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Fast Forward Adelsons Giving $55M In 2018, Making Them Biggest Spenders In U.S. Politics
(JTA) — Casino mogul and Jewish megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have given $55 million in the last few months to groups working to ensure Republican control of the House and Senate after the midterm elections. The donations make them the “biggest spenders on federal elections in all of American politics,” the New…
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Fast Forward Swastika Painted On Campaign Sign Of Jewish Congressman, Home Of Supporter
(JTA) — A swastika was painted on the home of a supporter of Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer. The campaign sign standing in the front yard of Adam Stolarsky, 48, who lives in the house with his girlfriend, Colleen Murch, also was defaced with drawings of swastikas, penises and vulgar language. The graffiti also…
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Fast Forward Russia Claims Israel Misled It Over Downing Of Plane Over Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Air Force provided Russia with misleading information on the location of its airstrikes on targets in Syria, preventing a Russian surveillance plane in the area from moving to a safe zone, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced. The findings of the Russian Defense Ministry about the accidental downing last week of a Russian…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Radio Station Fined For Banning Women’s Voices On Air
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The haredi-Orthodox Kol Berama radio station was fined some $280,000 for keeping women’s voices off the air. The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday also ordered that the money, 1 million shekel, be held in a class action fund that will give the money to programs that empower religious women. The class action…
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Fast Forward Taiwanese Protesters Angry At Salon’s Swastika Logo Defecate In Front Of Store
(JTA) — A hair salon in northern Taiwan covered the logos on its store signs, which resemble a swastika, after people angry about the image began urinating and defecating in front of the store in protest. Hsu Chen-yang, owner of the Berlin Hair Salon in Hsinchu City, told the Taiwan News that he covered the symbols,…
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Fast Forward Rock Hurled Inside Polish Synagogue During Yom Kippur Prayers
(JTA) — Unidentified individuals hurled a rock into a synagogue in Gdansk in northern Poland, shattering the glass of one window while worshippers, including children, were inside. The assault on Gdansk’s New Synagogue occurred on Wednesday, during Yom Kippur, one of Judaism’s holiest days, the Jewish Religious Community in Gdansk wrote on its Facebook page….
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Fast Forward Gazan Teen Killed By Israeli Troops During Yom Kippur Rioting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators rioted along the Gaza border on Yom Kippur, throwing firebombs and rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The Israeli troops responded with riot dispersal methods, the IDF said in a statement. The Gaza Health Ministry said a Palestinian teen was killed and at least three others injured in…
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Fast Forward Israeli City’s Chief Rabbi: Caterers Aren’t Kosher If Ethiopians Make The Food
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Moshe Havlin, the chief rabbi of the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat, reportedly said he would withdraw kosher certification from a local catering company if Ethiopian women continued to prepare the food there, unless they could prove their Jewishness. Under Orthodox Jewish law, certain foods which were completely cooked by…
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