Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Did Netanyahu just lose? Here’s what happened Tuesday in Israeli politics.
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government by the deadline imposed by Israeli law, thrusting the country into uncertain political territory yet again. This could mean that after more than 12 years as Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu will have to leave office. But he’s been in this situation before…
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News University president accused of antisemitism was subjected to racism, NAACP report says
(JTA) — In the latest developments in an ongoing controversy at Linfield University over the firing of a tenured Jewish professor who accused the school of antisemitism, a report from the local branch of the NAACP found that the Oregon school’s president was subjected to racism at the school. In addition, the school’s president, Miles…
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Fast Forward Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade
(JTA) — Students in Wisconsin will now be required to study the Holocaust at least twice between fifth and 12th grade. A bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers mandates that lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides be included in social studies classes at least once between fifth and eighth grade, and again in…
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Fast Forward Iran’s judo team suspended from international matches until 2023 for refusing to face Israeli opponents
(JTA) — The Iranian national judo team was suspended from international competition until September 2023 for forfeiting matches against Israeli opponents due to a boycott. The decision extends an ongoing suspension of the Iran Judo Federation that began in 2019, according to a statement from the International Judo Federation. In March, the international group said…
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Fast Forward Baptist-affiliated Oregon university fires Jewish tenured professor who alleged antisemitism
(JTA) — Linfield University has fired a Jewish professor who accused the school’s president of making antisemitic remarks. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured professor who taught English literature at the small Oregon university, has accused Linfield President Miles K. Davis of making multiple antisemitic remarks in recent years. The antisemitism, he said, was partly a backlash…
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Fast Forward For the first time, a woman will lead an Israeli Orthodox synagogue
(JTA) — A woman will be the spiritual leader of an Israeli Orthodox synagogue for the first time. Shirat Hatamar, a congregation in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, elected Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, 40, as spiritual leader on Monday with the support of 83% of its membership. “I truly hold in my heart all…
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News In Oregon, a small Christian university with few Jews grapples with accusations of antisemitism
(JTA) — When the new president of his small Oregon university made a remark about Jewish noses, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner was unnerved. But Pollack-Pelzner, a professor at the school, was willing to assume that the president had merely made a tactless mistake. “At the time, I thought this is messed up,” he said of the 2018…
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Fast Forward Senate passes legislation to improve hate crime reporting
(JTA) — The Senate passed a bill to help law enforcement respond to hate crimes and report them to the federal government, alongside legislation that specifically combats anti-Asian hate crimes. As anti-Semitism has risen in recent years, national Jewish organizations have urged the government to improve the hate crime reporting process. Passed Thursday by an…
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