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Fast Forward More Than Half Of France Says Zionism Is A Jewish Conspiracy
(JTA) — Zionism is a Jewish conspiracy meant to manipulate Western societies to benefit Jews. That’s the belief of a majority of 1,007 French respondents to a poll about the Jewish nationalist movement. Some 53 percent of the respondents to the survey conducted this year by the Ifop polling company agreed with the statement that…
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Fast Forward Congress Wants To Define Anti-Semitism. That Could Get Messy.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers are lining up behind a bill that would define anti-Semitism. The measure introduced Thursday by Reps. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., who is Jewish, and Pete Roskam, R-Ill., a leader on pro-Israel issues in the U.S. House of Representatives, at first looks like a bipartisan slam dunk. The principal target…
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Fast Forward Syrian Man Charged With Assault In Berlin For Attacking Man Wearing Kippah
(JTA) — A Syrian man living in Berlin was charged with assault after he attacked an Arab-Israeli man wearing a kippah. The alleged attacker, a Syrian Palestinian living in Germany since 2015, was identified as Knaan Al S, due to German privacy laws, according to The Associated Press. He was charged on Friday with causing bodily…
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Fast Forward Jewish Siblings Assaulted And Stabbed In Melbourne
(JTA) — A brother and sister in their 20s dressed in identifiably Jewish clothing were assaulted and stabbed in Melbourne, Australia. The attack occurred on Saturday night in a residential neighborhood, according to the Australian Jewish News. The brother, 22, was hit on the head and his sister, 25, was stabbed in the shoulder and…
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Opinion Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By
A wave of anti-Semitism has swept over Ukraine. In the past three weeks alone, a far-right leader publicly called for cleansing Ukraine of zhidi (a slur equivalent to “kike”); a Holocaust memorial in Ternopil was bombed; hundreds marched through Lviv, in honor of an SS unit, complete with Nazi salutes; “Death to Zhidi” graffiti was…
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News Why Did Army Abruptly Fire Ft. Campbell’s Jewish Leader After Two Decades?
The Jews on the country’s second-largest military base haven’t had a rabbi for years. Until very recently, though, they had Jeanette Mize. She and her family led services and cooked holiday meals there. Because of her, the Jews of Fort Campbell, the Army base that straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border, didn’t have to drive 60 miles…
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Fast Forward More Than 1,000 Religious Leaders Urge Pompeo To Name Anti-Semitism Monitor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than a thousand lay and clergy leaders across a range of faiths signed a petition urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to name an anti-Semitism monitor. “Around the world, violent and even lethal attacks have been made on Jews and Jewish institutions; physical harassment of Jews who wear a kippah in…
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Fast Forward Is This German Cartoon Of Benjamin Netanyahu Anti-Semitic?
A cartoon featuring Benjamin Netanyahu holding a nuclear bomb at the Eurovision song contest has been dubbed anti-Semitic by critics, the Times of Israel reported. The cartoon, published in the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, is a riff on Israel’s recent win at Eurovision, which gives them the chance to host next year’s song contest. The…
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