Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues, ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on another in Spain
(JTA) — Israeli flags were burned in front of two synagogues in Germany and the words “Free Palestine” were spray-painted on another one in Spain. The incidents this week are among the first manifestations of antisemitism in Europe connected to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which six Israelis and at least 50 Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Israeli woman in Germany says her neighbor tried to break in after hearing her speak Hebrew
(JTA) — An Israeli woman living in Germany said her neighbor, a former parliamentary worker for a left-wing party in Germany, tried to break into her home after hearing her speak Hebrew. The Israeli, 26-year-old Coral Guter, told police that the May 3 incident happened days after Katrin Wengler overheard Guter speaking Hebrew on the…
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News Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to the hardest hit
(JTA) — Nissim Pingle, the head of Mumbai’s Jewish community center, hasn’t left his home since March. That’s when COVID-19 began to overtake India. A second wave of infections has overwhelmed its health system and is producing a daily death toll of at least 4,000. The country is on track to have the world’s highest…
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Fast Forward Hundreds in Ukraine attend marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers, including in Kyiv for the 1st time
(JTA) — Hundreds of Ukrainians attended marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers, including the first such event in Kyiv. The so-called Embroidery March took place in the capital on April 28, the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as the 1st Galician. It was a force…
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Fast Forward Paris to name a street for Sarah Halimi
(JTA) — Paris will soon inaugurate in its historic Jewish quarter a street named for Sarah Halimi, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said amid protests over authorities’ handling of the killing. Hidalgo made the announcement on Sunday following a rally by about 20,000 people, mostly Jews, who demonstrated against the April 14 ruling by France’s highest court…
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News Infuriated by the Sarah Halimi ruling, French Jews decry the state’s handling of antisemitism
PARIS (JTA) — A rumble rose from the 20,000 Jewish protesters at Trocadero Square, then exploded into shrill screams. “I don’t even know whether to reassure you or cry out my fury,” boomed Joel Mergui, president of the Consistoire, the organ of French Jewry responsible for providing Orthodox religious services. “Yes, cry out your fury!” …
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Fast Forward Germany won’t prosecute 95-year-old former concentration camp guard deported from US
(JTA) — German prosecutors said they had insufficient evidence to prosecute a 95-year-old man who was deported from the United States on suspicion of involvement in Nazi war crimes. The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Celle, in northern Germany, dropped all charges last month against Friedrich Karl Berger, who was deported in February, Der Spiegel reported….
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Fast Forward Ex-Zaka leader Yehuda Meshi-Zahav attempts suicide amid molestation probe
(JTA) — Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, a former leader of the Zaka emergency response organization in Israel, is in critical condition after trying to take his own life Thursday amid allegations that he had sexually assaulted minors. Meshi-Zahav, 61, was rushed to the hospital in Jerusalem with life-threatening injuries, but medical personnel succeeded in stabilizing his condition,…
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