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Fast Forward LA Jewish Group Suspends Grants To Organization Tied To Canary Mission
(JTA) — The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles will suspend grants from donors to a group that appears to support the controversial Canary Mission, although the foundation said it was not aware that previous grants had been used to fund Canary Mission and its efforts to blacklist anti-Israel activists on campus. In a statement…
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Fast Forward Australia Considering Recognizing Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital, Moving Embassy
(JTA) — Australia’s prime minister is considering officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the Australian embassy there. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement issued on Monday night in Israel that he had thanked Scott Morrison for his remarks during a phone call. Morrison also was set to announce…
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Fast Forward Israeli Teen Who Urinated On Memorial At Auschwitz Ordered To Pay $1,350
(JTA) — An Israeli teen who was caught urinating on a memorial commemorating the victims of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp has been ordered to pay a fine. The Israeli man, 19, in March urinated on a monument located near the ruins of the crematoria in the former Birkenau camp. The museum’s guide saw and…
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Fast Forward Move Over, ‘Fauda.’ Hit Israeli Series ‘When Heroes Fly’ To Stream On Netflix.
(JTA) — The new hit Israeli television series “When Heroes Fly” will be streamed on Netflix. The first season of the Keshet network’s series, a total of 10 episodes, will be available to Netflix subscribers around the world early next year in its original Hebrew with subtitles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “When Heroes Fly”…
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Fast Forward Ad Accuses Virginia Democratic Candidate Of Hating Israel
(JTA) — The Virginia Republican Party in an ad accused Democratic House candidate Leslie Cockburn of hating Israel and America. “Leslie Cockburn hates veterans, hates ICE, hates Israel,” the footnoted ad posted late last week on the Virginia GOP Facebook and Twitter pages reads. “Basically, Leslie Cockburn hates America.” Cockburn is a former “60 Minutes”…
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Fast Forward Dallas Commissioner Compares Trump And Hitler In New Ad
(JTA) — An elected official in Dallas sent a political mailer comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Area Jewish groups condemned Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price for the mailing, saying that using the example of Hitler for anything besides education or the Holocaust is “highly inappropriate and offensive,” the Dallas Morning News reported….
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Fast Forward Home Of West Bank Gunman’s Family To Be Demolished
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The home of the Palestinian man who killed two Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank is slated to be demolished. The Israel Defense Forces notified the family of Ashraf Walid Saliman Na’alwa, 23, on Sunday night that the family home will be demolished, a…
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Fast Forward Chelsea Soccer Club To Take Anti-Semitic Chanters On Tour Auschwitz
(JTA) — Chelsea, the British soccer club, is planning to send fans who are caught chanting anti-Semitic songs on a tour of the former death camp of Auschwitz instead of punishing them. The team’s owner, Roman Abramovich, who is Jewish, has spearheaded a new initiative to combat anti-Semitism, according to the report about he plan…
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