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Fast Forward Donald Trump Urged To Distance Himself From White Supremacist Backers
The Anti-Defamation League called on Trump to distance himself from white supremacists who have intensified their call for his election in recent weeks. “Mr. Trump may have distanced himself from white supremacists, but he must do so unequivocally,” said a statement issued Thursday in the name of Marvin Nathan, ADL National Chair, and Jonathan Greenblatt,…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Opens Up on Jewish Heritage at Chicago Town Hall
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders opened up about his Jewish heritage at a University of Chicago town hall on Thursday. A Jewish student asked Sanders to speak about his faith during the event broadcast by MSNBC, noting that Sanders had been reticent about discussing his Judaism. “Obviously, being Jewish is very, very important to me,”…
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Fast Forward Israel Fire Brigade Shuts Bar Refaeli Store Opening
Israeli fire fighters cancelled an event featuring the super model Bar Refaeli amid complaints that it was unsafe and damaging to nearby businesses. The opening of a new store in the Urbanica chain, which Refaeli is promoting, was scheduled to take place Thursday at the largest shopping mall of Be’er Sheva in Israel’s south but…
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Fast Forward Jewish Developers Hit With ‘Go Back to Israel’ Jibes at Philadelphia Meeting
A community meeting in a gentrifying neighborhood of Philadelphia was forced to end abruptly after local activists hurled anti-Semitic comments at Jewish real estate developers. At the Feb. 22 meeting in Point Breeze, in South Philadelphia, activists with Concerned Citizens of Point Breeze yelled “Go back to Israel!” and other insults at developers who were…
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Fast Forward Kenya President Irks Palestinians With Visit to West Bank Settlement
Kenya’s president was validating Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem with his visits there on his first official trip to Israel, Palestinian leaders said. Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said Thursday that the Palestinians plan to complain to the African Union and other regional organizations about Uhuru Kenyatta’s trip this week, The Associated…
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Fast Forward Israel Rabbinate Opposes Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Plan
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate said it had not agreed to the expanded egalitarian area of the Western Wall on the same day that some 150 male and female Reform rabbis held a prayer service at the site of the expansion. On Thursday afternoon, the Chief Rabbinate Council issued a statement following its monthly meeting demanding the…
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Fast Forward JNF Canada Denies Censorship in Dumping ‘Divisive’ Noa
JNF issued a statement Thursday explaining its stance, a day after Israel’s embassy in Ottawa and its consulate in Toronto and Western Canada announced they would step in and help sponsor the Yom Ha’atzmaut event in May. Though JNF did not cite the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign specifically, its decision to pull its sponsorship…
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Fast Forward David Cameron Slams ‘Shocking’ Settlements in ‘Occupied East Jerusalem’
British Prime Minister David Cameron called construction in eastern Jerusalem “genuinely shocking” during a parliamentary question period. “I am well known for being a strong friend of Israel, but I have to say the first time I visited Jerusalem and had a proper tour around that wonderful city and saw what had happened with the…
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