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Fast Forward GOP politician who called George Soros a Nazi wins Georgia primary, and Trump applauds
A Republican House candidate in Georgia who accused George Soros of being a Nazi won her primary runoff Tuesday night, making her likely to represent her deep-red district next year. The candidate is Marjorie Taylor Greene, who touts QAnon, a network of websites and chatrooms populated by believers in conspiracy theories such as the notion…
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Fast Forward HolocaustFaceMasks.Com plans to shut down
(JTA) — A website dedicated to selling face masks featuring images of the Holocaust has stopped selling the masks and said it would shut down on Aug. 11. HolocaustFaceMasks.com, which had sold fewer than 10 masks as of July 29, had marketed masks emblazoned with famous pictures of the Holocaust. One showed a child with…
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Fast Forward English pub patron to Jewish student: ‘We should have f***ing gassed the lot of you’
(JTA) — An argument at a British pub over social distancing sparked an altercation in which one patron told a Jewish student that “we should have f ***|ing gassed the lot of you.” Danielle Greyman, a 21-year-old sociology student, filmed the incident Thursday at the Hedley Verity pub in Leeds, in northern England. The patron…
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Fast Forward Jewish man called ‘dirty Jew,’ beaten unconscious in Paris elevator
(JTA) — A Jewish man told police he was beaten by two men in the elevator of a Paris building where his parents live and called a “dirty Jew.” The alleged victim, 29, said two Black men followed him into the elevator on Thursday, according to his police complaint and the National Bureau for Vigilance…
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Fast Forward NJ man pleads guilty to threatening Orthodox Jews for pandemic
(JTA) — A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to threatening the Jewish community of Lakewood over violations of the state’s lockdown rules that took place there in March. Anthony Lodespoto, 43, pleaded guilty to charges of “bias intimidation” on Friday, New Jersey Advance Media reported Monday. Prosecutors are seeking a six-month jail term for…
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The Schmooze Will Ice Cube sit down for Shabbat dinner with an Orthodox rabbi?
When it’s once more possible for us to invite strangers into our homes, rapper Ice Cube may find himself blessing the challah alongside an Orthodox rabbi. That’s because New York-based rabbi Avram Mlotek managed to connect with the rapper in an unlikely online medium: Cameo, an app that allows celebrities to send personalized video messages…
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Fast Forward Former Major Leaguer Cody Decker: Anti-Semitism ‘rampant’ in pro baseball
(JTA) – Former pro baseball player Cody Decker said that anti-Semitism is “rampant throughout baseball” and that an Oakland Athletics coach should be suspended for making a Nazi salute after a game. Decker, who played briefly for the San Diego Padres and for Israel’s national team in the World Baseball Classic, spoke candidly on the…
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Fast Forward Toronto Polish-language newspaper blames Jews for pandemic
(JTA) – A Polish-language newspaper in Toronto has published an article blaming Jews for the coronavirus pandemic. B’nai Brith Canada, an organization that fights anti-Semitism, has filed a police complaint over the article published twice by the Głos Polski weekly. “Propagating the lie that Jews are responsible for COVID-19 must be met with criminal charges,…
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