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Fast Forward Jewish man documents himself encountering antisemitic abuse twice in one hour in London
(JTA) — A Jewish man documented himself encountering antisemitic rhetoric twice in one hour while using London’s public transportation system, refocusing British media attention to the issue. In one incident aboard a bus, a passenger threatened to ” shank” the Jewish man, who is an Orthodox Jew, and “slit his throat for Palestine.” The man…
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Fast Forward Biden kneels before Orthodox adviser to Israel’s president after learning she has 12 children
סוף סוף משהו שעונה באמת להגדרה של קידוש ה׳. הנשיא ביידן כורע ברך לכבודה של רבקה רביץ החרדית המשלבת בין שתי קריירות חשובות: אם ל-12 ילדים, וראש הסגל היוצאת בבית הנשיא. רביץ עוד תמשיך להפליג רחוק. @YediotAhronot pic.twitter.com/YHjrwPVuNl — יוסי אליטוב Yossi Elituv (@yoelituv) July 2, 2021 (JTA) — President Joe Biden knelt before the…
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Fast Forward Putin holds up Israel as a model of unity for Ukrainians and Russians
(JTA) — Vladimir Putin clearly likes to talk about Jews and Israel. This time he suggested that Israel offered a good model for his designs on Ukraine. Looking back, at a panel on energy in 2017, the Russian president launched into a 90-second joke about a smartass Israeli soldier who was quizzed by his commander…
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Fast Forward Eva Schloss, who had fled Austria as a child and later befriended Anne Frank, reclaims citizenship at 92
(JTA) — A 92-year-old Jewish woman who fled her native Austria as a child to escape the Nazis, and later befriended the famed diarist Anne Frank, has reclaimed her Austrian citizenship. Eva Schloss, whose mother was the second wife of Otto Frank, Anne’s father, received papers identifying her as an Austrian citizen on Monday at…
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Fast Forward 67 Headstones Damaged At Jewish Cemetery In Poland
(JTA) — Dozens of headstones were knocked down, with several destroyed, at a Jewish cemetery in Poland. The incident, the third of its kind since 2015, happened on Saturday and left 67 graves desecrated in Bielsko-Biała, in southern Poland, according to the Zrzutka news site. Police have been notified and are investigating the incident. There…
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Fast Forward Sen. Chuck Schumer asks UK not to take 2-year-old Jewish girl off life support
(JTA) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is making the U.S. part of a fight to keep British doctors from taking a 2-year-old Jewish girl off life support. Schumer, who is Jewish, wrote to Britain’s U.S. ambassador, Karen Pierce, on Wednesday asking her government to prevent medical authorities from making any irreversible moves concerning Alta…
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Fast Forward Polish schoolchildren destroyed dozens of Jewish headstones. They said they wanted to build a fortress.
(JTA) — Several children in Poland toppled 63 headstones of Jewish graves because they wanted to use the slabs to build a fortress, they told police. The group of five 12-year-olds had been working on the project for several days at the disused graveyard in Wroclaw, in western Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Thursday. Police stopped…
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Fast Forward British court rules that haredi Orthodox couple’s 2-year-old daughter must be taken off life support
(JTA) — The fate of a 2-year-old Jewish girl on life support in England could be decided at a court hearing on Wednesday. Alta Fixler of Manchester is gravely ill due to natal complications and has been on life support since birth. On May 28, the High Court of London ruled that ending Alta’s life…
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