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Fast Forward British Labour Politician Questioned Jewish Community’s Need For More Security
(JTA) — A British Labour politician supportive of party leader Jeremy Corbyn questioned the need for bolstered security for Jewish communities, saying some of the threat may be “in their own heads.” Jenny Rathbone, who is a lawmaker in the regional National Assembly for Wales, made the statement last year, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday after…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews Want To Destroy Whites’: French Jewish Mayor’s Home Vandalized
(JTA) — The home of a Jewish mayor in France was covered with anti-Semitic graffiti and, in a separate incident, headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Germany were toppled over and smashed. The graffiti were spray painted on Friday, which marked the the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogroms by the Nazis against German and…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: FBI Reports Major Increase In Hate Crimes Against Jews in 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s count of hate crime against Jews jumped significantly in 2017, according to an annual report released Tuesday morning. The FBI recorded 938 single-bias hate crimes targeting Jews in 2017, a sharp increase from the 684 incidents it recorded in 2016, and the largest number of hate crimes targeting Jews since…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman: I’m Lucky My ‘Walk Of Fame’ Star Isn’t Getting Sewn Onto My Clothing
It was a joke so not-nice she used it twice: Upon receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and appearing on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Sarah Silverman made a pitch-black joke about anti-Semitism. “In a scary time when anti-Semitic crime is up 57% since 2016, it’s not lost on me how lucky…
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Community 80 Years After Kristallnacht, Holocaust Education Is More Important Than Ever
Two-and-half-weeks ago, the Philadelphia community came together to formally open the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Plaza at the first public Holocaust memorial in downtown Philadelphia. Just five days later, a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, and it became tragically clear that our concern about history repeating itself was warranted. November 9th marks the 80th…
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Fast Forward Boys Celebrate Prom With A Sieg Heil In Wisconsin
The boys in a Wisconsin high school class appear to have posed in a Nazi salute in a junior prom photo, the Baraboo News Republic reported. The boys of the Baraboo High School Class of 2019, about 50 people, huddled together on the steps Sauk County Courthouse, where many held up their arms in a…
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Fast Forward Men Shouting In Arabic About Killing Jews Disrupt London Kristallnacht Vigil
(JTA)— A vigil held by pro-Israel activists in London for Jews murdered in Arab countries was dispersed violently by men shouting about killing Jews in Arabic. The event Wednesday by the Israel Advocacy Movement was held on Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park, which is known for its culture of free speech and passionate street preachers…
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Fast Forward ‘Heil Hitler’ Written On Jewish Family’s Vegas Home
(JTA) — The home of a Jewish family in Las Vegas was tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti in what she said was an anti-Semitic incident. Sara Attia, a mother of three, said she called police after finding a swastika and the phrase “Heil Hitler” drawn on the door of her apartment Monday, the Las Vegas Review…
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Fast Forward Trump administration says Columbia University ‘continually failed to protect Jewish students’
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