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Fast Forward ADL: White Supremacists’ Propaganda Efforts Up 182% In 2018
(JTA) — White supremacists dramatically stepped up their propaganda efforts targeting neighborhoods and campuses in 2018, far exceeding any previous annual distribution count for the United States. White supremacists’ propaganda efforts increased 182 percent, with 1,187 distributions across the U.S. in 2018, up from 421 total incidents reported in 2017, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday….
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Fast Forward Jerusalem’s Orthodox Deputy Mayor Refuses To Speak At Conservative Jewish Venue
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A deputy mayor of Jerusalem refused to attend a real estate conference because it was held in a facility owned by the Conservative movement. Eliezer Rauchberger, who represents the haredi Orthodox Degel Hatorah party and holds the building and planning portfolio, had committed to being a keynote speaker Monday at the national…
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Fast Forward IfNotNow Protests Outside Chabad On Shabbat Over Visiting IDF Veteran
(JTA) — Members of a left-wing group protested a speech by a former Israeli soldier at the Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Texas in Austin. About a dozen protesters from the Austin chapter of IfNotNow sang protest songs and carried signs reading “Occupation is not moral” and “Moral combat? Moral disaster” in front…
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Fast Forward Synagogue Window Smashed On Shabbat In Latest Attack Targeting Brooklyn Jews
(JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Brooklyn synagogues will receive more security after an attack on a Chabad synagogue on Friday night. “The NYPD is adding security to this synagogue and others nearby,” the mayor said Sunday in a tweet which linked to a local article about the attack on…
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Fast Forward Why Did Republicans Vote Against Their Own Bill On Anti-Semitism?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — They voted for it before they voted against it. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were in the odd position Wednesday of voting against a bill that included an initiative to combat anti-Semitism, a measure they initially insisted was in the national security interests of the United States. The bill itself…
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Fast Forward Omar Accused Of Anti-Semitism Over Claim AIPAC Pays Congress To Be Pro-Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Days after a series of apologies for an old tweet seen as echoing anti-Semitic themes, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said AIPAC paid politicians to be pro-Israel, a falsehood that drew immediate rebukes. Omar on Sunday responded on Twitter to a threat two days earlier by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to take action…
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Fast Forward Trump State Of The Union Links Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack To Iran
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump in his State of the Union linked his actions targeting Iran to the threat to Jews manifested in the October massacre on Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh. Trump also bookended his speech with references to D-Day, including salutes to troops, among them Jewish American veterans, that helped liberate Europe, and…
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Fast Forward Torah Scrolls Vandalized At Jerusalem Synagogue
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Vandals broke into a Jerusalem synagogue and tossed four Torah scrolls on the floor. The break-in took place in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood on Monday night. Worshippers arrived on Tuesday morning and found the Torah scrolls, prayer books and other Jewish artifacts strewn all over the floor. A hole was cut in…
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