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Breaking News Trump’s Travel Ban Won’t Keep Trailblazing Yazidi Woman From Scooping Prize
(JTA) — Yazidi leader Vian Dakhil was given an exception from the State Department from the Trump administration’s travel ban and will be allowed to travel to the United States to receive a prize named for Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress. Dakhil, a member of the Iraqi parliament who has led…
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News Canadian Jews Help ‘Operation Ezra’ — Bring 7 Yazidi Families to Winnepeg
A small Yazidi community in Canada is teaming up with local Jewish organizations to help refugees running from ISIS find new homes. With an initial goal of raising $34,000 to sponsor one refugee family, activists and community members in Winnipeg, Canada raised $250,000 to help 7 Yazidi families with a total of 42 people settle…
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News Montreal’s ‘Jewish Schindler’ Rejects Accusations That He Is Doing More Harm Than Good
Despite mounting questions about his credibility and criticism that he may be supporting terrorism, a Canadian businessman says he is more determined than ever to continue his controversial quest to buy the freedom of Yazidi and Christian women and girls enslaved by the brutal terrorist group, Islamic State. In a September 1 interview with the…
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Breaking News Yazidis Question Jewish Businessman’s ISIS Sex-Slave Rescue Story
A group of Yazidi spiritual leaders, politicians, activists and aid workers have demanded that the Jewish Montreal businessman claiming to have rescued 128 Christian and Yazidi women and children from the Islamic State, or ISIS, provide evidence that he is saving lives. Steve Maman has been nicknamed the “Jewish Schindler” for founding the Liberation of…
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Breaking News Montreal Businessman Buys Freedom for 128 ISIS Sex Slaves
Montreal businessman Steve Maman said his Jewish background has stirred his efforts to save Yazidi and Christian children from ISIS. Maman is the founder of the Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq project, which he said has saved 128 girls and young women from sex slavery and abuse at the hands of the…
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Breaking News French Chief Rabbi Compares ISIS to Nazis
French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia made an urgent plea to Europe to defend non-Muslims in the Middle East, whom he likened to Holocaust victims. Speaking Sunday at the Grand Synagogue in Paris at a commemoration for Holocaust victims, Korsia cited the Yazidis’ plight in Iraq as an example of a minority group in need of…
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Breaking News 17-Month-Old Yazidi Child Receives Heart Surgery in Israel
A child from the persecuted Yazidi ethnic group of northern Iraq received heart surgery in Israel. The 17-month-old, Wisam, was born with congenital heart disease, and he and his father arrived in Israel in June in advance of the surgery, which was performed Sunday. Wisam’s family — including his mother and two newborn twins —…
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