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Fast Forward Suspect In Shooting Of Old Man Outside Miami Synagogue Charged With Hate Crime
(JTA) — A man arrested last month in the shooting of an elderly man outside a synagogue in Miami, Florida, was charged with a hate crime. Carlints St. Louis, 30, was arraigned last week in criminal court in Miami on charges that include one count of attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon with prejudice; one…
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Fast Forward Sackler Family-Owned Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy
(JTA) — The Sackler family-owned Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy as part of a tentative $12 billion settlement with dozens of state and local governments that filed lawsuits accusing the company of fueling and profiting from the opioid epidemic. The company’s board met Sunday evening to approve the move, Reuters reported, and the bankruptcy was…
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Fast Forward Professor Sues Pace University, Claims Religious Jews Were Pushed Out
(JTA) — A former professor has sued Pace University in New York for discrimination, claiming observant Jewish and older teachers were pushed out of the math department. Jonathan Gersch, who is Jewish and wore a yarmulke to the school’s Manhattan campus, said he worked as an adjunct math and statistics professor at Pace for more…
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Fast Forward Alleged Stabber Of Jewish Family Claims He Forgot Why He Attacked Them
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which currently is not included in the incitement. Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel…
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Fast Forward PewDiePie Rescinds $50,000 Donation To ADL After Fans Object
(JTA) — The popular video blogger PewDiePie announced a donation of $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, then rescinded it a day later after fan feedback. PewDiePie, whose name is Felix Kjellberg of Sweden, made the announcement of the donation on Wednesday during an online celebration of surpassing 100 million subscribers, saying he wanted to get past…
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Fast Forward Trump: I Don’t Believe Reports That Israel Is Spying On United States
(JTA) — President Donald Trump does not believe reports that Israel is spaying on the United States, he said. Trump’s remark Thursday was about a report that Israel was likely behind the placement of devices in the vicinity of the White House that can capture cellphone calls. “I don’t believe that. No, I don’t believe…
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Fast Forward Facing Jewish Protest, ICE Detention Center Moves Public Meeting To Shabbat
(JTA) — The ICE detention center in Rhode Island where a guard drove his truck into Jewish protesters postponed a public board meeting in the face of a planned Jewish protest. The meeting has been rescheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday, less than an hour before the start of the Jewish Sabbath. Last month,…
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Fast Forward Fox News Airs Anti-Semitic Soros-Migrant Conspiracy Theory
WASHINGTON (JTA) — “Fox and Friends,” the popular morning show on the conservative Fox News Channel, aired a theory that the Jewish billionaire George Soros is funding illegal migration to the United States. The theory, aired in the past by President Donald Trump and the perpetrators of deadly attacks and attempted attacks on Jewish targets…
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