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Fast Forward Sign Language Group Defends Using Hooked Nose Gesture For ‘Jew’
(JTA) — A Belgian government-recognized organization caring for people with hearing impairments defended the inclusion in its sign language dictionary of a hooked nose gesture for the word “Jew.” The Flemish Sign Language Center offered the defense in a statement Wednesday, following protests about the gesture by the European Jewish Association over its including in…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Teen Accused Of Deliberately Swerving Car Twice To Hit Jews
(JTA) — A New Jersey teenager is accused of deliberately swerving his car – twice – at two Jewish men while the passengers yelled insults about their religion. The incident occurred on Saturday in Jackson, the Asbury Park Press reported. The men were standing near the curb in front of a home and had to…
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Fast Forward Colorado High School Students Post On Snapchat About Killing Jews
(JTA) — High school students in suburban Denver participated in a Snapchat post that referred to killing Jews. In the post circulated over the weekend, three students at Cherry Creek High are shown wearing hats in a costume store. The text box below reads “Me and the boys bout to exterminate the Jews.” A fourth…
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Fast Forward Former Head Of Iowa Hillel Charged With Sexually Abusing Young Boy
(JTA) — The former executive director of the Iowa Hillel was arrested and charged with abusing a young boy at the Hillel House in Iowa City. David Weltman, 29, of Skokie, Illinois, was teaching Hebrew to the boy sometime between February and March at the Hillel House, according to an Iowa City Police complaint, the…
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Israel News Netanyahu Fighting For Survival As Votes Continue To Be Counted
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in a battle for political survival after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed the race too close to call and the Israeli leader’s decade-long grip on power weakened. Netanyahu’s main election challenger, centrist party chief Benny Gantz, said on Wednesday it appeared from the exit polls that…
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Fast Forward Homeless Man Who Burned Down Minnesota Synagogue Charged With ‘Negligent Fires’
(JTA) — The homeless man charged with setting fire to a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota was sheltering in an alcove between the building and its sukkah. Matthew James Amiot, 36, used a lighter to set fire to what the criminal complaint said was “a variety of combustible materials” early on the morning of September…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Flyers Posted On Indianapolis Jewish Institutions
(JTA) — Flyers described as “anti-Semitic in nature” were posted on several Jewish institutions in Indianapolis. The flyers were discovered on Friday morning, according to local reports. The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council said in a statement that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was notified of the incident and that it had opened an investigation….
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Fast Forward American Diplomats Pressured German, Irish Politicians To Oppose BDS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. diplomats in Dublin and Berlin pressed lawmakers and officials in Ireland and Germany to oppose bids to boycott Israel or the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. A State Department report delivered last week to Congress and obtained Monday by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency lists actions taken by U.S. diplomats to…
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