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Fast Forward Jews Targeted In 41% Of All Racist Attacks In Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The prevalence of illegal discrimination against Jews in the Netherlands nearly doubled in 2017, reaching a five-year high that accounts for 41 percent of all xenophobic incidents recorded. The data appeared in a report published last month by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service of 144 confirmed criminal offenses involving xenophobia handled in 2017…
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Fast Forward Man Who Attacked Jewish Father Of 9 Hit With Hate Crimes Charge
(JTA) — The man accused of attacking an identifiably Jewish man walking home from Shabbat services in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn was indicted on several charges including committing a hate crime. James Vincent, 40, was arraigned on Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court on a 17-count indictment. He is charged among other things, with…
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Fast Forward Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Threatens Crucial Israeli-Owned Power Plant
(JTA) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is threatening a geothermal power plant owned by an Israeli company. The Puna power plant supplies 25 percent of the island’s electricity, the daily business website Calcalist reported. Eruptions from the volcano began on May 3. On Wednesday, molten lava from the volcano had reached within…
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Fast Forward University Of California Cancels Israel Event Over Gaza Violence
(JTA) — An event celebrating 50 years of study in Israel through the University of California Education Abroad Program was cancelled after alumni questioned holding the event as violence raged on the Gaza border. A new event celebrating 50 years of educational partnership with Hebrew University was scheduled in its place on the same date,…
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Fast Forward Two Ohio State Jewish Fraternities Suspended Over Hazing
(JTA) — Two historically Jewish fraternities at The Ohio State University have been suspended over hazing activities that violate the Code of Student Conduct. Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Alpha Mu will not be able to apply to be reinstated until 2023, the university’s student newspaper The Lantern reported. The fraternities violated the Code of…
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Fast Forward Anti-Trump Activist Laura Moser Pummeled In Texas Primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Laura Moser, the Jewish author who launched an activist movement against the Trump presidency, was soundly defeated in her challenge to the Democratic establishment in a Texas primary. Attorney Lizzie Fletcher bested Moser 68 to 32 percent in the race Tuesday in Texas’s 7th congressional district, comprising parts of Houston and its…
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Fast Forward Students Who Sprayed Swastika On School Can Face Victims Instead Of Prosecution
(JTA) — The 14 male students who sprayed a swastika and anti-gay slurs on the side of their Boston-area high school can go through a “restorative justice process” instead of being criminally prosecuted. The vandalism, using the spray from fire extinguishers at Arlington High School, occurred on May 2. The vandals also shattered the glass…
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Fast Forward Philip Roth, Great American Novelist, Is Dead At 85
(JTA) — Philip Roth, whose notorious novels about the sex drives of American men gave way to some of the most probing examinations of the American Jewish condition in the 20th and 21st centuries, has died. He was 85. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his friend, Judith Thurman. Early in…
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