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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Elected Mayor Of Mexico City
(JTA) — A Jewish woman was elected mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Sunday defeated a field of six other candidates, four of them women. She won with a reported up to 55 percent of the vote. She holds a doctorate in energy engineering and physics from…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Entrance To Jewish-American BDS Activist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish-American activist was denied entrance to Israel over her work with the BDS movement, despite having a valid student visa. Ariel Gold, a 43-year-old mother of two who is active in the social justice NGO CodePink, was detained on Sunday night at Ben Gurion International Airport. She wrote in a Facebook…
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Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire To Return To Israeli Basketball, If No NBA Team Wants Him
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire will return to the Israeli Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team, if he does not secure a position in the NBA. The team made the announcement Sunday, saying that the all-star’s return was conditioned on him not finding a spot on an NBA team. Stoudemire played for the New York…
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Fast Forward Omri Casspi Signs One-Year Deal With Memphis Grizzlies
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, reportedly had agreed to a one-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. Reports of the deal emerged Sunday, with the start of the week-long free agency period. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN first reported the deal. Casspi, 30, can sign the deal on July…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Town To Pay $1.25M In Settlement Of Anti-Semitic Harassment Suit
(JTA) — A New Jersey township is settling with a former employee for $1.25 million over allegations he was repeatedly faced with anti-Semitic harassment by other workers. On Saturday, the Township Committee of Wall agreed to settle with Brandon Jacobs, a former employee in the shore community’s public works and tax collector’s office, the Asbury…
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Fast Forward Key Israeli Government Minister Drops Support For Egalitarian Prayer At Kotel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government minister whose approval is needed to advance the plan for the Western Wall’s egalitarian section has dropped her support for the proposal. Miri Regev, the culture and sport minister, announced in a Facebook post late Wednesday that she would not approve the plan in her position as chairwoman of the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Graduates First Female Tank Commanders
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli army has its first female tank commanders. Four women completed the tank commanders course on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces announced. “We can say after a year and four months that an armored combat team can carry out operational duties in the Border Defense Array under the command of a female…
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Fast Forward Democrat Who Upset NY Incumbent Called Violence At Gaza Border A ‘Massacre’
(JTA) — A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who…
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