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Fast Forward White House reportedly credentials again website that called impeachment a ‘Jew Coup’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House has again credentialed TruNews, the outlet that called the impeachment of President Donald Trump a “Jew coup,” this time to cover Trump’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The White House Correspondents Association confirmed to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday that the White House had…
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Fast Forward NowThis removes video saying Anne Frank did not die in Nazi camp
(JTA) — The progressive NowThis news website removed a segment of a video in which a student at George Washington University asserted that teenage Holocaust diarist Anne Frank did not die in a concentration camp. CORRECTION: We have removed a segment of this video in which the speaker misspoke regarding Anne Frank’s death These Jewish…
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Fast Forward Wisconsin man suspected of neo-Nazi ties arrested for vandalizing synagogue
(JTA) — A Wisconsin man with Jordanian roots was arrested for vandalizing a synagogue as part of his involvement in a white supremacist and neo-Nazi hate group known as The Base. Yousef Barasneh, 22, was arrested Friday as part of a nationwide investigation into the extremist group. Six other men were arrested on Thursday and…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis condemns ‘barbaric resurgence’ of anti-Semitism
(JTA) – A week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis renewed his condemnation of anti-Semitism, decrying its “barbaric resurgence.” Francis was addressing a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that met with him at the Vatican on Monday. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in Italy and throughout the world on Jan. 27 –…
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Fast Forward Man charged with hate crime for yelling at Jewish couple in New York City
(JTA) — A man was arrested for yelling and cursing at a Jewish couple in midtown Manhattan near Times Square. Vernon Stevens, 55, who has at least five prior arrests, was charged with aggravated harassment and a hate crime, police told the New York Post. The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Friday. When…
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Fast Forward 3 more men alleged to be members of extreme neo-Nazi group arrested
(JTA) — Three more men alleged to be members of a white supremacist and neo-Nazi hate group known as The Base were charged with conspiring to kill a married couple who are anti-fascist protesters. The three men were arrested on Friday in Georgia after an undercover FBI agent infiltrated the group, The Associated Press reported….
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Fast Forward FBI arrests 3 suspected neo-Nazis who planned to bring weapons to a pro-gun rally
(JTA) — The FBI has arrested three men alleged to be members of a neo-Nazi hate group who had planned to travel with firearms to a pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia. The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature and…
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Fast Forward LA-area condo owner ordered to remove swastika
(JTA) — The Jewish mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has ordered a local condo owner to remove material posted on his balcony that includes swastikas and threats against the president. “This type of material and language has no place in our community and we are working tirelessly to get the material taken down,” Mayor…
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Yiddish וואָס צוויי פּאָעטן האָבן געשריבן וועגן זייערע מאַמעסWhat these two Yiddish poets wrote about their mothers
מאַני לייב און ראַשעל וואַפּרינסקי, וואָס זענען יאָרן לאַנג געווען ראָמאַנטיש פֿאַרבונדן, באַשרײַבן ביידע דער מאַמעס פֿרומקייט.
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