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Fast Forward Judge Allows UMass Pro-Palestinian Event After Jewish Students Sued To Stop It
(JTA) — An event claiming pro-Palestinian views are silenced went ahead at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst after a judge threw out an injunction claiming the event was anti-Semitic. The event, “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, and the Battle for Palestinian Human Rights,” was organized by the Media Education Foundation, a group based…
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Fast Forward Miami Bagel Shop Gets Threatening Anti-Semitic Phone Calls
(JTA) — An unknown man made anti-Semitic threats against the Jewish owners of a Miami bagel shop. The man called the Bagel Time Café several times on Monday, and in his last call threatening to “get rid of” Jews, Miami’s Local10 reported. The man first told the owners over the telephone that he would “expose…
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Fast Forward Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitsm
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of 44 U.S. senators, almost half the body, sponsored a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, the latest congressional bid to address an issue that has roiled American politics. The resolution introduced Thursday, which was observed as Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., lists a…
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Fast Forward Facebook Will Still Allow Users To Deny The Holocaust
(JTA) — Facebook will still allow users to deny the Holocaust even though it removed prominent bigots and anti-Semites from its platform. The social media giant deleted the personal, professional and fan accounts of some leading extremists and conspiracy theorists, like David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones, on Thursday. But in a letter from April…
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Fast Forward Tlaib Says Times’s Headline Promoted ‘Lack Of Responsibility On Israel’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Palestinian-American congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., criticized The New York Times for a headline on a story about the recent violence on the Israel-Gaza border, saying it promotes a “lack of responsibility on Israel.” The headline read “Gaza Militants Fire 250 Rockets, and Israel Responds with Airstrikes.” “When will the world stop dehumanizing our…
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Fast Forward Washington Man Arrested For Threatening To Kill Kushner
(JTA) — Police have arrested a Washington state man for making death threats against Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. weeks after he posted his intentions on social media, The Washington Post reported. Chase Bliss Colasurdo, 27, who lives in the Seattle area, indicated that he wanted to murder Kushner, a key White House adviser and…
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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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