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Fast Forward ‘Wonder Woman II’ Will Be Set During The Cold War, Warner Bros Announces
(JTA) — Warner Bros. has officially announced that it will produce a sequel to its wildly successful “Wonder Woman” film. Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics announced the follow-up, called “Wonder Woman II,” at the Comic-Con in San Diego, according to reports. The movie reportedly will be set during the Cold War with the Soviets….
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Fast Forward Thousands Attend Funeral Of Family Members Killed In Palestinian Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands attended the funeral of three members of a family killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack. Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Chaya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, were buried on Sunday afternoon at the cemetery in the central Israel city of Modiin. Yosef Salomon’s wife, Tovah, 68, who was seriously…
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Fast Forward Abbas Cancels Security Coordination Meetings With Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas canceled scheduled security coordination meetings between Israeli and Palestinian officials. The meetings were cancelled on Sunday, two days after Abbas announced that Palestinian leaders have frozen all contact with Israel over newly installed security measures at the Temple Mount. It is the first time that security cooperation…
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Fast Forward Israeli Student’s Art Project Contains Relics Taken From Auschwitz
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The final project of an Israeli art student who said she used artifacts she removed from Auschwitz will go on display after she clarified that they came from outside the former Nazi camp. Beit Berl College announced late last week following a disciplinary hearing with student Rotem Bides, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors,…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Calls For ‘Moderation And Dialogue’ After Temple Mount Violence
ROME (JTA) – Expressing trepidation and urging prayers for peace, Pope Francis appealed for “moderation and dialogue” in the wake of recent violence in Jerusalem centering on the Temple Mount. Addressing crowds who braved fierce heat to gather for his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said he was “following with trepidation the grave…
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Fast Forward Sean Spicer’s Most Outrageous Jewish Moments
(JTA) — Sean Spicer has resigned his post as press secretary. According to some Jewish leaders, he should have quit three months ago. In his six months as President Trump’s mouthpiece, Spicer managed to get in two separate tiffs with Jewish leaders over the Holocaust, one which sparked calls for his job. For good measure,…
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Fast Forward West Bank Settlers Build New Outpost To Honor Neighbors Killed In Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Residents of the Halamish settlement set up a new outpost in memory of the three members of the Salomon family killed in a terror attack in their home. Hundreds of Halamish residents and their supporters early Sunday morning set up a caravan, as well as tents, tables and chairs and erected the…
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Fast Forward 60 Headstones Toppled At Connecticut Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — Some 60 headstones were toppled in a Jewish cemetery in Hartford, Conn. The damage at the Ateres Knesseth Israel Cemetery was discovered on Friday, when a relative of someone buried there visited the gravesite. The woman who made the discovery told police that when she visited the cemetery on Monday, five days earlier,…
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