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Fast Forward Kansas State Sukkah Damaged By Weather, Not Vandalism, Police Say
(JTA) — A sukkah erected on the campus of Kansas State University was damaged by severe weather and not vandalism as first reported. The sukkah was found bent, destroyed and wrapped around a car on the night of Oct.6. It was initially believed that the sukkah had been vandalized, since its pieces were found around the…
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Fast Forward State Department Offers $12M Bounty For Capture Of Hezbollah Leaders
(JTA) — The State Department offered $12 million in rewards for the capture of two leaders of Hezbollah. The United States is offering up to $7 million and up to $5 million “for information that leads to the location, arrest or conviction in any country” of Talal Hamiyah and Fu’ad Shukr, respectively, State Department Counterterrorism…
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Fast Forward Wiesenthal Center Won’t Withdraw Prize For Harvey Weinstein
(JTA) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it hasn’t considered withdrawing an award given to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired by the production company he founded following a string of sexual harassment allegations. Weinstein received the 2015 Humanitarian Award from the group, which promotes tolerance, and was honored at its annual gala dinner….
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Fast Forward White Nationalist Leader Richard Spencer Marches In Charlottesville Again
(JTA) — White nationalist leader Richard Spencer led a second torchlight march in Charlottesville, Virginia. The march on Saturday included several dozen torch-bearing white nationalists who marched through Emancipation Park to the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, which the city is working to remove, along with the statues of other Confederate leaders. Spencer…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Strikes Southern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza struck southern Israel. No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening attack, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. The Code Red warning siren sounded in southern Israeli cities and towns near the border with Gaza at about 9 p.m. prior to the rocket landing in an open…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Oppose Trump Rollback Of Contraception Coverage
(JTA) — Jewish groups oppose a Trump administration ruling that says employers who claim providing contraception in their health care coverage violates their religious or moral beliefs do not have to do so. The exceptions to the Affordable Care Act’s promise of no-cost contraceptive coverage were announced on Friday by the Health and Human Services…
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Fast Forward Trump Made Anti-Semitic Comments Filming ‘The Apprentice,’ Producer Says
(JTA) — Anti-Jewish sentiment and other racism was a big part of the persona of Donald Trump when he starred on “The Apprentice,” one of the producers disclosed. Bill Pruitt told the National Public Radio podcast “Embedded” by Kelly McEvers on Thursday that after the first couple of shows of the reality series that Trump,…
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Fast Forward Two West Bank Palestinians Arrested In Death Of Israeli Man
JERUSALEM (JTA) –Two West Bank Palestinians have been arrested in the death of an Israeli man whose body was found in an Arab-Israeli city. The Israel Security Agency announced on Sunday that the two men from the city of Qabatiya, located near Jenin, were arrested a day after the body of Reuven Schmerling, 70, was discovered…
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