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Fast Forward Monaco Hosts Largest-Ever Jewish Gathering As 1,000 Russians Jet In
(JTA) — The city state of Monaco, which is sandwiched between France and Italy, saw the largest Jewish gathering in its history during a visit to the principality by more than 1,000 Russian Jews. The celebration Thursday, which was hosted by the tiny Jewish community of Monaco, was organized by its president, Aaron Frenkel, and…
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Fast Forward ADL Head Urges Creation Of Hate Crime Task Force
(JTA) — The national director of the Anti-Defamation League urged the establishing of a federal task force to coordinate hate crimes responses across the executive branch in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jonathan Greenblatt set forth a series of policy recommendations during a Tuesday hearing on an increase in religious hate crimes, according to…
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Fast Forward UNESCO Votes 22-10 To Condemn Israel’s Control Over Jerusalem
NEW YORK (JTA) — The United Nations’ cultural agency voted to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem. UNESCO — the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — passed a resolution called “Occupied Palestine” by a vote of 22-10, with 26 countries abstaining or absent, on Tuesday. The resolution calls on Israel to rescind any “legislative and…
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Fast Forward Arab Israelis Happier Than Jews With Israeli Life, Poll Shows
(JTA) — Arab Israelis are more likely to describe Israel’s “overall situation” as good than their Jewish counterparts, a survey found. Some 66 percent of Arab Israelis said their country’s situation was “good” or “very good,” according to a survey released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University. Only 43.9 percent of Israeli Jews agreed with…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister: Palestinian Leader’s NYT Op-Ed Just ‘Political Jockeying’
(JTA) — A jailed Palestinian leader who accused Israel of mistreating Palestinian prisoners “has become adept at rebranding Palestinian terrorism as legitimate ‘resistance,’” Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Monday. Erdan wrote that Barghouti, who launched a widespread prisoner hunger strike with his own Times op-ed last…
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Fast Forward Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Pro-Israel Stalwart, Will Retire From Congress
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a congressional leader who has been a staunch defender of Israel and the rights of Holocaust survivors, is leaving Congress. Ros-Lehtinen, a GOP moderate who has sharply criticized the policies of President Donald Trump, told the Miami Herald on Sunday that she simply no longer felt the drive…
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Fast Forward Terror Victim Ezra Schwartz Posthumously Inducted Into AEPi Fraternity
(JTA) — Ezra Schwartz, who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist in Israel in November 2015, was inducted posthumously into the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at Rutgers University. The induction ceremony was held Sunday night, at the start of Israel’s Memorial Day. At the Sunday ceremony, Ari Schwartz, the father of Ezra, was inducted as…
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Fast Forward 94-Year-Old Ex-Soviet Officer Faces Ukraine Probe For 1952 Killing
(JTA) — Prosecutors in Ukraine initiated a murder investigation against a Jewish former Soviet officer who is suspected of killing a nationalist in 1952. The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine opened the probe against 94-year-old Boris Steckler on April 18, the Ist Pravda news website reported last week based on documents it obtained from the National Advocacy…
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