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Fast Forward Treblinka Survivors Commemorate 72nd Anniversary of Camp’s Uprising
The last surviving prisoner of Treblinka was among those in attendance for a commemoration of the Jewish uprising at the Nazi extermination camp in Poland. “We burned in hell,” said Samuel Willenberg said at Sunday’s ceremony on the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising. Some 200 prisoners escaped, but hundreds were killed while…
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Fast Forward U.S. Jewish Groups Call on Israel to Rein in Jewish Extremists
Jewish groups in the United States called on Israel to more forcefully rein in its Jewish extremists. The call came in messages condemning two attacks: the firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank, which led to the death of a sleeping baby; and the stabbing of six people during the Jerusalem Gay Pride…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Painted on Remnants of Berlin Wall
Unknown vandals defaced a famous mural on remnants of the Berlin Wall with anti-Semitic graffiti. The attack comes during a week when several thousand Jewish visitors are participating in the first ever European Maccabi Games to be held in Germany. The mural, originally painted in 1988 as a reminder of the 40th anniversary of the…
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Fast Forward International Jewish LGBT Conference to Honor Jerusalem Parade Victim
Gay Jewish community builders from across the world are set to convene in Austria for the inauguration of an international think tank on their communities’ needs. The 70 participants of the inauguration next week in Salzburg of the new think tank, which is called Eighteen:22, will also commemorate in the Austrian city the murder of…
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Fast Forward Israelis Mourn Teen Killed in Gay Pride Parade Stabbing
Hundreds gathered in Jerusalem for a memorial to Shira Banki, the teen who died from injuries suffered in a knife attack at the city’s gay pride parade. Friends and supporters of Banki and the LGBTQ community held the tribute on Sunday night in Zion Square. Banki, 16, a high school student from Jerusalem, had died…
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Fast Forward 16-Year-Old Stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade Dies of Wounds
A 16-year-old victim of the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade stabbing attack has died. Shira Banki died Sunday afternoon at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, where she had been fighting for her life after being stabbed in the chest and stomach. Her family agreed to donate her organs, Hadassah announced. “The murder at the pride…
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Fast Forward Rivlin Files Police Complaint Following Assassination Threats
Security officials in the office of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin have filed a complaint with the Israel Police over threatening messages in the wake of Rivlin’s condemnation of an arson attack that killed a Palestinian baby. Threats on social media include a call for Rivlin’s assassination, and a photo showing the president wearing a black-and-white-checkered…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel Condemns Murders of Palestinians, Who Celebrate Killing of Jews
Israel condemns the murders of Palestinians, who celebrate the killing of Israelis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “This is what distinguishes us from our neighbors. We deplore and condemn these murderers. We will pursue them to the end. They name public squares after the murderers of children. This distinction cannot be blurred or covered…
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