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Fast Forward Hasidic Girl’s Uplifting Poem Goes Viral
A poem by an 11th grade girl from a Hasidic family in Crown Heights has gone viral on social media. “Worst Day Ever?” by Chanie Gorkin was first posted last year on the Poetry Nation website, where Chanie is a member. She was a semi-finalist in the website’s July to December 2014 contest and the…
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Fast Forward Jean-Marie Le Pen Summoned to Court Over Gas Chamber Statement
Far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has been summoned to appear in a Paris court in the wake of his defense of his description of the Nazi gas chambers as “just a detail of WWII.” Le Pen was summoned a few weeks ago to stand trial for denying crimes against humanity, the French news agency…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Riot on Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av
Palestinian rioters threw rocks, firebombs and firecrackers at Israel Police officers on the Temple Mount. Four police officers were lightly injured in the clashes on Sunday morning, when Jews mark the Tisha b’Av fast and day of mourning to commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem’s Holy Temples. Three rioters from eastern Jerusalem were arrested. Police arrived…
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Fast Forward Pollard To Be Released Nov. 21 Unless Parole Board Objects
Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy, is set to be released on parole on Nov. 21 unless the parole board objects, the U.S. Justice Department said. A statement emailed to JTA on Saturday noted that Pollard, a U.S. Navy analyst, was arrested in 1985 and in 1987 sentenced to life for espionage. “Under the laws in…
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Fast Forward Illinois Becomes First State To Divest From Israel Boycotters
Illinois on Thursday became the first U.S. state to divest its public pension funds from companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the historic legislation into law as Jewish community leaders and the consul general of Israel to the Midwest, Roey Gilad, looked on. “We need to stand up to anti-Semitism whenever and wherever…
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Fast Forward Kerry: Israeli Attack on Iran Would Be ‘enormous’ Mistake
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A unilateral Israeli attack on Iran would be an “enormous mistake,” Secretary of State John Kerry said. “That would be an enormous mistake, a huge mistake with grave consequences for Israel and for the region,” Kerry said Friday on NBC’s Today show. Kerry said a unilateral strike would set back Iran’s nuclear…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Group Booted From British Union Festival
Organizers of a trade union festival in Britain asked pro-Israel activists to leave and pack up their stand following harassment by supporters of the Palestinian cause. Members of the Bournemouth Action for Israel (BAFI) grassroots group claimed that their kiosk was defaced and they were verbally abused by Palestine Solidarity Campaign supporters at the Tolpuddle…
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The Schmooze Two Amy Winehouse Art Exhibitions To Open in San Francisco
(JTA)—The late Jewish singer Amy Winehouse, a documentary film about whom is currently in theaters nationwide, is also the subject of two art exhibitions at the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco. The first, entitled “Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait,” which was shown first at the Jewish Museum London, will make its United States debut…
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