a digital book collection that grew into one of the Netherlands’ largest websites of its…
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Fast Forward 13 Jewish Graves Vandalized in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thirteen Jewish graves were damaged as headstones were smashed and knocked over Friday at a municipal cemetery in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police were called Friday afternoon to the scene, where smashed pieces of glass could be found atop overturned headstones. Eight young people are said to have carried out the attack with hammers and…
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Fast Forward Eric Schneiderman Targeted by ‘Gruesome’ Anti-Semitic Tweets Over Trump U Probe
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he has been the target of “gruesome” anti-Semitic tweets from supporters of Donald Trump, whose for-profit Trump University is the target of a state lawsuit alleging fraud. Schneiderman also joked that he would leave the United States for the Dominican Republic if Donald Trump is elected president. Schneiderman…
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