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Fast Forward ‘Are You Jewish?’ He Was Asked, Then Attacked.
(JTA) — Two unidentified men in Berlin hit a Dutch national and then kicked him after asking him if he was Jewish, a German newspaper reported. The incident happened Saturday morning in the Spandauer Vorstadt area in Berlin, Der Tagesspiegel reported. The 31-year-old alleged victim, who is not Jewish and living in Berlin, asked the…
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Fast Forward Threats To Synagogue In Raleigh, N.C. Cancel Weekend Activities
(JTA) — A synagogue in Raleigh, North Carolina, cancelled some weekend activities after synagogue workers and board members received threatening letters. Raleigh police and the FBI are investigating the threats against Temple Beth Or, local NBC affiliate WRAL reported. The synagogue cancelled Sunday school and an end of the summer party last weekend after the…
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Fast Forward Antisemitic And Hate Messages On NJ Lawn Of Non-Jewish Supporters Of Candidate
(JTA) — Hate messages again were spray painted in front of the New Jersey home of a supporter of a Jewish candidate for Congress. It is the third time that the Hampton Township home of Adam Stolarsky and Colleen Murch has been vandalized since they hung a campaign sign earlier this month for the reelection…
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Life One Of Quebec’s Best-Known Political Commentators Is A Jewish Convert Fighting Anti-Semitism
Born into a French-Canadian family and educated by nuns, Lise Ravary makes an unlikely Jewish voice. But since converting to Judaism nearly two decades ago, Ravary’s widely read opinion columns have brought a singular perspective to Quebec’s complex politics. By pulling no punches — in a place where sensitivities around language and identity run deep…
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The Schmooze Mel Gibson Slithers Back To Power Under The Cover Of #MeToo
America is embroiled in one of our favorite national disputes: Can people make amends for evil acts? Can a person who has done some good things also be a person who has done some bad things? If a man is wealthy, handsome, and affable-seeming, should we put him in a position of power regardless of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Rejects Invitation To UN-Sponsored Anti-Semitism Conference
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an invitation to participate in a United Nations conference on Anti-Semitism. The conference was held on Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, on the sidelines of the U.N. General…
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Fast Forward Rudy Giuliani Poses With White Nationalist Candidate
President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani was photographed with a Canadian political candidate who promotes white nationalism and anti-Semitism, The Daily Beast reported. Faith Goldy, a far-right YouTube personality, is running for mayor of Toronto. She tweeted on Tuesday photos of her with the former New York City mayor with the caption: “Just like Giuliani cleaned…
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Fast Forward Canadian Candidate Apologizes For Past Racist, Anti-Semitic ‘Trolling’
A candidate for mayor of a Canadian town who wrote racist posts on a white supremacist website in 2009 and 2010 said that his comments do not reflect his views today, calling them “disgusting” and “wrong,” CBC News reported. Ryan Brady, who is running for mayor of Thompson, Manitoba, used to post on the notorious…
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