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Fast Forward Celebrations And Protests Erupt On 50th Anniversary Of Jerusalem Reunification
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Tens of thousands gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the city’s reunification. Ceremonies and events took place throughout Wednesday in the Israeli capital to mark the annual observance of Jerusalem Day. Among the events were memorials for soldiers killed in the Six-Day War in 1967. Alternative Jerusalem Day events…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Twitter Profile Features Western Wall Prayer
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump changed his Twitter profile’s background picture to feature a photo of his prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Trump or one of the people he trusts with his personal Twitter account posted the photo on Monday after Trump had prayed at the wall. The previous picture showed Trump seated in…
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Fast Forward Argentine Paper Is Finalist For Data Prize On Alberto Nisman Case
(JTA) — The investigation by the late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman – who accused the previous Argentinean government off covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing- includes 40,000 audio recordings from a tapped phone. Argentinean news media outlet La Nacion analyzed the audio recordings over two years, published the findings and developed a…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Seeks Plea Deal In Synagogue Bomb Plot
(JTA) — A South Florida man charged with plotting to bomb a Miami-area synagogue and Jewish school is negotiating a plea agreement, his defense attorney is saying. James Medina, 41, has been negotiating with prosecutors on a proposed guilty plea, the Associated Press reported, citing court papers filed last week. He originally had pleaded not…
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Israel News The 7 Most Awkward Moments From Trump’s Israel Trip
(JTA) — Donald Trump’s trip to Israel passed by in a flash — after all, the president only stopped in the Jewish state for two days. Nevertheless, Trump managed to do plenty of things during his visit. He checked out the Western Wall, Yad Vashem and the Israel Museum, and he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli…
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Fast Forward How Manchester Jews Prepared For Attack Like Ariana Grande Concert Bombing
(JTA) — Britain’s bloodiest terrorist attack in over a decade occurred Monday just two miles from Rabbi Yisroel Cohen’s synagogue. Yet one day after the deadly bombing in Manchester, Cohen told JTA he has no intention of changing security arrangements at his congregation. In fact Cohen, a Chabad emissary who works in a Jewish enclave…
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Fast Forward Jewish Activists Welcome Scandals Slowing Trump Agenda
WASHINGTON (JTA) – It’s not quite schadenfreude, but some Jewish organizational officials are sighing in relief at President Donald Trump’s cascade of domestic woes, saying it may present opportunities for their relatively liberal agenda. Domestically, some Jewish groups are welcoming the prospect that scandals and distractions besieging the White House could delay – if not…
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Fast Forward Monica Lewinsky Writes Obit For Roger Ailes, Who Built Fox News Off Her Scandal
(JTA) — Monica Lewinsky said the late Roger Ailes’ success in building Fox News was directly related to his capitalizing on the affair involving the former White House intern and then-President Bill Clinton. Ailes, the former head of Fox News forced out under the cloud of a sexual harassment scandal, died last week at 77….
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