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Opinion Donald Trump Sinks to New Level of Absurdity With ‘Frozen’ Tweet
Nothing’s sacred anymore in this election cycle. Not even Elsa and Anna. The two beloved characters from the Disney movie “Frozen” were the subjects of a Wednesday night tweet by Donald Trump. He wanted to know why nobody was kicking up a fuss over the six-pointed star on a bit of “Frozen” merchandise. He wrapped…
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Opinion Reclaiming My Star of David as an African-American Jew
It’s about 3:15 in the morning and I’m awake at my laptop, poring over yet another online Judaica jewelry shop, looking at page after page of hamsa, tablet, menorah, chai, and mezuza pendants. I want something unique. Modern. Sleek. Something that screams “JEWISH” but also hasn’t been run into the ground over and over and…
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The Schmooze Could Teacher’s Star of David Be Illegal?
(JTA) — Here’s a tough question: Where might it break the law to wear a Star of David around your neck? (Hint, the answer is not Nazi Germany.) Give up? The correct response is the Township of East Pennsboro, Pa., where one man has a filed a formal complaint with the school district after his son’s…
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Breaking News American Tourist Wearing Star of David Attacked in Cologne
An American tourist was robbed and called a “Jewish bastard” by youths after he asked them for directions in the Cologne train station. Police are seeking witnesses to the incident, which took place at approximately 11:30 p.m. Saturday. On the same weekend in Cologne, some 5,000 people reportedly participated in a major anti-Muslim demonstration, mostly…
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Breaking News Tourist Wearing ‘Star of David’ Beaten in Cologne
An American tourist was robbed and called a “Jewish bastard” by youths after he asked them for directions in the Cologne train station. Police are seeking witnesses to the incident, which took place at approximately 11:30 p.m. Saturday. On the same weekend in Cologne, some 5,000 people reportedly participated in a major anti-Muslim demonstration, mostly…
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Breaking News Swedish Woman Attacked By Muslim Teenagers While Wearing Star of David
A Swedish woman wearing a star of David was attacked while walking through a largely Muslim neighborhood in central Sweden. Anna Sjogren, who is Jewish, discussed the attack on Monday with the World Zionist Organization Center for Countering Antisemitism. Sjogren was attacked Aug. 14 while walking in Gottsunda, a suburb of the city of Uppsala…
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Breaking News Jewish World War II Vet Gets Star of David on Gravestone — 50 Years Later
A World War II soldier buried in a national cemetery in Wisconsin now has a Jewish star marking his grave, in place of the Christian cross it bore for almost 50 years. Rabbi Avrohom Richter, director of Chabad of Howard Beach in the Queens borough of New York, learned of his distant relative Henry Dienstein…
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Breaking News Star of David Pendant Spurs Attack in Berlin
A man wearing a Star of David pendant and cap was attacked in a Berlin park in what investigators suspect was a right-wing hate crime. The unidentified victim, 67, was sitting with a friend on a bench in Berlin’s Tiergarten park on Monday afternoon when two men approached and began to harass him, he said….
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