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Fast Forward Iraqi Man Extradited To Germany After Admitting To Rape, Murder Of Jewish Teen
(JTA) — An Iraqi man was extradited to Germany after admitting to raping and murdering a Jewish German teenage girl. Ali Bashar, 20, a former Iraqi asylum seeker, was scheduled to be interrogated by German investigators on Sunday, after arriving back in Germany from Iraq on Saturday. Bashar fled from Germany after the murder last…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Leader Says U.S. Ambassador ‘Exacerbates’ Far-Right Popularity
(JTA) — A leader of Jews in Germany criticized the United States ambassador to that country for speaking positively about conservative politicians in the continent. Charlotte Knobloch, the head of the Jewish community of Munich and a former leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany wrote in an op-ed for Haaretz published Thursday…
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Fast Forward German-Jewish Girl, 14, Found Raped, Murdered
(JTA) — A Jewish 14-year-old girl in Germany who had been missing since May was found dead. The girl, identified as Susanna F., was found on Wednesday outside Wiesbaden, a city in western Germany. On Thursday, police said that two male asylum-seekers were suspected in her rape and murder. The men, a 20-year-old Iraqi and…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teen Attacked In Berlin For Listening To Israeli Music
(JTA) – Two Germans teenagers, including a Jewish boy, were attacked by three young Arab men in Berlin for listening to Israeli pop music. State police are investigating the violent anti-Semitic attack at the Zoological Garden train station early Sunday morning, according to newspaper reports. A third friend, also not Jewish, was verbally attacked. The assailants fled…
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Opinion My Viral Tweet About Muslims Wearing Kippahs Didn’t Show The Whole Truth
When we see an image that stirs something deep inside of us, we can’t help but share it with the world. There is just something about a man who lets another man fall asleep on him on the subway that is just so utterly sweet and beautiful. It awakens something deep inside of us, deep…
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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 Poland Asks Germany For ‘Priceless’ Documents That Would Prove Poles Saved Jews
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Poland has asked Germany to return archival documents regarding war crimes and saving Jews. The parliamentary team for estimating the amount of compensation due to Poland from Germany, which is led by Law and Justice Party lawmaker Arkadiusz Mularczyk, wants to recover historical documents from Germany regarding the period of the…
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Fast Forward Woman Stabbed To Death Month Before Testifying In High-Profile German Case
BERLIN (JTA) — A Jewish woman due to testify in court next month was found stabbed to death in a Frankfurt park. The body of a woman identified as Irina A., age 29, was discovered on May 9. The woman allegedly had been involved in inventing a “sex-mob” story of mass rape and abuse by…
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