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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Funeral Of 21-Year-Old American Killed By Hamas Rocket
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An American citizen killed while running for cover from a Hamas rocket was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. Hundreds turned out to bury Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, a 21-year old American-Israeli from Ashdod. A member of the Ger Hasidic sect, he leaves behind a wife and baby. The fourth Israeli to be…
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Fast Forward Jewish Home In New Jersey Vandalized Inside And Out With Swastikas, ‘Go Home’
(JTA) — A Jewish home in New Jersey that was recently vacated was vandalized inside and out with hate symbols and anti-Semitic phrases. The home on a wooded, 10-acre property in Jackson Township was vandalized on Wednesday, days before it was scheduled to be demolished. The windows of the house had all been broken and…
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Fast Forward Jews Are The Least Islamophobic Religious Group In America, Survey Finds
NEW YORK (JTA) — A majority of Jewish Americans have positive feelings about Muslims – and the feelings are mutual — according to a survey released Wednesday. The 2019 American Muslim Poll, conducted in January, found that 53 percent of Jewish Americans reported having positive views of Muslims — the highest of any non-Muslim faith group surveyed —…
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Fast Forward Every Extremist Anti-Semitic Incident Tracked By ADL Was Carried Out By White Supremacists, Org Says
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Anti-Defamation League found that 3,044 total acts of hate, extremism, anti-Semitism and terror were committed in the United States in 2018. 1,879 of these were anti-Semitic acts – including assault, vandalism and harassment. Of these 1,879 acts of anti-Semitism, 249 (13 percent) were attributable to known extremist groups or individuals…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Incidents In Canada Rise To Record Number For 3rd Straight Year
MONTREAL (JTA) — Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada rose to a record high for the third consecutive year, according to an annual audit by B’nai Brith Canada released Monday. The audit showed 2,041 anti-Semitic incidents recorded last year in Canada – 16.5 percent more than the 1,752 incidents in 2017. “To put that in stark perspective,…
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Fast Forward MoveOn Endorses Omar, Tlaib For 2020 Reelection
(JTA) — MoveOn, the progressive advocacy movement, in its first official endorsements for the 2020 election cycle, said it will back Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib for reelection. The organization said in a statement that it has over 16,000 members in Minnesota’s 5th district, and that Omar was backed for reelection with…
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Fast Forward Poway Synagogue To Hold Memorial Service Monday For Slain Congregant
POWAY, California (JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye will be memorialized at the synagogue where she was shot to death during Saturday morning services in what’s being called a hate crime. The memorial will take place at 2 p.m. Monday, Pacific time, at Chabad of Poway, in this town north of San Diego. A short graveside service…
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Fast Forward UPDATED: San Diego Tragedy Could Have Been Worse But For Shooter Training
Update, April 27, 11:09 p.m.: This version of the story includes information on shooter drills the Poway Chabad congregation recently did. The shooter at a San Diego-area synagogue praised the man who attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue exactly six months ago, but the carnage in San Diego would have been worse but for safety and shooter…
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