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Fast Forward Jewish Teens Arrested For Stoning Death Of Palestinian Woman
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Several Jewish teens who study in a West Bank yeshiva high school have been arrested for involvement in the death of a Palestinian mother of nine. Aisha Mohammed Rabi, 47, was killed in mid-October at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank. A rock thrown at the car driven by her husband…
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Fast Forward German Theater Offers Far-Right Party Free Tickets To ‘Schindler’s List’
(JTA) — An independent movie theater in western Germany offered free tickets to a screening of the film “Schindler’s List” to members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. The screening of the classic film, marking its 25th anniversary, is scheduled for January 27, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The New York Times reported….
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Fast Forward Fake Bomb With ‘Anti-Jewish Writings’ Left At UC Berkeley
(JTA) — A resident of Berkeley, California brought a fake bomb with “anti-Jewish writings” on the package into the University of California Berkeley Police Department. Michael Fleming, 48, was charged last week with sending a false bomb, designed to cause fear for ones’ safety. He was not charged with a hate crime despite the words…
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Fast Forward Kiryas Joel Secedes From Municipality And Renames Itself ‘Palm Tree’
(JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in New York became what is said to be the first official haredi Orthodox town in the United States. Kiryas Joel on Jan.1 became the town of Palm Tree when it officially split from the Town of Monroe located in New York’s Orange County, the Times Herald-Record…
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Fast Forward Restaurant Threatened For Serving Conservative Radio Host Michael Savage
(JTA) — Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage said he stopped frequenting a restaurant that had received a mass shooting threat for serving him. The restaurant received an email warning of “serious f—ing damage” if they allowed Savage to dine at the restaurant again, the Washington Times and the New York Post reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward Sandy Cardin Steps Down As President Of Schusterman Foundation
(JTA) — The longtime president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is stepping down. Sandy Cardin announced this week that he was leaving the role, after leading the prominent charitable organization for 25 years, according to a statement. He’ll serve the foundation as a senior adviser. Longtime foundation staffer Lisa Eisen will become president…
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Fast Forward A Quarter Of All Holocaust Victims Killed In Just 3 Months In 1942
(JTA) — Nearly 1.5 million Jews, or about a quarter of all those murdered during the Holocaust, were murdered in just three months in 1942, a new study found. The expedited murder rate was part of Nazi Germany’s Operation Reinhard for annihilating the Jews of Poland, according to the study published this week by biomathematician…
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff, Prominent Trump Combatant, Assumes Chair Of Intelligence Committee
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Nancy Pelosi named Adam Schiff, a leading Jewish critic of President Donald Trump, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee hours after she reassumed the Speakership and Democrats took control of the House. Pelosi of California was elected speaker 220-192 on Thursday, reassuming the post eight years after Democrats…
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