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Fast Forward Why Do A Third of Israelis Want To Leave The Country?
A third of Jewish Israelis would leave the country if they could, according to a poll conducted by Masa Israeli, a group looking at the divisions of Jewish society in Israel. It found that secular Jews were the most likely to want to emigrate, with 36% saying they would leave the country if they could….
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Fast Forward Meet Ezra Levant, The Jewish Founder of Canada’s ‘Alt-Right’ Rebel Media
Since the rise of the “alt-right,” a contemporary white nationalist movement, many Americans have looked to Canada as one of the few places where far-right populists have not gained traction. But not so fast. Our northern neighbor, it turns out, has its own Breitbart look-a-like, The Rebel or Rebel Media, and its founder is the…
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Breaking News Is Eric Trump’s Wife Lara Jewish?
(JTA) — It turns out President Donald Trump’s next grandson probably won’t be having a bris. Though Jewish media outlets (including JTA) widely reported that Lara Trump, the pregnant wife of Eric Trump, is a Member of the Tribe, she is in fact not Jewish, a White House Press Office representative confirmed to JTA on Tuesday. The…
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Breaking News Jewish Dem Could Snag Open Georgia House Seat
WASHINGTON (JTA) – One candidate has the endorsement of a civil rights giant. Another boasts that he changes his oil in his pickup truck. A third coached soccer at the local community center. It’s politics as usual in Georgia, except that these three candidates – among the 18 running in the special election on April…
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Breaking News Chuck Schumer Slams Proposed Trump Budget Cuts To Security Grants
NEW YORK (JTA) — Sen. Charles Schumer slammed President Donald Trump’s budget proposal that could jeopardize a security assistance program for nonprofits that benefits Jewish institutions, citing threats to Jewish sites across the United States. “At a time where perpetrators are terrorizing the Jewish community across the country, even here in New York, it makes no…
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Breaking News Toronto Hate Crimes Increase, With Jews Targeted The Most
(JTA) — Reports of hate crimes in Toronto increased by 8 percent, with the city’s Jewish community targeted the most, according to a police report compiling last year’s data. Hate crimes in the city increased to 145 in 2016 from 134 the previous year, the Toronto Police reported. Forty-three of the reported attacks, or 30 percent,…
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Breaking News David Stern Elected Third-Generation Leader Of Reform Rabbis
(JTA) — Rabbi David Stern of Dallas has been installed as president of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, the third generation in his family to hold the title. Stern, 55, the senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El, was installed by the rabbinical group as its 61st president on Monday during its annual convention in Atlanta….
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Breaking News Mexican Jewish Teen Challenged To Cook Non-Kosher Food On TV Reality Show
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A 13-year-old Jewish girl who cooked pork during a primetime reality show on Mexican TV said “my grandfather is going to kill me.” Batia Bresca was clearly uncomfortable cooking non-kosher food during the premiere of the Mexican edition of “MasterChef Junior 2017” last week and invoked Jewish law when a referee asked…
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