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Fast Forward Israeli Preschool Ordered Closed After Segregating Ethiopian Children
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli kindergarten was ordered closed after segregating students by race. The children of Ethiopian descent in the southern town of Kiryat Gat met in an auxiliary room with a separate entrance, The Times of Israel reported. They were spread out to kindergartens and day cares throughout the town, with transportation provided…
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Fast Forward Suicide Prevention Hotline’s Phone Number Is A Pro-Hitler Code, War Vet Claims
(JTA) — A New York man wants the Federal Communications Commission to choose a different three-digit number to reach the national suicide prevention hotline because the proposed number glorifies Hitler. The proposed number is 988. The digits 88 are often used by neo-Nazis to refer to the phrase “Heil Hitler.” H is the eighth letter…
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Fast Forward Arab Parties Recommend Benny Gantz Form Next Israeli Government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab Joint List recommended to President Reuven Rivlin that Blue and White head Benny Gantz be tapped to form the next government in order to end the political career of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Joint List head Ayman Odeh explained his coalition’s decision in an op-ed published in the New York…
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Fast Forward Israeli National Baseball Team Qualifies For 2020 Olympics
(JTA) — In a historic first, Israel’s national baseball team qualified for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The team defeated South Africa on Sunday at the Europe/Africa Qualifier tournament in Italy. It finished the qualifier with a record of 5-1. Israel has become the only team besides Japan to qualify for next summer’s…
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Fast Forward Duke, UNC Must Fix Pro-Islam Bias In Middle East Program, Government Says
(JTA) — The U.S. Education Department told Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to revise its federally funded Middle East Studies program because of an alleged pro-Islam bias. The assistant secretary for postsecondary education, Robert King, wrote in a letter to university officials last week that programs run by the…
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Fast Forward Poway Shooter Told 911 He Was ‘Defending Our Nation Against The Jewish People’
(JTA) — The accused gunman in the deadly shooting at a San Diego-area synagogue told a 911 operator in the moments after the attack that he did it to save white people from Jews. The recording was played Thursday at a preliminary hearing in San Diego to determine if the case should proceed to trial,…
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Fast Forward International Judo Federation Suspends Iran For Boycotting Israeli Athletes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The International Judo Federation has suspended Iran from competition over its boycott of Israeli athletes. Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei was ordered at the 2019 World Judo Championships last month in Tokyo to throw several matches so that he would not have to face Israel’s Sagi Muki, who went on to win the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Arnold Eisen To Step Down
(JTA) — Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Arnold Eisen will leave his position at the end of the current academic year. Eisen, who has served for 12 years, will remain on the faculty of the Conservative movement’s seminary. He will continue to teach and research, according to a JTS statement issued Thursday. In the spring, Eisen…
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