Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Student Walks Out On Holocaust Survivor For Not Condemning Israel
(JTA) — A Palestinian student at Benedictine University called on a Holocaust survivor to condemn the establishment of Israel, and then walked out on his speech after he did not do so. Following a speech last week by Professor Harold Kasimow, who survived the Holocaust as a child, Benedictine senior Ayah Ali asked a question…
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Fast Forward ICE Officer Who Drove Truck Into Jewish Protesters Won’t Be Charged
(JTA) — A grand jury declined to indict a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who drove his truck into a row of Jewish protesters at an ICE detention center. Capt. Thomas Woodworth resigned his position days after the August incident at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, where protesters were…
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Fast Forward Most Media Coverage Of Anti-Semitism Focuses On The Left, Study Finds
(JTA) — The majority of news coverage of anti-Semitism during the past year has spotlighted left-wing rhetoric as opposed to right-wing actions, according to a survey by Media Matters. The study found that 56 percent of news coverage of anti-Semitism in the 11 months following the October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting focused on anti-Semitism coming…
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Fast Forward Evangelical University Hires Fox Sports Reporter Who Complained About Mexicans And ‘Stingy’ Jew
(JTA) — Emily Austen, a reporter who was fired by Fox Sports in Florida for derogatory comments about Jews and minorities, has been hired by the evangelical Christian Liberty University. Fox dismissed Austen in 2016 as a sideline reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team and the Orlando Magic basketball team after she recorded…
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Fast Forward Facing Jewish Protest, ICE Detention Center Moves Public Meeting To Shabbat
(JTA) — The ICE detention center in Rhode Island where a guard drove his truck into Jewish protesters postponed a public board meeting in the face of a planned Jewish protest. The meeting has been rescheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday, less than an hour before the start of the Jewish Sabbath. Last month,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Sanders Says Israel Shouldn’t Take U.S. Aid If It Bans Omar And Tlaib
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested that Israel should not receive foreign aid from the United States if it stands by its decision to deny entry to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate was responding to Israel’s decision that day to bar entry to Omar and…
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Fast Forward ICE Officer Who Drove His Truck Into Row Of Jewish Protesters Resigns
(JTA) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who drove his pickup truck into a row of Jewish protesters at a detention facility in Rhode Island has resigned from his position. On Wednesday, Captain Thomas Woodworth drove into a row of protesters who were sitting on the ground and blocking the entrance to the Donald…
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Fast Forward ICE Officer Who Drove Into Jewish Protesters Placed On Leave
(JTA) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who drove a pickup truck into a row of Jewish protesters in Rhode Island has been placed on leave, and police have announced that they will investigate the incident. Five of the protesters were hospitalized, according to Tal Frieden, an organizer of the protest. The incident occurred…
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