Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward 2 American Jews Suspected Of Vandalizing Crucifix In Ukraine
(JTA) — Two Jewish U.S. citizens have been detained in Ukraine on suspicion that they vandalized a crucifix while inebriated, prosecutors said. The incident, which occurred last month, is the latest in a series of hostilities in Uman, a pilgrimage site for Jews where friction with the local population often results in cycles of hate…
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Fast Forward IDF Destroys Home Of Palestinian Teen Who Killed Ari Fuld
(JTA) — Israeli troops demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who killed Ari Fuld, a U.S. and Israeli citizen, in the west Bank in September. The home of the family of Khalil Jabarin, 16, was blown up Friday in the village of Yatta near Hebron, Ynet reported. The teenager, who is standing trial for murder…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Family In ‘Retarded Jew’ Spat On Spirit Air Flight To Florida
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish couple from New York said that a Spirit Airlines attendant harassed them on a flight to Florida, though the company said they ignored safety rules. Chana and Yisroel Beck and their three infant children boarded the flight to Fort Lauderdale Tuesday from Newark Airport, the New York Post reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward Restaurant Threatened For Serving Conservative Radio Host Michael Savage
(JTA) — Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage said he stopped frequenting a restaurant that had received a mass shooting threat for serving him. The restaurant received an email warning of “serious f—ing damage” if they allowed Savage to dine at the restaurant again, the Washington Times and the New York Post reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward A Quarter Of All Holocaust Victims Killed In Just 3 Months In 1942
(JTA) — Nearly 1.5 million Jews, or about a quarter of all those murdered during the Holocaust, were murdered in just three months in 1942, a new study found. The expedited murder rate was part of Nazi Germany’s Operation Reinhard for annihilating the Jews of Poland, according to the study published this week by biomathematician…
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Fast Forward Ritual Slaughter Of Animals Officially Banned In Belgium
(JTA) — A ban in Belgium on the Jewish and Muslim methods of ritual slaughter of animals will go into effect on New Year’s. The Flemish Region, whose capital is Antwerp, passed the measure in July 2017 over vociferous objections by faith community leaders. It becomes effective on Jan. 1. A similar ban in the Walloon…
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Fast Forward Armenia’s Capital Honors Holocaust Survivor Who Coined The Term ‘Genocide’
(JTA) — Armenia’s capital named a street for Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide. The deputy mayor of Yerevan, Sergey Harutunyan, said during the ceremony earlier this month that Lemkin’s legacy had a “serious impact” on world history, the Armenrpess agency reported from the Dec. 11 ceremony. Lemkin was born in what…
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Fast Forward France’s Arab World Institute Takes Down Photo Of Blood-Stained Netanyahu
(JTA) — Following protests, a French government institute devoted to promoting Arab culture removed from its website a picture depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding up bloody hands. The picture, showing protesters wearing Netanyahu masks at a rally while holding up their red painted palms, was featured this month on the Arab World Institute’s…
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