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Fast Forward Iran Threatens To Restart Its Nuclear Program On ‘Industrial Scale’
(JTA) — Iran threatened to start nuclear enrichment on an “industrial scale” following the United States’ decision to exit a deal offering Tehran international sanctions relief. In a statement Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he would embark on a round of international diplomacy to try and save the deal, which the United States,…
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Fast Forward Poles Helped Nazis Kill Most Of The Jews In Hiding During Holocaust
(JTA) — According to new research done in Poland, two thirds of the local Jews who hid there from the Nazis did not survive the war, mostly because of the actions of their non-Jewish neighbors. The figure comes from a two-volume work of 1,600 pages that historians from the Warsaw-based Center for Research on Holocaust of…
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Fast Forward Ex-Hasidic Woman Becomes Britain’s First Orthodox ‘Rabba’
(JTA) — Dina Brawer, who was raised in the Chabad Hasidic group, became Britain’s first Orthodox female rabbi. She received her semicha, or rabbinic ordination, on Monday in London from British-born Israeli academic and rabbi, Dr. Daniel Sperber, after he administered a two-hour exam. She will take the title of rabba. She sat for her…
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Fast Forward Malaysia’s New 92-Year-Old Prime Minister Is A Proud Anti-Semite
(JTA) — Mahathir Mohamad, an avowed anti-Semite, was sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, nearly two decades after he last held office. Mohamad led his opposition Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition to victory in national elections on Wednesday. On Thursday he took his oath of office before the king, Sultan Muhammad V. Mohamad is known…
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Fast Forward Trump Signs Law To Help Holocaust Victims Reclaim Lost Property
(JTA) — President Trump signed legislation to help victims of the Holocaust and their families reclaim lost property in Poland. The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today, or JUST Act, was first introduced in February. The measure requires the State Department to report on the progress of certain European countries toward the return of or restitution for wrongfully…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Death Camp Museum Will Host Reenactment Fest – Without Mentioning Jews
(JTA) — A Lithuanian museum housed in a camp where Nazis and collaborators murdered 50,000 Jews is hosting an event for families featuring battle re-enactments. The May 12 event, which the Kas Vyksta news website billed as a “feast,” is scheduled to take place at the Ninth Fort, a 19th century bunker complex that the…
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Fast Forward Iran Reportedly Fires Missiles At Israel, And Israel Strikes Back In Syria
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Iranian troops reportedly fired a barrage of 20 missiles at Israel, and Israel responded by bombing Iranian military targets in Syria. The missiles were launched from Syria early Thursday morning. None of them hit Israel. Israel’s missile defense system intercepted four of them, and the rest landed in Syrian territory, according…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Meets With Putin In Moscow To Discuss Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and participate in the Victory Day Parade in Red Square. The parade commemorates the Allies victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Netanyahu went to Russia the day after President Donald Trump pulled out of the…
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