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Fast Forward White House: Reports Of Israel Embassy Move Are ‘Premature’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House labeled as “premature” a report in the Israeli media that President Donald Trump was set to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. “We have nothing to announce,” a White House official told JTA on Wednesday. Trump has until this weekend to issue a waiver suspending for six months a…
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Fast Forward Why Were People Allowed To Play Naked Tag In A Nazi Gas Chamber?
(JTA) — Groups representing Holocaust survivors have asked Poland’s president to explain why artists were allowed to film a naked game of tag inside a gas chamber in the former Nazi death camp of Stutthof. On Wednesday, the Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and several other groups sent the request…
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Fast Forward ‘Nazi Grandma’ Will Serve Jail Time In Germany For Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — The octogenarian known as the “Nazi Grandma” will serve 14 months in a German prison for Holocaust denial after losing an appeal on one of several convictions. Ursula Haverbeck, 89, was sentenced Tuesday by a district appeals court in Detmold for repeatedly denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in Germany. In September…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Targeted By Adelson Can Sue, Court Rules
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Jewish Democrats may countersue casino magnate Sheldon Adelson now that lower courts have dismissed his libel lawsuit against them. Adelson had sued the National Jewish Democratic Council in 2012 over an online petition alleging the Republican donor allowed prostitution at his casino in Macau. The…
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Fast Forward Jews Most Targeted By Hate Crimes In Canada
MONTREAL (JTA) **— **Jews were the most targeted minority group for hate crimes in Canada in 2016, according to data released by Statistics Canada, the country’s main numbers-keeper. According to “Police-Reported Hate Crime, 2016,” released Tuesday, Jews were victimized 221 times, up from 178 the previous year, a rise of more than 20 percent. Blacks…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Slam Trump For Anti-Muslim Retweets
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of national Jewish groups condemned President Trump for his retweet of three incendiary videos posted by a British anti-Muslim agitator. “It is no longer alarming that our @POTUS is tweeting violent anti-Muslim videos created by far right extremists – it is a four alarm fire,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Synagogue Bomb Plot
(JTA) — A South Florida man who pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb a Miami-area synagogue and Jewish school will undergo medical treatment and serve time in prison. James Medina, 41, is expected to serve up to 25 years in prison, a judge ruled Tuesday. The prosecution and defense reached an uncommon deal in which Medina will…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Open Embassy In Rwanda, In Latest African Diplomatic Breakthrough
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will open an embassy in Rwanda for the first time. Netanyahu said he apprised Rwandan President Paul Kagame of the decision at a meeting Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya. The opening of the embassy “is part of the expansion of Israel’s presence in Africa and the deepening of…
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