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Alleged Monsey stabber indicted on 6 attempted murder charges
(JTA) — A grand jury in Rockland County, New York, has indicted the alleged Monsey stabber on six attempted murder charges. The charges against Grafton Thomas announced on Friday included six counts of attempted murder in the second degree, three counts of assault in the first degree, three counts of attempted assault in the first…
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Bernie Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Bernie Sanders campaign has named an insider in both the Jewish and Democratic establishments — entities that the presidential candidate has previously kept at a distance — as its liaison to the Jewish community. The appointment of Joel Rubin, a former Obama administration official with longstanding ties to an array of…
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Suspect in alleged Brooklyn anti-Semitic attack held on $10,000 bond
(JTA) — A suspect in an alleged anti-Semitic attack in New York City pleaded not guilty and was being held on $10,000 bond. Jasmine Lucas, 24, was charged Thursday in Brooklyn criminal court with second-degree robbery as a hate crime and second-degree assault, among other counts, for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old Jewish man the previous…
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Netanyahu: US slaying of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was ‘self defense’
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the U.S. slaying of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Netanyahu spoke Friday about the American airstrike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani, the head of the Quds Force, which operates a number of regional militias and is allied with terrorist groups targeting Israel, including Hezbollah and…
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New York Democrats condemn anti-Semitic attacks, but admit they’re not sure why they are happening
NEW YORK (JTA) — In the wake of several attacks on Jews in the New York area in recent months, seven House Democrats representing districts of New York City held a press conference to emphasize that they are committed to stamping out anti-Semitism. But in addition to discussing initiatives designed to help decrease anti-Semitic attacks,…
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Two men arrested for Jewish cemetery vandalism in Germany
(JTA) — German police arrested two suspects in the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in the town of Geilenkirchen. The suspects, ages 21 and 33, allegedly knocked over more than 40 gravestones in the Jewish cemetery in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday. The men, who were reportedly wearing hoods, also defaced some…
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David Stern, NBA commissioner who brought basketball to the world, dies At 77
(JTA) — David Stern, who in three decades as NBA commissioner guided the league from financial distress to become a multibillion-dollar global enterprise, died Wednesday. He was 77. His philanthropy through the Dianne and David Stern Foundation with his wife included a number of Jewish causes, according to Inside Philanthropy. Stern had undergone emergency surgery…
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Auschwitz Museum condemns Polish school’s reenactment of Nazi gas chamber
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The Auschwitz Museum condemned a school ceremony in which students enacted a scene depicting the gassing of concentration camp victims. At a ceremony last month, seven-year-old children from the school in Łabunie in eastern Poland portrayed victims of the Nazis. The students dressed in striped uniforms and when the “gas” in…
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Former Italian politician attacked by youths in Venice shouting about Anne Frank
ROME (JTA) — Italian Jewish leaders voiced solidarity with former politician Arturo Scotto, who was punched in the face by youths shouting about Anne Frank in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square on New Year’s Eve. Police in Venice are investigating the incident. Scotto, a former leftist member of parliament who is not Jewish, wrote in a…
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2 men flash knife at Brooklyn Jewish teen
(JTA) — Two men, one flashing a knife, threatened a Jewish teen in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The incident took place on Monday evening, according to local reports. The two men yelled “Hey Jew boy” at the teen as one pulled out the knife, the New York Post reported. There are two synagogues located…
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22-year-old Hasidic man punched and taunted by two women in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two women yelled “F*** you Jew” and “I will kill you Jews” at a Hasidic man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and shoved him to the ground when he tried to film their anti-Semitic tirade, law enforcement sources and witnesses told CBS12. The 22 year-old victim was approached by a 24- and 34-year-old…
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