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Fast Forward Jerusalem Committee Approves 176 Jewish Apartments In Palestinian Neighborhood
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A municipal planning committee approved building permits for 176 housing units for a Jewish neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. The expansion announced on Wednesday will create the largest Jewish settlement enclave in a Palestinian neighborhood in the city, according to reports. The plans were approved by the Jerusalem Planning Committee. There are currently…
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Fast Forward Russian Firm Admits Using Stolen NSA Hacking Tool, Confirming Israeli Claim
(JTA) — The Russian company Kaspersky Lab confirmed that it had taken source code for a secret American hacking tool via its antivirus software. The company’s internal investigation came after Israeli intelligence discovered that Russian hackers were using the antivirus software to steal classified information from the United States. Kaspersky’s anti-virus program is used by 400 million…
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Fast Forward 12-Year-Old Israeli Boy Hurt When Palestinian Drops Large Rock On Him
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A large rock was dropped on the head of an Israeli boy while he played at a spring in the West Bank city of Hebron. The boy, 12, was knocked unconscious and fell into the water of Abraham’s Well spring, located in the city’s Jewish enclave, in the incident on Saturday which…
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Fast Forward Former Nazi Camp Guard Charged As Accessory To Murder
(JTA) — A former guard at the Majdanek Nazi death camp has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder. The Frankfurt resident, 96, whose name has not been released due to the country’s privacy laws, was charged by the city prosecutor on Friday for being an accessory to murder during his service…
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Fast Forward Publisher Apologizes For Nursing Textbook That Stereotypes Jews
(JTA) — The Pearson education publishing company has apologized for a section of one of its nursing textbooks that claims Jews are often “[v]ocal and demanding of assistance” during medical treatment. The page from “Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning” drew widespread ire on social media for its descriptions of how “Jews,” “Arabs/Muslims,” “Asians,” “Blacks,”…
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Fast Forward Roman Polanski Accused Of Molesting 10-Year-Old Girl In 1975
(JTA) — Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States some four decades ago after being convicted of sexually assaulting an underage girl, has been accused by another woman of sexually assaulting her when she was 10. Some 16,769 people have signed an online petition set up by artist Marianne Barnard calling on…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Not Confirmed For Jewish Federations’ General Assembly
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not confirmed to address the Jewish Federations of North America annual General Assembly next month, a rarity for the signature Jewish community event. “The leadership of the State of Israel is always represented at Jewish Federations’ annual conference,” JFNA spokeswoman Rebecca Dinar said Sunday in a statement…
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Fast Forward Baseball Fans Kept Writing Anti-Jewish Slurs When Tweeting About Kiké Hernandez
(JTA) — Thursday night was rough for a Chicago Cubs fan like myself. After watching my beloved team win the World Series last year — the team’s first championship in 108 years, mind you — I was hoping to see the talented young squad do it again. Sadly, it was not to be. Things already…
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