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Fast Forward Young Boy Punched In The Eye In Anti-Semitic Attack On Bus In Wales
(JTA) — A young boy was assaulted in an attack with anti-Semitic motivation on a bus in Wales in the United Kingdom. The boy was punched in the eye and grabbed by the mouth after his mother told a man and a woman on the bus that she was born in Israel, the WalesOnline news…
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Fast Forward JNF Offers To Help California Recover From Devastating Wildfires
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli environmental organization Keren Kayemet L’Israel-Jewish National Fund offered its assistance in helping California recover from its recent devastating forest fires. “We have been following the situation with the horrific wildfires in California including the unprecedented destruction of communities and the devastation to surrounding forests. Our thoughts and prayers are with…
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Fast Forward Ivanka: I Didn’t Know You Couldn’t Use Personal Email For Official Business
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails on government business, using a personal account, the Washington Post reported. Trump, who serves as an unpaid White House senior advisor, sent the emails to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants, many of them in violation of federal records rules, the newspaper reported on Monday…
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Fast Forward More Than 2,000 Handmade Jewish Stars Hung Throughout Pittsburgh
(JTA) — More than 2,000 handmade Stars of David were hung throughout Pittsburgh. The stars, created by more than 1,000 volunteers from around the world, were hung on Saturday by 40 volunteers. Each star – some crocheted, some made with leather – had a heart in the center. The stars were the brainchild of Hinda…
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Fast Forward Bloomberg Donates $1.8 Billion To Johns Hopkins To Make Admissions ‘Need-Blind’
(JTA) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, which he attended, to provide more financial aid to low-and middle-income students. It is reported to be the largest private donation to higher education, and will allow the university to eliminate loans from financial aid packages for incoming…
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Fast Forward New York State Councilman Sorry For Suggesting Orthodox Jews Aren’t ‘Normal’
(JTA) — A councilman in upstate New York apologized for a text that juxtaposed Orthodox Jews with “normal” ones. Peter Bradley, a member of the Clarkstown Town Council in Rockland County, apologized on Nov. 12 and again the following day at a council meeting for the statements he made on Nov. 2, less than a…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Deemed ‘Righteous Gentile’ Will Be Buried In Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — A chief rabbi of Jerusalem allowed a Palestinian man to be buried in a Jewish cemetery following his body’s exclusion by imams over his sale of real-estate to Jews. Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel’s capital, this week ruled as a rabbinical judge that Alah Kirsh may be buried at a…
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Fast Forward US To Vote ‘No’ Instead Of Abstain On UN Resolution About Golan
(JTA) — The United States will vote “No” on a UN resolution criticizing Israel’s control of the Golan Heights instead of abstaining as it has done in previous years, Nikki Haley said. The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced her country’s decision in a statement Thursday about a General Assembly vote scheduled for…
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