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Fast Forward 15-Year-Old French Girl Assaulted In Jewish School
(JTA) — A 15-year-old girl was assaulted inside her Jewish school near Paris by three individuals who confronted her outside the establishment and then pursued her into its yard, a French daily reported. The incident, which prosecutor may or may not be anti-Semitic, occurred last week at the Ozar-Hatorah school in Sarcelles, Le Parisien reported…
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Fast Forward Denmark Debates Banning Circumcision, Spurring Jews To Consider Leaving
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (JTA) — In 2015, a jihadist killed a Jewish guard outside this capital city’s main synagogue, where Hannah Bentow was having her bat mitzvah party. Her sense of security as a Jew in Denmark was shattered, she told JTA last week. Bentow and dozens of teenagers stayed inside for long uncertain minutes as police…
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Fast Forward 26 Jewish Groups Decry ‘Unconscionable’ Policy Separating Children From Parents
(JTA) — Twenty-six Jewish groups signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen opposing the government policy of separating children from their migrant parents. The letter, which was organized by the Anti-Defamation League, calls the policy “unconscionable.” Signers include three major Jewish religious movements — Conservative, Reform…
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Fast Forward Belgian Rapper Shares Anti-Semitic Views And Lyrics On Public Radio
(JTA) — A Belgian public radio station kicked out its studio a rapper who on air inveighed against Israel and “Zionists” while introducing a song whose lyrics speak of “money-loving Jews running after each cent.” The incident occurred last month at the Antwerp studio of a department of the VRT public broadcaster during an interview…
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Fast Forward Roseanne Barr Says Her Racist Tweet Was Actually Critical Of Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Rosanne Barr said her tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was not racist, but was critical of anti-Semitism and the Iran deal. “Rod Serling wrote Planet of The Apes. It was about anti-semitism. That is what my tweet referred to-the anti semitism of the Iran deal. Low IQ ppl can think whatever…
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Fast Forward Trump Administration To Take On Religious Discrimination Claims
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration is ready to take on claims by houses of worship that they face discrimination in seeking building permits from local authorities, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told an Orthodox Jewish conclave. On Wednesday, Sessions told the annual Orthodox Union Washington conference that he was establishing a program called the A…
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Fast Forward Virginia Republican Voters Nominate ‘Alt-Right’ Candidate For Senate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Corey Stewart, a politician with associations with neo-Confederates, the “alt-right” and a well-known anti-Semite, is the Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia. The Republican establishment battled hard to thwart Stewart in the three-way primary race Tuesday to decide who faces Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine in November, backing State Delegate Nick Freitas. Stewart…
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Fast Forward Boston-Area Mikvah In Shock After Funds Go Missing
(JTA) — A Jewish community mikvah near Boston says its supporters are rallying around it after the mikvah announced that a former staffer misused funds and engaged in other financial improprieties. In an email sent May 18 to supporters of the Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh, officials of the mikvah said the estimated financial loss…
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