Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Dutch-Muslim politician tweets Jewish yellow star to protest coronavirus surveillance plan
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Dutch-Muslim politician has tweeted a picture of a Jewish yellow star to protest plans to monitor coronavirus carriers. Arnoud van Doorn, a member of the City Council of The Hague, posted the picture on Monday, the birthday of Adolf Hitler. Yom Hashoah, Israel’s day…
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Fast Forward Hamas arrests 7 for videoconference with Israel peace activists
(JTA) — Hamas authorities have arrested seven Gaza residents for participating in a videoconference with peace campaigners in Israel. The arrests, which Hamas confirmed and defended as rooted in national security, have triggered a debate in Palestinian society over free speech and prompted multiple condemnations. Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, bans many forms of…
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Fast Forward Sacramento paper apologizes for anti-Semitic Easter ad
(JTA) — The Sacramento Bee apologized for running a two-page ad that the Californian daily said contained anti-Semitic language. The ad appeared on April 10 and 12, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and featured a poem signed by a person named Robert Forest, the Jewish News of Northern California reported. “The ‘religious’ folks who ran…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s son tweets apparent death wish to ‘old people’ protesting unity talks
(JTA) — A protest in Tel Aviv against establishing a unity government in Israel that includes Benjamin Netanyahu led the prime minister’s son Yair to tweet, “I hope the old people who die because of this demonstration will be from your camp.” The tweet generated a storm of condemnations from the left and the right…
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Fast Forward Police: Satanist who tried to torch church is behind Maryland synagogue arson
(JTA) — A Maryland man accused of painting a swastika on a local synagogue had firebombed a nearby church as part of his plan to target multiple houses of worship to worship Satan, police said. Andrew Costas, 28, of Rockville was arrested this week in connection with the anti-Semitic vandalism on March 28 at the…
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News Andrea Finzi, 65, loved post-retirement life in Milan
(JTA) — People made Andrea Finzi happy, and he was used to returning the favor. Even the day of his birth was a cause for celebration. He was the first boy born to his family in years. “Everyone adored and ran to cater to your needs before you even said a word,” Marina Finzi Norsi,…
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Fast Forward Yefim Haim Goldberg, A Celebrated Russian-Jewish War Veteran, Dies At 106
(JTA) — Yefim Haim Goldberg, a 106-year-old Jewish veteran of World War II who was honored frequently by the governments of Belarus and Russia, has died in Russia. Goldberg served in the Red Army’s 36th Tank Brigade and the troops he commanded — he was in charge of a platoon — continued from the Belarusian…
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Fast Forward In Europe, getting coronavirus carries a stigma in Jewish communities
(JTA) — The coronavirus has spread rapidly among members of the Jewish community of Antwerp, which has a large Orthodox population. At least five have died and another 10 are hospitalized in serious condition. But the virus is hardly ever mentioned there by name. “People call it ‘the disease’ or they say they have ‘fallen…
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