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News Aleppo’s Last Jewish Family Flees for Israel Amid Devastation
Jewish history in the Syrian city of Aleppo all but ended in October, when an Israeli businessman and moderate rebels helped smuggle out of the country the last Jewish family in town — but not everybody escaped. The Halabis had lived in Syria through more than four years of internecine civil war, shuttering themselves in…
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News BDS Backer Loses Bid to Lead Britain’s Jewish Students — Gets Just 12% of Vote
Eran Cohen, the supporter of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel who wanted to lead Britain’s Union of Jewish Students, was routed in his bid for the presidency of the body, coming in a distant third to two other candidates, according to results announced on Sunday that showed him garnering under 12% of votes. The…
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Breaking News Should British Serial Killer’s Victims Be Moved to Jewish Cemetery — 70 Years Later?
Almost seven decades after his sister and niece were murdered by a notorious serial killer, Peter Mylton-Thorley is requesting their bodies be exhumed and moved to a Jewish cemetery — where he, too, will lie once he dies. “I haven’t got long left. All I want is to be buried with my sister. It would…
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News David Duke Asks New York Times Reporter, ‘Are You Jewish?’
The New York Times reported a story over the weekend about how the “alt-right” is attempting to clean up its image, now that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has brought its message to the mainstream. But David Duke seems not to have gotten the memo, asking the newspaper’s reporters a question that reveals that it’s still…
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Opinion White? Jewish? Why I Always Check the ‘Other’ Box.
“No dogs, radios, bicycles or picnics.” This enigmatic list posted on a series of wrought iron fences made clear — though without explanation — what items were once barred from the “Backs” in Cambridge, England. Honoring this proscription was the small cost of using the private meadows owned by the colleges next to the river…
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News Report: Jewish Comic T.J. Miller Arrested After Hitting Uber Driver
— Comedian T.J. Miller was arrested for allegedly slapping his Uber driver following a heated discussion with him over Donald Trump. The driver, who was bringing Miller back to his Hollywood home from the GQ magazine’s Men of the Year bash, made a citizen’s arrest Thursday after he said the comic hit him on the…
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News WATCH: Cabinet Contender Spats With Jewish Anchor Over Putin
A candidate for Secretary of State in the Trump administration clashed with a Moldovan-born Jewish news anchor Wednesday over Vladimir Putin’s human rights record. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican California congressman known for his pro-Russian views, was speaking with Yahoo News anchor Bianna Golodryga about rights abusers in China when she said, “much could be said…
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Breaking News Texas A&M Jews Cheer Their Rabbi for Standing Up to White Nationalist Richard Spencer
Following white nationalist Richard Spencer’s Tuesday night address on their campus, Jewish students and faculty at Texas A&M are pleased with the response of their school community. “We are really proud of him for standing up for all of us,” senior Dan Rosenfield told the Forward, praising Texas A&M Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, who organized a…
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