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Fast Forward Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Ceremony Held Outside Tree Of Life Synagogue
(JTA) — A Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony to strengthen and heal the Pittsburgh Jewish community was held outside of the Tree of Life synagogue building. Hundreds gathered Sunday evening around a towering electric menorah in front of the building where 11 worshippers were killed by a gunman during Shabbat morning services. The eight-branched menorah stood in…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews Have No Business At CMU!’ Found In Library Book At Carnegie Mellon
(JTA) — A Jewish student at Carnegie Mellon University discovered swastikas and anti-Semitic comments written inside a campus library book. The vandalism was discovered last week, though it is not known when it was written in the book. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh. Graduate student Adira Rosen, who discovered the vandalism while researching a…
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Fast Forward The Dutch Foreign Ministry Wants Jews Everywhere To Criticize Israel
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — An official Dutch foreign ministry document listed as an objective actions that “encourage diaspora Jewish communities to voice their opposition to the occupation.” The statement, which is unusual for European governments offering funding for organizations they say are promoting peace of coexistence between Israel and Palestinians, appeared in a report published earlier…
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Fast Forward Reform Movement’s Kutz Camp, Incubator For Teen Leaders, Is Shutting Down
(JTA) — Kutz Camp, the Union for Reform Judaism summer camp for teens and an incubator for modern spiritual Jewish folk music, is closing. URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacob made the announcement in a statement Wednesday, citing competition from other programs. The camp celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 4, 2015. The summer 2019 session will…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Ravens Lineman To Wear Israeli Flag On His Cleats
(JTA) — As a defensive lineman for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, Michael Pierce has no love for quarterbacks. But the non-Jewish 340-pound athlete from Alabama does have a soft spot for Israel. Pierce selected the Israel Collective, a millennial arm of the Christians United for Israel organization, as his cause for the league’s “My Cause,…
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Fast Forward 2 Jewish Boys Attacked In Brooklyn In Separate Incidents
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Orthodox Jewish boys were attacked in Brooklyn in one day. A passerby repeatedly punched a 9-year-old in the face on Sunday evening in the Williamsburg neighborhood, police told the New York Post. The boy was walking with his mother when the attack occurred in the heavily Hasidic area. Half an…
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Fast Forward 300-Pound Menorah Stolen From Suburban Boston Synagogue
(JTA) — A 300-pound menorah was stolen from the entrance of a Boston-area synagogue and found hours later dumped about a mile away. The six-foot-tall menorah that had been on display at the entrance to Temple Emeth in Brookline, Massachusetts since 1948 was ripped from its base sometime on Tuesday night. It was discovered by…
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Fast Forward Man Shot In Pittsburgh Synagogue Released From Hospital 30 Days After Shooting
(JTA) — A 70-year-old worshipper who was critically injured in the shooting attack last month at the Tree of Life synagogue building was released from a Pittsburgh hospital. Daniel Leger went from the hospital to its rehabilitation facility, from where he was discharged on Monday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. His discharge came on the day…
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