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Columbia Professor’s Office Defaced With Swastikas
(JTA) — The office of a Jewish professor at Columbia University was spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Swastikas were spray painted on two walls of the office of Elizabeth Midlarsky, professor of psychology and education, at Columbia Teachers College. The word “YID” also was spray painted on a wall of the office of the professor,…
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Muslims Give Crowdfunded $238K To Jewish Pittsburgh As Conspiracy Theories Swirl
The Muslim crowd funding campaign to support victims of last month’s synagogue massacre has distributed its final grant of money to Pittsburgh, its organizer told the Forward. All in all, $238,634 was raised in a little more than a week, much more than the original goal of $150,000. The crowd funding campaign’s organizers first disbursed…
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Linda Sarsour Apologizes To Jewish Members Of The Women’s March
Linda Sarsour released a statement apologizing on behalf of the Women’s March for causing harm to the movement’s Jewish members and for being too slow to show its commitment to fighting anti-Semitism. “We should have been faster and clearer in helping people understand our values and our commitment to fighting anti-semitism. We regret that,” said…
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Ivanka Trump’s Use Of Personal Email For Government Business To Be Investigated
Congress will look into Ivanka Trump’s personal email use following reports that she sent hundreds of emails on government business using a personal account. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the outgoing chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, asked…
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3 Swastikas Drawn On Cornell Campus
Three swastikas have been reported in the student residential area of Cornell University in nine days. The most recent incident was a large swastika stamped out in the snow next to a dormitory on Monday night, the independent student newspaper The Cornell Sun reported. A swastika was drawn in a dorm on Nov. 14, according…
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El Al To Investigate Flight Diverted To Accommodate Sabbath Observers
El Al Airlines will set up a committee to study the events that led its flight from New York to Tel Aviv to stop in Athens in order to allow Sabbath-observant passengers to get off the plane. El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin, who announced the plan to set up the committee in a letter to…
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Nadler Could Run Impeachment In House As Jewish Democrats Sweep Top Committees
With Democrats grabbing control of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jerry Nadler will become the chairman of the Judiciary Committee — and could preside over impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Several other Jewish memebers of Congress are expected to take over key committees such as foreign affairs and the panel that allocates spending. Democrats rode…
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In Pittsburgh, Those Who Take Care Of The Dead Need Care, Too
When the deadliest attack against the American Jewish community in history struck the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning, 30 members of the community knew they needed to get to the crime scene immediately. These 15 men and 15 women were not rushing to the scene as police or paramedics. They are…
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Antonio Delgado’s Wife Opens Up About Her Unusual Jewish Story
NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2014, Lacey Schwartz Delgado made headlines around the world for a documentary in which she explored a shocking family secret. “Little White Lie” tells Schwartz Delgado’s real-life story of being raised in a white Jewish family in the upstate New York town of Woodstock. Though she had a darker complexion…
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Is Jewish Conspiracy Peddler Jacob Wohl Trying To Frame Mueller On Sex Charges?
Pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl may have something to do with the sexual harassment scheme regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller, NBC reported. Mueller, who is leading the investigation into whether Russia interfered with the Trump campaign, alerted the FBI last week to look into suspicious accusations that he was guilty of sexual misconduct and harassment,…
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Naftali Bennett: ‘Very Unfair’ To Blame Trump For Pittsburgh Bloodbath
(JTA) — Far right wing Israeli minister Naftali Bennett defended President Donald Trump against critics who have tied Trump’s rhetoric to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. “Using the horrible anti-Semitic massacre to attack the president is unfair, it’s wrong,” Bennett told JTA in a phone interview Tuesday. “He condemned anti-Semitism in the strongest possible words. Clearly…
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