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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Who Attacked Orthodox Jewish Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
(JTA) — A Swiss neo-Nazi who assaulted an Orthodox Jewish man in Zurich was sentenced to two years in prison. The incident on a main street in the Swiss city’s Wiedikon district, the Jewish quarter of Zurich, took place on July 4, 2015. The assailant made the Hitler Nazi salute and shouted anti-Semitic slogans on…
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Fast Forward Swedish Politicians Call To End All Religious Schools
(JTA) — Citing Muslim extremism, two Cabinet ministers in Sweden called for closing all faith schools in the country. At a news conference Tuesday, Secondary Education Minister Anna Ekström and Public Administration Minister Ardalan Shekarabi said they supported banning faith schools. “The important thing for us is that in school there are no confessional elements,”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Politicians Banned From Accepting Travel Funds From BDS Groups
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Arab Israeli lawmakers have been banned from accepting funds for travel abroad from organizations that support a boycott against Israel. The lawmakers’ requests were turned down on Tuesday by the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, Times of Israel reported. The rejection was based on a motion passed in January citing a blacklist by Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Israeli Pop Duo Static & Ben-El Sign With Capitol Records
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Popular Israel music artists Static and Ben-El have signed a recording contract with Capitol Records. The seven-album, 10-year contract with the duo, whose real names are Liraz Russo, 27, and Ben-El Tavori, 26, was facilitated by Israeli-American millionaire and media mogul Haim Saban. The deal reportedly is worth $5 million. Saban Capital…
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Fast Forward White House Holds Gaza Aid Conference Without Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The human suffering in the Gaza Strip has grown over the past year, top U.S. Middle East negotiator Jason Greenblatt told a conference to discuss aid for the coastal strip that did not include the Palestinian Authority. Representatives of nearly two dozen countries and international organizations gathered Tuesday at the White House…
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Fast Forward Your Government Is Funding Houses Of Worship. Here’s Why No One Noticed.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President George W. Bush’s first act as president, on Jan. 29, 2001, was to open an office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Church-state separations that had hindered such partnerships, he said in a statement, were “inherently unfair.” Jewish groups, civil libertarians and Democrats immediately raised concerns, and the Bush administration soon dispatched…
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Fast Forward Polish Senator Calls To Expel Israeli Envoy For Saying Anti-Semitism Is Rising
(JTA) — A Polish senator for the ruling party said he would not shake hands with Israel’s ambassador and that he favors her expulsion from Poland for saying anti-Semitism was on the rise there. Jan Zaryn said this during an interview published Friday by the wPolsce news site. “If anyone today thinks to equate in…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandalism In Holland Rises 40% To Highest Level In Decade
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The number of incidents involving anti-Semitic vandalism recorded in the Netherlands last year increased by 40 percent, to a 10-year high of 28 cases. The increase in vandalism was part of a small overall rise in anti-Semitic incidents in 2017 over 2016, the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI,…
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