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Fast Forward British Paper Apologizes For Op-Ed Blaming ‘Israel’s Crimes’ For Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A far-left British newspaper that regularly features articles by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized for running an op-ed linking rising anti-Semitism to “Israel’s crimes.” On Wednesday, The Morning Star pulled offline an article titled “Rising Anti-Semitism Cannot be Tackled without Addressing Israel’s Crimes.” “This article has been removed from the website as…
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Fast Forward England Fans Filmed Throwing Nazi Salutes Before World Cup Match
English soccer fans were singing an anti-Semitic song and throwing Nazi salutes in a local pub before England’s World Cup match in Volgograd, where more than a million Soviet soldiers died to stop the German blitzkrieg, The Telegraph reported. In a video circulating social media on Wednesday, a group of men are singing a racially…
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Fast Forward Norwegian Rapper Curses Jews At Concert Celebrating Diversity
(JTA) — A Norwegian rapper hired by the city of Oslo to sing at an event intended to celebrate diversity cursed the “f—-ing Jews” during his performance. In response to the profane statement Friday by Kaveh Kholardi, the leader of the country’s Jewish community has threatened to take legal action against the 23-year-old performer. Kholardi…
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Fast Forward New Yorkers In Religious Garb Subjected To ‘Rampant’ Harassment
Residents of New York City who wear religious clothing faced “rampant” physical and verbal harassment before and after the 2016 election, BuzzFeed News reported Tuesday, citing a new study by the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR). The survey, which examined incidents from July 2016 to late 2017, found that one in five…
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Fast Forward Dutch Chief Rabbi’s Son Harassed On The Street, Called ‘Cancer Jew’
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The son of a chief rabbi of the Netherlands and his family were accosted on the street by people he said intimidated the family, shouting at them “cancer Jews.” Rabbi Yanki Jacobs, the son of Binyomin Jacobs, complained to police on Sunday about the incident, which occurred the previous evening, the AD news…
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Fast Forward Jewish Journalist Trolled For Column On Whiteness, Told She’s Not White
Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for New York Times Magazine, penned a column Wednesday noting that white people are finally beginning to see their whiteness, acknowledging implicit privilege and subconscious racism. She was subsequently trolled on Twitter, called non-white by readers because she is Jewish. “The anti-semitic garbage in my timeline is … voluminous. I…
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Fast Forward Belgian Rapper Shares Anti-Semitic Views And Lyrics On Public Radio
(JTA) — A Belgian public radio station kicked out its studio a rapper who on air inveighed against Israel and “Zionists” while introducing a song whose lyrics speak of “money-loving Jews running after each cent.” The incident occurred last month at the Antwerp studio of a department of the VRT public broadcaster during an interview…
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Fast Forward Soros: Nazi Cooperation Allegations Are A ‘Total Fabrication’
In a rare interview with The Washington Post, billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros, a favored target of the “alt-right,” opened up about the current political climate and anti-Semitic attacks against him. Most recently, Soros found himself in the crossfires of Roseanne Barr’s Twitter rant. Barr tweeted that Soros is “a nazi who turned in his…
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