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Fast Forward California Governor Candidate Compared Wait Lines At DMV To The Holocaust
(JTA) — A Republican candidate for governor in California said he’d stop comparing wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles to the experience of Holocaust survivors. John Cox had come under fire for telling a story Wednesday about a Holocaust survivor who complained about the long lines when the two met at a DMV in…
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Fast Forward 2 Suspects In Custody Over Indiana Synagogue Vandalism
(JTA) — Police arrested two suspects in connection with the painting of a swastika on a synagogue in Indiana. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler, the FBI and the Police Department of the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel announced on Thursday charges against 20-year-old Nolan Brewer and a co-conspirator who is in custody but was not named. The…
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Fast Forward Activist Posts Private Phone Numbers Of Israeli President, Cabinet Members
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The phones of Israeli politicians across the political spectrum began ringing off the hook this weekend after a list of their private numbers was published online. President Reuven Rivlin, Ministers Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked and opposition leader Tzipi Livni were among those whose numbers were on the list, which rapidly spread…
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Fast Forward Romanian Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Vandalizing Elie Wiesel’s Home
(JTA) — Romanian police arrested a 37-year-old man whom they suspect wrote anti-Semitic slogans on the childhood home of Elie Wiesel. The man, whose name police did not release to the public, is believed to have written in florescent pink graffiti on the Memorial House Elie Wiesel in Sighet in eastern Romania the words “public…
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Fast Forward Circumcising Babies Increases Risk Of Cot Death, According To Study
(JTA) — A genetics scholar from Israel published a study claiming that circumcision of boys increases the risk of cot death, but a prominent Dutch pediatrician dismissed his findings as “nonsense.” The study that Eran Elhaik of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom published last month states that the global perseverance of Sudden…
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Fast Forward Israeli Commits To Gaza Reconstruction In Hamas Ceasefire Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has committed to the reconstruction of Gaza and to discussing the possibility of airports and seaports in the Hamas-controlled coastal territory, Haaretz reported on Thursday. Details have begun to emerge regarding these and other terms of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. It’s implementation began Wednesday, closing out months…
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Fast Forward Michigan Democratic Nominee Endorses One-State Solution, Cuts To Israeli Aid
(JTA) — A Michigan Democrat who is all but certain to become a congresswoman said she would “absolutely” vote against military aid to Israel, sparking criticism from a Jewish Democratic group. The candidate, Rashida Tlaib, also said in an interview that she favors a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as opposed to a two-state…
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Fast Forward Cleveland Jewish Federation Appoints First Female President
(JTA) — The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has appointed Erika Rudin-Luria as its top executive, making her the philanthropy’s first female president. On Tuesday, the federation announced that Rudin-Luria, its current senior vice president and chief strategy officer, would succeed Stephen Hoffman, who is retiring. With Rudin-Luria as its first woman president, the Cleveland federation…
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