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Fast Forward Federal lawsuit accuses town of discriminating against Orthodox Jews
(JTA) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a New Jersey township over zoning restrictions that allegedly target the Orthodox Jewish community. The lawsuit accuses the Township of Jackson and its Planning Board of violating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Fair Housing Act by passing zoning…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian police suspend officer who asked for list of Jews
(JTA) — A senior police officer in Ukraine has been suspended for asking a Jewish community for a list of its members. Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov announced the suspension in a letter he sent to the head of the Jewish community of Kolomyya, in the country’s west. The suspended officer, Myhaylo Bank, wrote the…
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Fast Forward TikTok video makes fun of numbers tattooed on Holocaust survivors
(JTA) — A video on the social media music video platform TikTok that makes fun of the numbers tattooed on the arms of Jews held in Nazi concentration camps has received over 623,000 views. The British resident who posted the video said “it’s just a joke,” and TikTok has received “numerous” complaints, the London-based Jewish…
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Fast Forward AJC demands apology over cartoon that showed cramped airplane as ‘cattle car’
The American Jewish Committee has demanded an apology over an editorial cartoon that depicts a crowded airline flight as a “cattle car.” The artwork, drawn by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez, depicts a passenger inside a plane/cattle car saying “I can’t understand why people don’t want to fly.” This cartoon is offensive and a…
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Fast Forward Video shows Alabama teens drawing swastikas on boy’s back
(JTA) — A video showing a group of Alabama teenagers drawing swastikas on a boy’s back was posted to Snapchat. A group of boys are seen laughing at a shirtless boy, a student at Mountain Brook Schools, after drawing two large black swastikas and the word “heil.” Some of the students attend Mountain Brook, the…
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Fast Forward Overthrowing Jews is ‘Christian duty’: FBI arrests author of anti-Semitic posts on weapons charge
The FBI arrested two Queens men Wednesday, both of whom purchased illegal firearms and one of whom published anti-Semitic social media posts. The two men, Joseph Miner, 29, and Daniel Jou, 40, bought weapons from an undercover FBI agent in Queens. Miner had previously written posts praising Hitler and last year’s Monsey stabbing on Instagram….
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Opinion The ADL’s data proves it: The right owns anti-Semitism in America
These are anxious times to be an American Jew. Of course, every time is an anxious time to be an American Jew. As a New York-born Ashkenazi Jew, chronic anxiety is as much a part of my cultural heritage as bagels and schmear. Trust me, if there isn’t some genuine threat to my safety, my…
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Fast Forward Ukraine police chief says he’s reviewing request for list of Jews
(JTA) — The head of Ukraine’s national police said he is looking into a senior officer’s request to receive a list of Jews in the western city of Kolomyya. Gen. Ihor Klymenko, head of the National Police of Ukraine, this week said he is reviewing the Feb. 18 letter by Myhaylo Bank, the head of…
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