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News Houston Jews Begin Cleanup, With Help From Students And A Kosher Salami Company
(JTA) — Jewish relief efforts both large and small continue in flood-ravaged Houston. A dozen students from Yeshiva University in New York spent the Labor Day holiday weekend in the Texas city helping families clear out their flood-damaged homes and salvage any belongings. The students, who stayed with families whose homes were not damaged by…
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Fast Forward ‘Holocaust Survivors Band’ Sings Songs Of Hope In Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two aging Holocaust survivors joined forces with a younger Israeli singer to perform songs of hope at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday at a time when Germany is seeing a rise in anti-Semitism. Saul Dreier, a drummer aged 92, and Reuwen “Ruby” Sosnowicz, an 89-year-old accordionist, backed up Gad Elbaz at a…
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Fast Forward Elderly Jews Prepare For The Worst As Hurricane Moves Toward South Florida
(JTA) — Beatrice Marks’ one-story home might flood this week. But she laughs off the threat. “It doesn’t faze me one bit. Not anymore,” said Marks, 86, whose community of seniors lies in the path of Hurricane Irma, which is set to make landfall in Florida at the end of the week. “As far as…
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Fast Forward Buses On Shabbat Aren’t ‘Essential,’ Israeli Government Tells Supreme Court
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Public transportation on Shabbat is not an essential need, Israel’s government told the Supreme Court in response to a lawsuit. Several liberal groups and a Meretz party lawmaker, Tamar Zandberg, filed the lawsuit calling for public transportation during the 25 hours of the Jewish Sabbath. Buses and trains do not run in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Deli Owner Apologizes For Nazi Cartoon On High Holidays Catering Menu
(JTA) — The Jewish owner of a Jewish deli in suburban Chicago has come under fire for a cartoon of a Nazi resembling Donald Trump on its High Holidays catering menu. The menu was posted on the Max’s Deli Facebook page on Aug. 23, but only began to gain notice on Thursday. The doodled figure…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Man Allegedly Attacked For Being Jewish In Belgium
(JTA) – Police in Belgium apprehended and briefly detained a man who allegedly assaulted a haredi Orthodox man on the street in Antwerp while shouting “Jew.” The incident happened Friday evening on a central street in the capital of the Flemish Region, the alleged victim, who spoke to JTA on condition of anonymity, said Monday. The alleged attacker…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Largest Private Union Adopts BDS Resolution
(JTA) — Canada’s largest private sector union adopted a motion in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, or BDS. The union passed the motion last month at its Unifor Canadian Council held in Winnipeg. Unifor is made up of more than 310,000 members across Canada. The resolution titled “Palestinian Self-Determination and…
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Fast Forward Widow Of Holocaust Survivor Donates $22 Million To German Zoo
(JTA) — A millionaire widow from New Jersey has pledged to donate at least $22 million to a zoo in Cologne, Germany in memory of her Jewish husband, a Holocaust survivor. Elizabeth Reichert, 93, was born in Cologne and met her husband, Arnulf, also a Cologne native, during World War II while he was hiding…
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