Does this fidget spinner sold on Amazon look like a swastika?
The toy snaps together in various configurations, but the ad features a swastika-like shape
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Fast Forward Israelis Are Crowd-Sourcing The Hebrew Name For Fidget Spinner
A small, spinning toy is currently stumping Israeli linguists. The fidget spinner, a three-pronged device that has captured the hearts — and hands — of children worldwide, has yet to be given a Hebrew name, The Times of Israel reports. Scholars at The Academy of the Hebrew Language have turned their puzzlement into a social…
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Fast Forward Fidget Spinners Ruled Kosher For Shabbat
Rabbis at the leading Israeli center for Jewish law and technology have given a kosher stamp of approval for kids to use popular hand-held spinner toys on the Sabbath. The Scientific Institute of Technology in Jerusalem, which both reviews and creates technology in accordance with Jewish legal codes, issued a ruling on the use of…
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Fast Forward How Fidget Spinner Was Supposed To Bring Peace To Mideast
(JTA) — Do we have Palestinian rock throwers to thank for the fidget spinner? The inventor of the ubiquitous stress-reducing toy says she came up with the idea during a trip to Israel in the 1980s, during the First Intifada, as a way to distract the “young boys throwing rocks at police officers.” Catherine Hettinger…
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Fast Forward Fidget Spinners Were Created To Stop Palestinians From Attacking Israelis
Fidget spinners, the incredibly popular toys that have driven thousands of schoolchildren to distraction in classrooms across America, were invented after their creator sought to create an alternative activity for Palestinian boys to do instead of throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. Catherine Hettinger told Money magazine on Wednesday that her wheels starting turning after observing…
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