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Fast Forward Woman Stabbed To Death Month Before Testifying In High-Profile German Case
BERLIN (JTA) — A Jewish woman due to testify in court next month was found stabbed to death in a Frankfurt park. The body of a woman identified as Irina A., age 29, was discovered on May 9. The woman allegedly had been involved in inventing a “sex-mob” story of mass rape and abuse by…
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Fast Forward NFL Star Antonio Brown’s Mansion Has A Synagogue In It
(JTA) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown owns an enormous mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Inside, along with the dozen bedrooms and private movie theater, sits an in-home synagogue. Brown isn’t Jewish, but he showed off the house (more accurately, one of his multiple houses) and impressive sneaker collection in an interview with Complex…
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Fast Forward France Suffering ‘Intifada,’ Jewish Lawmaker Says After Fatal Stabbing In Paris
(JTA) – Following the stabbing of five people in central Paris by a man who shouted about Allah, a French-Jewish lawmaker said France was experiencing a “knife intifada.” One victim died from a wound to the neck and two were severely wounded in the attack Saturday near the Paris Opera, which French authorities are treating…
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Fast Forward A Mosque Converted A Holocaust Survivor To Islam. Local Jews Are Skeptical.
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — On the national day of mourning for Holocaust victims in the Netherlands, a major mosque in the kingdom’s capital celebrated the conversion to Islam of a Jewish survivor of that genocide. At least, that’s what Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque said. According to its Facebook, 87-year-old Sal van Coeverden converted on May 4, the Dutch…
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Fast Forward Israel Revokes Work Permit Of Local Director Of Human Rights Watch
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has revoked the work permit of the local director of Human Rights Watch, and ordered him to leave the country within two weeks. Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, is being thrown out of the county for his alleged support of boycotts of Israel, according to Human…
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Fast Forward Airstrike On Iranian Weapons Depot In Damascus Blamed On Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least 15 people were killed in an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Damascus. Eight members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were reported to be among the dead in the late Tuesday night attack, according to reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, which has attributed the attacks…
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Fast Forward 14 Boston-Area High School Students Accused Of Painting Swastikas On Building
(JTA) — At least 14 male students at a Boston-area high school are accused of spraying a swastika and anti-gay slurs on the school building. The vandalism, using the spray from fire extinguishers at Arlington High School, occurred a week ago and was removed before school started for the day, the Boston CBS affiliate reported….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offends Japanese Prime Minister By Serving Him Dessert In A Shoe
Prime Minister of Israel ?? and his wife ❤️ host the Prime Minister of Japan ?? Great honor to cook for you! Not obvious for me #unforgettable night ❤️?? A post shared by segevmoshe (@segevmoshe) on May 2, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT (JTA) — After a day of high-level meetings in Israel on May 2…
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