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Fast Forward Trump Names Christian Pro-Israel Activist To Religious Freedoms Commission
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump named Gary Bauer, the Washington director of Christians United for Israel, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. “We have seen a disturbing rise in anti-Semitism and persecution of Christians around the world, but especially in the Middle East,” Bauer, a veteran of top Education Department posts in…
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Fast Forward French Public Schools Must Enforce 2004 Ban On Kippot and Muslim Head Covers
(JTA) — The French education ministry sent out a circular reminding teachers that wearing religious symbols in public schools is illegal and urging them to punish noncompliant students. The reminder appeared in an 83-page document sent out Wednesday to thousands of public schools throughout France titled “handbook on laïcité,” a French-language word describing the principal…
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Fast Forward Black Subway Rider Won’t Back Down From Rant Against Orthodox Man
A black woman who was filmed going on a rant against a Jewish man aboard a New York subway car said she regrets dropping f-bombs — and nothing else. Shauntaye King, who last week berated Yossi Wolfe over his Jewish identity, said she erupted because he and other riders would not give another black woman…
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Fast Forward Friedman Will Take Control Over Palestinian Ties As Relations Spiral To New Low
(JTA) — President Donald Trump is considering giving US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman more authority over the State Department east Jerusalem office that handles Palestinian affairs, officials said. According to the Associated Press, the move may be seen as a downgrade in the autonomy of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, which is responsible…
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Fast Forward Writer Uninvited From Muslim Group’s Conference For Talking To Zionists
(JTA) —A Pakistani-American writer said he was uninvited from speaking at a conference by a major Muslim group because he wrote about engaging in dialogue with Zionists. In an article published Wednesday in the Atlantic, Wajahat Ali criticized the Islamic Society of North America for uninviting him from its annual conference. Ali, a contributing op-ed writer…
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Fast Forward French-Muslim News Website Compiles ‘Hit List’ Of Famous Jews
(JTA) — A French-Muslim news outlet and a prominent anti-colonialism activist published on Twitter alleged hit lists featuring Jewish groups and individuals. Sihame Assbague, the activist, posted the first list of eight items last week. It included the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities; the Socialist Jewish politician Julien Dray; former prime minister Manuel…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Accused Of Being ‘Unquestionably Anti-Semitic’ By Major Jewish Leader
(JTA) — British Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn holds “anti-Semitic views” which could drive Jewish Britons out of the country if he becomes prime minister, a senior Jewish leader said. Jonathan Arkush, the outgoing president of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry, told the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph that British Jews are for…
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Fast Forward Kafka’s Handwritten Intro To Novel Fetches Nearly $175K
(JTA) — A handwritten manuscript penned by author Franz Kafka fetched nearly $175,000 at an auction in Germany. The text sold Saturday in Hamburg to a private collector is an introduction to a novel that Kafka, a Jewish writer from Prague whose work is widely considered one of the most influential literary oeuvres of the…
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