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Fast Forward Arizona Exempts Smaller Companies From Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — Arizona has eased its rules to a state ban on doing business with companies that boycott Israel in an attempt to avoid potential lawsuits. The amendment would exempt individuals and businesses valued at less than $100,000 or employing fewer than 10 full-time employees from the ban. In September, a federal district court ruled…
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Fast Forward Pelosi Defends Omar, Says There’s No ‘Taint’ Of Anti-Semitism Among Democrats
(JTA) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected any allegations of anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party and defended Rep. Ilhan Omar against accusations of anti-Semitism. “We have no taint of that in the Democratic Party, and just because they want to accuse somebody of that doesn’t mean that we take that bait,” Pelosi told CNN’s Cristiane…
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Fast Forward 500 Doctors Sign Letter Urging Jews To Vaccinate Amid Measles Outbreak
(JTA) — Some 500 doctors who serve Jewish communities across North America have signed on to a letter calling on all children and healthy adults to get vaccinated. “We the undersigned doctors who faithfully serve the Orthodox Jewish communities of North America, strongly urge all members of our community to receive all recommended vaccinations,” the…
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Fast Forward Trump Peace Plan Will Be ‘Born Dead’: Palestinian Authority Prime Minister
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the as-yet unveiled Trump administration peace plan will be “born dead.” Shtayyeh told the Associated Press in a wide-ranging, hour-long interview that the international community would join the Palestinians in rejecting the peace plan whose release date has not yet been announced….
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Fast Forward Jewish ICE Detainee May Not Be Getting Kosher Food, Congresswoman Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish man being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York state has complained of receiving meals that are not strictly kosher, according to Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. In a statement Tuesday, Velazquez said that the law enforcement agency “has a troubling pattern of ignoring important religious considerations for…
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Fast Forward Texas State Government Divests $72 Million From Company That Boycotts Israel
(JTA) — State agencies in Texas have started to divest some $72 million worth of stock in a company that boycotts Israel to comply with a 2017 law. The measure bans the state from doing business with companies that observe the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Two state pension funds — the Employees Retirement…
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Fast Forward Sanders: Omar Isn’t Anti-Semitic But Must Do ‘Better Job’ Speaking To Jews
(JTA) — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said that he does not consider Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota to be an anti-Semite, but that she has to do a “better job in speaking to the Jewish community.” Sanders participated Monday evening in a televised town hall meeting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, hosted by Fox News Channel….
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Fast Forward WATCH: Cardi B Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
(JTA) — Cardi B is supporting Bernie Sanders for president. The rapper said she likes the 77-year-old Jewish Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate because of his long history of activism. “I don’t know, you know, I’ma always go with Bernie,” she told Variety. “Bernie don’t say things to be cool. Like, there’s pictures of…
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