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News Trump Facing Increased Pressure From Congress To Keep Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ben Cardin, one of a handful of Senate Democrats who opposed the Iran nuclear deal, urged the Trump administration not to pull out of it — the latest indication of congressional resistance to killing the agreement. “If we violate a U.N. resolution, in the eyes of the international community, do we have…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Soldiers Killed In Training Accident
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a training accident in the Golan Heights. A self-propelled cannon overturned into a ditch during a military exercise early Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Along with the two fatalities, two soldiers were seriously injured with internal and orthopedic injuries and two others were…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Vows To Expel Anti-Semites, But Leaves Definition Vague
(JTA) — Following allegations that Labour is whitewashing its anti-Semitism problem, the British party adopted rules designed to facilitate the expulsion of members caught using hateful rhetoric against Jews. The rules, which the Labour Party Conference adopted Tuesday, “finally make it easier to expel antisemites,” the Campaign Against Antisemitism watchdog wrote in a statement about…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Use Rosh Hashanah Sermons To Bash Trump – But Others Steer Clear Of Politics
NEW YORK (JTA) — As spiritual leader of one of the most widely known Reform synagogues in America, Rabbi Joshua Davidson tries not to be divisive on the holiest days of the year. So on the High Holidays of years past, when he stood before thousands of congregants at Temple Emanu-El in New York City,…
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Fast Forward Trump: Otto Warmbier ‘Was Tortured Beyond Belief By North Korea’
(JTA) — President Trump said that Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died earlier this year after being imprisoned in North Korea, had been “tortured beyond belief.” Trump’s comment on Tuesday followed an interview with Warmbier’s parents on “Fox & Friends” in which they described their son’s condition when he was released in June….
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Fast Forward Is Bernie Sanders The Democrats’ New Foreign Policy Guru?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, is still an Independent, but he’s no longer an outsider. That became clear this month when some Democratic establishment stalwarts in the Senate signed on to his “Medicare-for-All” bill, which would establish a single-payer system for health care. Hillary Clinton is on a book tour and…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn New Trump Travel Ban
(JTA) — Several Jewish groups criticized the Trump administration’s new travel ban, which tailors restrictions on eight countries — three more than in the current ban being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court. The executive order signed Sunday by President Trump replaces one that detractors said was an attempt to keep Muslims out of the…
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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg Apologizes For ‘Jew Hater’ Facebook Ads
(JTA) — Allowing hateful terms as targeted advertising options was “a fail on our part,” Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg said in a post in which she also defended the general practice. Sandberg also announced in the message posted on Facebook last week that the company is strengthening its policies and tools on targeted ads. ProPublica,…
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