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Fast Forward Airstrikes Hit Syrian Military Bases, Israel Suspected
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Overnight airstrikes targeted military bases in northern Syria. At least 26 people are reported dead, mostly Iranian pro-Syrian government fighters, in the Sunday night attacks on the military bases in Hama and Aleppo, according to reports citing the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 60 fighters were wounded and some…
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Fast Forward Arizona Road Sign Hacked To Display Anti-Semitic Message
(JTA) — An electronic road sign in central Arizona was hacked to display an anti-Semitic message. The sign in Pinal County early on Friday morning was altered to read “Hail Hitler,” which though spelled incorrectly, is believed to refer to the Nazi salute, the Arizona Republic reported. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received the first…
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Fast Forward New Bill Would Entrench Orthodox Monopoly Over Jewish Conversion In Israel
(JTA) — The Knesset is considering a bill that would give an Orthodox body a monopoly over Jewish conversion in Israel, and American Jewish groups across the board are unhappy. The bill, which advanced in Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on April 22, would create an independent Orthodox authority that would control all recognized conversions…
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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles After Trump Says He May Still Attend Jerusalem Embassy Opening
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli officials told local media they were surprised to learn that President Trump may still travel to Israel for the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. When asked during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday who would be among the 250-person-strong delegation attending the opening of the…
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Fast Forward British High Court Orders London Coroner To Prioritize Jewish, Muslim Burials
(JTA) — Britain’s High Court has ordered a London coroner to respect the religious beliefs of the deceased’s family when determining the order in which bodies can be buried. Senior coroner Mary Hassell had announced that she would not prioritize Jewish and Muslim burials over others, despite the fact that Jewish and Islamic law requires…
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Fast Forward Arrest Made In Crown Heights Attack On Orthodox Jewish Man
(JTA) — Police arrested a man accused of attacking an identifiably Jewish man who was walking home from Shabbat services in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. James Vincent, 40, was arrested on Friday morning after he appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court on an unrelated case, the New York Daily News reported. He was charged…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Call On Congressional Candidate To Stop Comparing Abortion To The Holocaust
(JTA) — A group of rabbis is urging a Republican politician from Kansas City to stop comparing abortion to the Holocaust. The Rabbinical Association of Kansas City wrote a letter to State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald saying his words “abuse the memory of the murdered victims of the Nazi regime,” the Kansas City Star reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward How Lynching Memorial Learned From Holocaust Commemoration
(JTA) — When Bryan Stevenson set out to build a memorial to the thousands of black people lynched in the United States, he thought about Germany and Poland. Those countries, where millions of Jews died at the hands of the Nazis, have made sure to preserve the memories of the victims — and the places…
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