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Fast Forward ADL Gets Lesser Role In Starbucks Diversity Training After Controversy
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League is no longer taking a leading role in next month’s diversity training at Starbucks stores across the United States, serving instead in an consulting role. Initially, the group’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, was one of four civil rights leaders tapped to develop the coffee giant’s all-day anti-bias training next month across its…
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Fast Forward Money-Flashing Rabbi Costume Yanked From Amazon
(JTA) – Following complaints, a picture of a model holding money while wearing a rabbi costume was pulled off the Amazon Germany shopping website. The ads for the costume — a black hat with synthetic sidelocks that costs up to $20 — appeared on the German-language version of Amazon up until last week, the news…
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Fast Forward Mike Pompeo To Visit Israel On First Trip As Secretary Of State
(JTA) — Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will stop in Israel during a trip that began Friday, one day after the Senate approved his nomination by a vote of 57 to 42. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Thursday that Pompeo will be leaving today for an overseas trip that will include meetings…
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Fast Forward Searchers Find Body Of Tenth Teen Killed In Flash Flood In Southern Israel
(JTA) — The body of a missing Israeli teen was found overnight Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of teenage hikers killed by a flash flood during a hike in southern Israel. Two Palestinian children also died from flooding in the West Bank, Haaretz reported, as the region has been lashed by intense spring rains….
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Fast Forward Parents Of Palestinian Teen Burned Alive Sue Jewish Killers For $1.5 Million
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of a Palestinian teen burned to death in a revenge attack by three Jewish extremists is suing his killers in a civil lawsuit. The parents of Mohammed Abu Khdeir are seeing $1.5 million in damages. The criminal case against the three Jewish extremists, including two minors, ended earlier this year after…
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Fast Forward Man Who Taught Dog To Do Nazi Salute Crowdfunds Over $185,000 For Court Appeal
(JTA) — The Scottish man who was found guilty of a hate crime and fined $1,100 for teaching his girlfriend’s dog to do the Nazi salute has raised tens of thousands of dollars for his appeal. Mark Meechan, 30, who was convicted last month, taught the pug, named Buddha, to respond with the Nazi salute when prompted…
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Fast Forward How Josh Rosen Used ‘Jew Bastard’ Abuse As Motivation
(JTA) — Josh Rosen, the UCLA quarterback who was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 10th pick in the NFL draft, told the league’s online magazine that a lot of the trash talk directed at him on the field is anti-Semitic. “I get a lot of Jewish things,” he told NFL.com reporter Michael Silver. “My…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise To Record Level In Canada
MONTREAL (JTA) — Canada had a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, B’nai Brith Canada reported in its annual audit. There were 752 incidents of harassment, vandalism and violence, a 1.4 percent increase over the record 1,728 last year, according to the Audit of Antisemitic Incidents released Tuesday. The vast majority of the incidents…
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