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Fast Forward Re-Lighting Ceremony Held for Vandalized New York Menorah
A re-lighting ceremony for a menorah that had been vandalized two nights in a row was held Monday night at Carl Schurz park on New York’s Upper East Side. “It was a time to call the community back to add some light to darkness,” Rabbi Elie Weinstock of the Congretation Kehilath Jeshurun said to the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Blast Donald Trump Plan To Bar Muslims
Jewish groups blasted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his proposal to block all Muslims from entering the United States. “A plan that singles out Muslims and denies them entry to the U.S. based on their religion is deeply offensive and runs contrary to our nation’s deepest values,” the Anti-Defamation League said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Palestinians and Jews Clash in Hebron After Stabbing
Hours after a Palestinian stabbed a Jewish man in the already tense West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinians and Jews clashed violently there. In the aftermath of the stabbing Monday that left the Jewish victim critically wounded and the assailant shot dead, dozens of Jewish residents marched in protest to Hebron’s old city, where they…
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Fast Forward Elite Arson Squad Probes Fires Targeting Bukharian Jews In Queens
The New York Police Department has sent several elite units to a Queens neighborhood where several Jewish homes have been set on fire and has published surveillance video (embedded below) of the suspected arsonist. The police announced Monday they are dispatching a Strategic Response Unit to Forest Hills to address the seven arson attacks there…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Knesset to Hold Pluralist Menorah Lighting
Israel’s Knesset will hold a Hanukkah candle lighting including women and representatives of the Reform and Conservative movements. The lighting, to take place Tuesday, was set up by Knesset member Michal Rozin of the left-wing Meretz party as a response to a state candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall on Sunday that did not include…
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Fast Forward Pro-BDS Prof Who Snubbed Israeli Girl Probed for ‘Nazi Jews’ Remark
A British Jewish academic who told a 13-year-old Israeli girl that she would not answer her questions for a school project until there is peace in Palestine is under police investigation. The Cambridgeshire Constabulary has confirmed to the London-based Jewish Chronicle that it was investigating a complaint about a comment by archaeo-zoologist Marsha Levine. The…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Lawmaker Sentenced to 15 Months for Incitement
A member of the Palestinian parliament will spend 15 months in an Israeli prison for incitement to violence. Khalida Jarrar was convicted in Israeli military court of incitement to violence and belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, an illegal organization banned by Israel. The plea agreement reached Monday also carries a…
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Fast Forward U.S. Nonprofits Gave $220M to Settlements Over Five Years: Report
American nonprofits donated more than $220 million to Israeli West Bank settlements from 2009 to 2013, according to a . The investigation, published Monday, found that some 50 American organizations gave tax-deductible donations by private individuals to the settlements. The payments went to property purchase, home amenities and, in some cases, support to families of…
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