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Thousands Of Ultra-Orthodox Protest Israeli Military Draft
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of haredi Orthodox men demonstrated against Israel’s military draft in the streets of a Jerusalem neighborhood. The protesters filled the streets of Jerusalem’s Geulah neighborhood, located near the central bus station, on Tuesday evening. The Associated Press put the crowd total at about 10,000. Though the protest was unauthorized, police chose…
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These 5 European Jews Are Backing Far-Right Parties
(JTA) — They speak different languages and live in different countries. Some of them are strictly observant. Others don’t even keep kosher. Some are Sephardi, others are Ashkenazi. As diverse as the Jewish communities to which they belong, the Jews who promote Europe’s rising nationalistic parties are nonetheless united in their fear of radical Islam,…
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Famed Ad Agency Rebrands Itself To Honor Jewish Founders
NEW YORK (JTA) — Grey Global Group, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, was founded in New York in 1917 by two Jewish men. But due to the widespread anti-Semitism of their time, Lawrence Valenstein and Arthur Fatt decided to name the agency Grey Studios, after the color of the office wallpaper, in order…
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Nancy Pelosi Pushes Two-State Solution As Partisan Feuding Hits AIPAC
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders tussled on the AIPAC stage on the final day of its policy conference over which party’s prescriptions were better for Israel. The display of partisanship on Tuesday morning, hours before pro-Israel activists headed to the Capitol to lobby for their issues, was an extraordinary moment for the…
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Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery Begins Restoration Work — St. Louis Donations Soar To $160K
(JTA) — Dozens of volunteers and laborers launched the restoration of toppled and damaged headstones at a Philadelphia Jewish cemetery. Experts in grave restoration are overseeing the work at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, which began Tuesday, the local Fox affiliate reported. Two Philadelphia labor unions offered to provide free repairs and added security. The work…
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Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone Pushes Back On Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Ahead of a British Labour Party disciplinary hearing, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism. He also denied saying that Hitler was a Zionist, but said that he just claimed that Nazi policy “had the effect of supporting” Zionism. Livingstone on Tuesday posted a 17-page summary of the…
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American Jewish Committee Reopens Warsaw Office
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The American Jewish Committee returned to Warsaw after eight years. AJC on Monday opened a new office in the city dedicated to serving Poland and six other Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia. “Welcome home!” Andrzej Folwarczny, founder of the Forum for Dialogue and recipient…
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IDF Rabbi Admits Comments On Female Soldiers ‘Inappropriate’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rabbinic head of a religious Zionist pre-military yeshiva in the West Bank who said that the Israeli army drives female soldiers “crazy” and upsets their Jewishness acknowledged that he was wrong to denigrate female solders. Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, who runs the Bnei David academy in the Eli settlement, in a letter to…
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Kremlin Claims Jared Kushner Meeting With Russian State Bank Was ‘Routine’
A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, last year — but the Kremlin dismissed the meeting as “routine.” A U.S. Senate committee investigating suspected Russian interference in the election wants to interview…
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Chuck Schumer Calls For Ouster Of Lawmaker Who Discussed Russia Probe With Trump
Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, called on Monday for the removal of Republican Representative Devin Nunes as chairman of the House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee. Nunes, whose committee is investigating potential ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, visited the White House the night before announcing he had information indicating Trump associates may have…
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3 Times AIPAC Speakers Dropped The ‘Bipartisan’ Schtick
WASHINGTON (JTA) – “Many voices, one mission.” If AIPAC’s 2017 annual policy conference slogan, popping up on the conference app on activists’ smartphones, isn’t clear enough, the morning pick-me-up video it runs before conference business begins is pretty straightforward. In the video, activists are gravitating through sunny streets here toward the convention center, and titles float…
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