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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez: Criticizing Netanyahu Isn’t Anti-Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman Democrat congresswoman from New York, said her criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not be seen as shots at the Jewish state. “The Netanyahu administration has been pursuing a lot of extraordinarily concerning policies,” Ocasio Cortez told Israel’s Channel 12 News in a recent press…
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Fast Forward Ex-Imam Removed From Canadian Elections Over Anti-Semitic Comments
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Liberal Party of Canada ousted a candidate for upcoming national election after B’nai Brith Canada revealed past allegedly anti-Semitic comments. Hassan Guillet, a former imam running for election in a Montreal district, was removed on Friday from contention for the Oct. 21 election. Gulliet gained international attention when he spoke out following a…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Jewish Man, Teen Son Stabbed With Box Cutter Outside Synagogue
(JTA) — A Jewish man and his teenage son were seriously wounded when they were stabbed with a box cutter outside a synagogue in Brooklyn. The father, 45, and his son, 18, got into an argument early Sunday morning with three men who were drinking outside the synagogue in the Kensington section bordering the heavily…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish Man Hit In Face With Belt In Brooklyn Attack
(JTA) — A Jewish man was verbally and physically attacked in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Flatbush. In the Saturday afternoon attack, two men who may have been drunk hit the Jewish man in the face with a belt and yelled “anti-Jewish racial slurs,” the Vosizneias Jewish news website reported. No age was given…
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Fast Forward Pics Of Thousands Of Yeshiva U Students Appear On White Nationalist Website
(JTA) — The photos of thousands of students and faculty of Yeshiva University appear on a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website. The photos were posted on the Vanguard News Network Forum, in a thread that mocked Jews’ for their appearance. The thread first appeared on June 3rd, 2018, and on June 27th, 2018, the first Yeshiva…
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Fast Forward Poway Rabbi Who Lost Finger In Synagogue Shooting Gets Lifelike Prosthetic
(JTA) — The rabbi who lost his finger in the April shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway in California has received a lifelike prosthetic finger. The silicone prosthetic is meant to help his hand function properly and is removed for sleep. Sam Heifetz, a third-generation prosthetist at Orthocraft Prosthetic and Orthotic Services in Brooklyn,…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Rabbi Sentenced To 18 Months For Human Trafficking Of Teen Girl
(JTA) — A New Jersey rabbi was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in the human trafficking and prostitution of a 17-year old girl. Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, 37, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, also will have to undergo a year of supervised release. The sentence was announced on Wednesday. Goodman had pleaded…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Orthodox Jews Harassed On British Train; Passengers Tried To Defend Them
(JTA) — An identifiably Jewish couple was harassed about Israel’s treatment of Gaza during a train ride in Manchester, England. The anti-Semitic rant against the couple, dressed in Hasidic garb, was filmed by another passenger in the Metrolink on Thursday night, the Manchester Evening News reported. The man called across the train car to the…
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