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Fast Forward Brooklyn College Students Disrupt Faculty Meeting — Demand ‘Zionists Off Campus’
Approximately 10 Brooklyn College students who interrupted a faculty meeting called for “Zionists off campus” among its list of demands. A faculty member at the Tuesday afternoon meeting told JTA that along with the demand on Zionists, the students called one faculty member a “Zionist pig.” The educator who spoke to JTA wished to remain…
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Fast Forward Ted Nugent Gets Yarmulke for Joining Jewish Gun Club
Ted Nugent has joined a Jewish gun rights advocacy group after being sharply criticized for posting an image on Facebook blaming several prominent Jews for spearheading gun control. Nicki Kenyon of the Zelman Partisans group claimed Monday that Nugent accepted the group’s honorary membership offer. The right-wing rocker also reportedly said he would wear a…
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Fast Forward Jeb Bush Tweets Photo of Gun From Firm With Nazi Past
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tweeted an image of a gun manufactured by a U.S. company with a parent European firm that made firearms for Nazi troops. On Tuesday, the former Florida governor posted the image of a handgun engraved with his name following a campaign stop at the FN America gun manufacturing plant in…
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Fast Forward Conservative Synagogues Get $375K To Better Include Disabled
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is launching a new push to help congregations become inclusive of people with disabilities. The initiative, funded by a $375,000 three-year grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation, will involve up to 20 congregations. Each synagogue will assess its current handling of disabilities issues, create an action plan to become…
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Fast Forward U. of Illinois Student Sorry for Vandalizing Menorah
A student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has apologized for vandalizing a menorah outside the campus Chabad house. Ruby Rivera, a junior, took responsibility for the Feb. 7 incident in a letter to the News Gazette, the local newspaper reported Tuesday. She is scheduled to appear in court later this month to face…
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Fast Forward Kansas City JCC Plans Shooting Rampage Memorial
The Jewish Community Center of Kansas City will erect a memorial to honor the victims of the deadly 2014 shooting at the JCC and a nearby Jewish site. The memorial site at the Jewish community campus in Overland Park, Kansas, is under development, according to the JCC, the local media reported. Sculptor Jesse Small of…
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The Schmooze That Time Beyonce Wore an Israeli Wedding Gown to the Grammys
(JTA) — Beyonce was wearing a wedding gown created by an Israeli designer when she presented at the 58th Grammy Awards. The white and silver tulle gown by designer Inbal Dror of Tel Aviv received about a minute of air time Monday while Beyonce made the Record of the Year presentation. The singer did not…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Threatens Attack on Israel
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to hit large ammonia gas tanks in northern Israel that he said would wreak damage and casualties equal to a nuclear attack. Nasrallah threatened to hit the targets in Haifa in a future attack on Israel, during a speech in Beirut. “This would be exactly as a nuclear bomb, and…
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