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Fast Forward Two Bedouin Men Arrested In Stabbing Death Of Israeli Soldier
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Bedouin men from the Negev were arrested for involvement in the stabbing death of an Israeli soldier in the southern city of Arad. The men were arrested Friday night, a day after Ron Yitzhak Kukia, 19, of Tel Aviv, was stabbed while waiting for a bus. The arrest was cleared for publication…
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Fast Forward Kushner Didn’t Disclose Running Foundation That Funded Settlement Projects
(JTA) — Jared Kushner did not disclose on government filings his position as a director of a family foundation that funded projects in West Bank settlements. Kushner’s position as co-director of the Charles and Seryl Kushner Foundation from 2006 to 2015, when the foundation donated at least $38,000 to the building of a Jewish seminary…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Memorial In Athens Vandalized
(JTA) — Vandals stripped away inscriptions on the Holocaust Memorial in Athens, which commemorates the more than 60,000 Greek Jews killed during World War II. The attack on the memorial occurred on Saturday, according to the English-language Greek Reporter. Inscriptions engraved on a plaque written by famous Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel especially for…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot During Clash At Site Of Attack On Hiking Children
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was shot by an Israeli civilian during clashes between Palestinians and right-wing activists near the site of an attack several days earlier on a group of Jewish children hiking in the West Bank. On Monday, dozens of Palestinians reportedly threw rocks at the group of activists from Otzma Yehudit,…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Teacher Fired For Living With Her Boyfriend Wins Discrimination Case
(JTA) — A teacher at a Jewish nursery school in suburban London who said she was fired for living with her boyfriend won her case of religious and sexual discrimination. Zelda de Groen, 24, sued the Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon after losing her job in July 2016. She had worked there for four years….
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Fast Forward FBI Identifies Man Who Made Bomb Threats To Kansas City Jewish Institutions
(JTA) — A Missouri man made several bomb threats to Jewish institutions in the Kansas City area and in Washington DC, a federal complaint charges. Ford Kevin Coots, 25, of Urich, Missouri, allegedly threatened the synagogues and Jewish community centers and later assaulted a federal officer sent to question him, local media reported. On April…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: U.S. Must ‘Seize The Opportunity’ Of Trump’s Iran Deal Moves
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Middle East policy community to do what it could to “seize the opportunity” presented by President Donald Trump when he decertified Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal. “President Trump has created an opportunity to fix the grave flaws of the JCPOA,” Netanyahu said Sunday during a…
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Fast Forward Longest-Serving Current Jewish Congressman Rep. Sander Levin Retiring
(JTA) — Congressman Sander Levin, currently the longest-serving Jewish member of Congress, announced he would not seek reelection after more than three decades in office. Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, made the announcement on Saturday that he would not run for a 19th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has served in the…
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