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Fast Forward Spanish Street Sign Honoring Jew Vandalized Over Hanukkah
A street name sign honoring a Spanish Jew was damaged in the southern Spanish city of Torremolinos amid a debate over the municipality’s decision to celebrate Hanukkah. The sign named for David Haim Melul, the founder of the local Jewish community, was knocked down last week, two months after it was put up, the online…
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Fast Forward U.S. ‘Shocked’ at Hungarian Plans to Honor WWII Anti-Semite
SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary — A U.S. envoy said on Sunday Washington was shocked by plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, who contributed to murderous anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s. “From the U.S. government perspective we feel very strongly that history and the damage that this man did to Hungarian citizens who…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Muslim Rapper Ismo Beats Hate Charges
Dutch anti-discrimination activists urged their Justice Ministry to appeal the acquittal from hate speech charges of Muslim rapper Ismo who sang of hating “f***ing Jews” more than Nazis and his disgust with gay people. The acquittal of Ismael Houllich on Tuesday by a criminal court in Breda was based on the judge’s impression that the…
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Fast Forward Dorm at New Jersey College Vandalized With Swastikas
A residence hall at Rowan University in southern New Jersey was vandalized with swastikas and other anti-Semitic grafitti. The Nazi symbols were discovered Thursday and reported to the university administration. The dean of students, Richard Jones, condemned the graffiti in an email Sunday to students, and wrote that police are investigating the incident. “It is…
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Fast Forward Re-Lighting Ceremony Held for Vandalized New York Menorah
A re-lighting ceremony for a menorah that had been vandalized two nights in a row was held Monday night at Carl Schurz park on New York’s Upper East Side. “It was a time to call the community back to add some light to darkness,” Rabbi Elie Weinstock of the Congretation Kehilath Jeshurun said to the…
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Opinion Why Campus #BlackLivesMatter Protests Are Bad for the Jews
(JTA) — A day before University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler made headlines with a hunger strike protesting racism on campus, a coalition of 36 Jewish and civil rights organizations contacted University Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to protest a vile act of anti-Semitism that had recently occurred at Mizzou: Someone had used feces to…
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Fast Forward Swastika Found on Jewish Man’s Truck in Denver Parking Lot
A Jewish man in southeast Denver discovered a swastika painted on the tailgate of his pickup truck. The man, who asked to remain anonymous, found the vandalism on Sunday in the parking lot of the Hunter’s Run apartment complex, the Intermountain Jewish News reported. No other messages or symbols were painted on the Ford vehicle,…
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Fast Forward ‘I’ll Kill You’ Attack on New York Judaica Shop Manager Probed as Hate Crime
A crazed attacker shouting ant-Semitic expletives punched the manager of a New York Judaica shop and then fled on a Razr scooter, city police said. The NYPD is investigating the incident at West Side Judaica as a bias crime, officials said. The 52-year-old victim told investigators that the man entered the shop on the Upper…
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