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Fast Forward Controversy over Buffalo News cartoon using Star of David to criticize Israel
Newspaper’s editorial board reports massive reader response to image labeled ‘antisemitic’ by Jewish leaders
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Culture Is it time for me to conceal my Jewish identity in the United States?
When I lived in Germany, I felt afraid, but until Oct. 7, I thought America was different
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Fast Forward Former Soviet Refugee Sues Manhattan Day Care For Removing Son’s Star Of David
(JTA) — A former Soviet refugee is suing his son’s day care for refusing to allow the four-year-old to wear a Star of David pendant. Isaac Goldin attended the Bright Minds Center in Manhattan, which provides “European Education” and “Russian Traditions” for kids, the New York Post reported. Beginning in November 2016 until Isaac left…
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Culture The Jewish Museum’s New Exhibit Should Be More Radical. Here’s How.
If you wish to be radicalized as a Jew, one unconventional way to do so would be to visit the Jewish Museum. While a comfortably endowed cultural institution housed in a 5th Avenue mansion may not sound like a hotbed of revolution, one of the near-600 items in the new permanent exhibit “Scenes from the…
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Fast Forward Billy Joel Wears Yellow Star Of David In Jibe At Trump
(JTA) — Legendary singer Billy Joel appeared onstage for an encore during his monthly concert at Madison Square Garden wearing a yellow Star of David on his jacket. Photos of Joel wearing the yellow star began appearing on Facebook shortly after Monday night’s concert. At least one tweet bore the hashtag #Charlottesville. Other tweets called…
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Fast Forward Iran Uses Star Of David As Target For Missile Test
(JTA) — Iran used the Star of David as a target for a ballistic missile test, Israel told the United Nations. The Israeli diplomatic mission on Wednesday distributed to members of the U.N.Security Council satellite images of the site set up during a test carried out last year. “These images prove beyond any doubt that Iran…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Waves Anti-Semitic Graphic Tweeted by David Duke
Donald Trump used another graphic initially published by an anti-Semitic site last week at a rally in Sunrise, Florida. He held up a chart that purported to show the amount of money several countries in North Africa and the Middle East had paid in order to receive money from the State Department, calling it a…
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Fast Forward Newt Gingrich Denounces Star of David Attacks on Donald Trump as ‘Smear’
— Newt Gingrich defended Donald Trump’s use of an image resembling the Star of David in a tweet criticizing Hillary Clinton as corrupt. The former House speaker, who is one of the top candidates to be Trump’s vice presidential nominee on the Republican ticket, said in a phone interview with CNN Thursday that he was…
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