Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Swastika graffiti painted on wall of Jewish cemetery near Auschwitz
(JTA) — An unidentified individual scrawled a swastika and the Nazi SS symbol on a wall of a Jewish cemetery in the city of Oświęcim, Poland, near the site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum posted a picture of the graffiti on its Twitter account Sunday, noting it was near…
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Fast Forward British children’s author omits ‘Merchant of Venice’ from Shakespeare anthology, citing anti-Semitism as one reason
(JTA) — A popular British children’s author omitted “The Merchant of Venice” from his adaptation of William Shakespeare plays for young audiences. One reason: anti-Semitism. “Yes, there was some worry that this might be the first time an 8-year-old reads about a Jew,” Michael Morpurgo told The Guardian on Monday about the decision not to…
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News This customized van is helping UK Holocaust survivors record their stories during the pandemic
(JTA) — As one of the youngest Holocaust survivors, Eva Clarke has spent years telling the story of how her mother, weighing just 68 pounds, gave birth to her inside a concentration camp just a month before it was liberated. But this spring, as COVID-19 shut down public life, Clarke’s visits to schools and community…
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Fast Forward Pakistani court orders release of 4 men acquitted of Daniel Pearl murder
(JTA) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the immediate release of four men who had been jailed there since 2002 for the murder of the Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh High Court in Karachi ordered the release of the men, who had been acquitted of the murder, calling their detainment “illegal,” the…
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News Bram Van Der Vlugt, 86, Was A Holocaust Survivor Who Played Santa Claus On Dutch TV
(JTA) — Bram van der Vlugt was both a Holocaust survivor and the face of Christmas in his native Netherlands. From 1986 to 2000, van der Vlugt portrayed Santa Claus in broadcasts of a Dutch holiday tradition known as “The National Arrival of Sinterklaas.” In late November every year, viewers across the country would tune…
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News Popular Ukrainian Mayor Gennady Kernes Survived A Sniper Attack But Succumbed To COVID
(JTA) — Gennady Kernes, a beloved Ukrainian-Jewish mayor who once narrowly survived a gunman’s attempt on his life, has died of the COVID-19 virus in Germany. He was 61. Kernes, who had served as the mayor of the city of Kharkiv since 2010, died Wednesday in Germany, where he had been comatose in a hospital…
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Fast Forward EU court upholds Belgian bans on ritual slaughter, dealing major blow to Jewish, Muslim advocates
(JTA) – The European Union’s highest court has upheld Belgium’s bans on slaughtering animals without first stunning them, a ruling that confirms the prohibition on the production of kosher and halal meat in parts of Belgium and clears a path for additional bans across Europe. Israel’s ambassador to Belgium called the ruling “a blow to…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews to the graves,’ Ukrainian ultranationalist shouted as he toppled Kyiv Hanukkah menorah
(JTA) — A Ukrainian ultranationalist filmed himself toppling a Hanukkah menorah in downtown Kyiv while shouting about death to Jews. The man, identified by the Ukrainian media as Andrey Rachkov, a provocateur with a criminal record, is the subject of a police investigation after video of the vandalism emerged on Thursday, the Ukrainian news site…
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