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Fast Forward Jews Split Over Hungary’s Government Campaign Against George Soros
(JTA) — On a recent Sunday, eight far-right activists filmed themselves on what they called a “raid” on the Aurora Jewish community center in Budapest. Sporting crewcuts and black clothes, the men affixed posters with a crossed-out picture of the Hungary-born Jewish American billionaire George Soros to the entrance of the building, which along with having…
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Fast Forward Which Jewish Billionaire Has Trump’s Ear On Israel — Ron Or Sheldon?
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Bill Clinton consulted with folks who came up with him in Arkansas, George W. Bush preferred Texan veterans of his family’s hard-fought political battles and Barack Obama had his Chicago peeps. Who does the first billionaire president go to when he wants real-deal advice? Other billionaires, naturally. Much has been made of…
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Fast Forward French Jew Wearing Kippah Threatened With Hammer
(JTA) — A Jewish man told police in the French city of Marseille that he had been assaulted on the street while wearing a kippah by another man wielding a hammer. The incident took place on Tuesday morning approximately half a mile from the Grand Synagogue of Marseille, the man told police according to a…
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Fast Forward Families Of Israeli Terror Victims Ask To Meet With Trump During Israel Visit
(JTA) — Over 100 family members of Israelis killed in terrorist attacks asked to meet with President Trump during his scheduled visit to the Jewish state next week. In the letter, dated Monday, the 103 signatories also expressed concern about the president’s plan to facilitate talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, citing payment by the PA to convicted terrorists….
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Fast Forward Danish Teen Convicted Of Planning To Bomb Jewish School
(JTA) — A Danish court convicted a 17-year-old girl of planning to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish one, using homemade bombs. The girl, who was not named in the Holbaek District Court on Tuesday because she is a minor, was convicted of “attempting a terrorist act,” which can carry a life sentence,…
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Fast Forward Hunger-Striking Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti Now Refusing Water
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti has stopped drinking water as part of his hunger strike against the Israel Prisons Services. Barghouti announced the ramping up of his hunger strike on Tuesday, its 30th day. According to the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, 1,300 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are fasting for more…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ambassador To Nigeria Funds Refugee Children’s Soccer League
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Nigeria donated the embassy’s fund for an Independence Day celebration to establish a soccer league in the African nation for refugee children. Guy Feldman canceled the embassy’s Yom Ha’atzmaut reception and set up the league for 225 children who escaped the Boko Haram terrorist organization, Ynet reported. The embassy…
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Fast Forward Paris Rabbinic Court ‘Unchains’ Women Waiting 29 Years For Divorce
(JTA) — A rabbinical court in Paris officially dissolved the marriage of a Jewish woman who for 29 years had tried unsuccessfully to obtain a religious Jewish divorce from her abusive ex-husband. The move Tuesday by the rabbinical court of Paris at the seat of the Consistoire religious group was hailed as a success in…
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