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Fast Forward The First Medic To Respond To Temple Mount Attack Was Muslim
JERUSALEM (JTA) – When Nedal Sader first heard the crackle of automatic weapon fire Friday morning, he couldn’t believe it was coming from the Temple Mount. As a Muslim, he regarded the complex just outside his apartment as a sacred and peaceful place. He prayed there nearly every week. But as a seasoned first responder,…
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Fast Forward Photos Of Jewish Woman Comforting Autistic Boy On Plane Go Viral
(JTA) — A Hasidic woman comforting a distressed child was captured in heartwarming photos that quickly gained traction on social media. The photos show Chabad emissary Rochel Groner holding and comforting the young boy on a flight from Brussels to New York. About an hour into the flight on Friday, the young boy started crying…
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Fast Forward Chicago Dyke March Article Cost Me My Job, Reporter Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — The journalist who first reported the ejection of three Jewish women from Chicago’s Dyke March tweeted that she was removed from her reporting job because of that article. In a tweet Monday, Gretchen Rachel Hammond wrote to Dyke March’s Twitter account that “You attacked, humiliated and robbed me of a job.” Hammond…
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Fast Forward Knesset Committee Approves Bill Requiring Supermajority To Divide Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved a bill that would make it difficult to divide Jerusalem in a peace deal. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved an amendment to an existing Basic Law that would require a majority of at least 80 Knesset members to pass a decision to give up land in…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Terror Suspect Shot, Killed After Opening Fire During Arrest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian terror suspect who opened fire as they tried to arrest him. The Palestinian man identified as Amar Ahmed Lutfi Khalil, 34, was killed early Sunday morning during a raid and attempted arrest in in the village of Nabi Salih west of Ramallah by Israel…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Crime At Highest Recorded Level In British History, Study Finds
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic crime has risen to its highest level in the United Kingdom, according to a new audit released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. According to the National Antisemitic Crime Audit released on Sunday, anti-Semitic crime in 2016 rose 44 percent from 2014. The audit for 2016 registered a total of 1,078 anti-Semitic crimes…
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Fast Forward Court Rules For Jewish Hairdresser Fired By Jewish Boss For Working On Shabbat
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Jewish hairdresser who got fired for refusing — against the orders of his Jewish boss — to take Shabbat off was awarded nearly $10,000 by a Quebec court for having his religious rights violated. The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal on Thursday ordered the payment by former salon owner Iris Grassy two years after she…
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Fast Forward Israeli Government Still Opposed To Same-Sex Couples Adopting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country, the state said in response to a Supreme Court petition. The government did, however, say it would allow common-law couples who have been living together for three years to adopt children in Israel. The decision to not change its…
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