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Fast Forward One In 10 Christians Say Their Pastors Said Negative Things About Jews
(JTA) — Thirty-nine percent of American Christians who attend church have heard their clergy speak out about Jews, and 9 percent have heard them say something negative. That’s according to a new study published Friday by the Pew Research Center on religion and public life. The survey found that American Jews were ambivalent toward the…
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Fast Forward Cop Investigated For Dangling Pepperoni Pizza Over Jewish Colleague’s Food
(JTA) — A British police sergeant will face a disciplinary hearing after he allegedly dangled a slice of pepperoni pizza over the food of a Jewish fellow officer. A piece of the pepperoni then fell into the food of the Jewish officer and he could not eat his meal, the Sussex Police said in a…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Apologizes For Being ‘Disrespectful’ To Women
(JTA) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is said to be preparing to become a Democratic presidential candidate, apologized for using “disrespectful” language about women. Bloomberg, who is Jewish, apologized through a spokesman in a New York Times article published Thursday. “Mike has come to see that some of what he has said…
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News 91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Has Bar Mitzvah
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – At 91, Holocaust survivor Andor Stern no longer fears the Nazis who imprisoned him in Auschwitz. Living in his native Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest metro area of nearly 25 million, what scares him today are burglars – his modest house has been broken into twice in the city where he…
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Fast Forward Leaked Emails Show Stephen Miller Promoted White Nationalist Materials
(JTA) — White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist materials to the right-wing website Breitbart News as the 2016 presidential election neared. Many of the 900 emails sent from March 2015 to June 2016 “showcase the extremist, anti-immigrant ideology that undergirds the policies he has helped create as an architect of Donald…
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Fast Forward Trump Says He’ll Donate To Holocaust Museum After Court Shuts Down His Charity
(JTA) — President Donald Trump said he would pay $1.8 million to several charities, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, after losing a civil court case over his misuse of his charity to get elected. Trump made a statement about the payment on Thursday, after a New York judge ordered him to pay $2 million…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Orthodox Jews Assaulted, Chased In Series Of Nighttime Attacks
(JTA) — Several identifiably Jewish men and boys were attacked in a string of assaults in the Borough Park community of Brooklyn on the same night. Three of the attacks late Friday night involved the same passenger car over five blocks, the Yeshiva World News reported. Surveillance cameras captured each incident, in which several men jump…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic, Racist Pamphlets Distributed In South Philadelphia
(JTA) — Fliers described by local media as anti-Semitic and racist were placed on cars in parts of South Philadelphia. The page-long flier makes several false claims about the Jewish community and African Americans, the local CBS affiliate reported. “In general it profiles a really negative light on people of the Jewish faith, and their…
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