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Swastikas at Stanford University: Second Time in a Month
(JTA) — Swastikas were discovered last weekend at Stanford University, less than a month after another rash of swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti was found around campus. “Several” swastikas were found on the buildings of the university graduate housing, known as Escondido Village, the Stanford Daily reported. The Stanford University Department of Public Safety has been…
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Mark Zuckerberg Criticizes Trump’s Refugee Ban
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized the entry and refugee ban in a post on the social media network. “Like many of you, I’m concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump,” Zuckerberg wrote. “We need to keep this country safe, but we should do that by focusing on…
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Priebus: ‘No Regrets’ About White House’s Holocaust Statement
(JTA) — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the White House did nothing wrong by not referencing Jews in its statement for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Priebus said in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the statement issued on Friday did not “whitewash” anything, despite not mentioning that six million…
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Israel’s i24News To Launch U.S. channel
(JTA) — i24News, an Israeli international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel, will launch a U.S. news channel with headquarters in New York City’s Time Square and a separate bureau in Washington D.C. The launch was announced on Thursday. The i24 global news headquarters is located in Jaffa Port near Tel Aviv, with three…
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ZOA Criticizes Trump’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement
(JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America expressed its “chagrin and deep pain” that a statement by the Trump administration marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the Jewish victims of the Nazis. In a news release Sunday evening, Morton A. Klein, national president of the ZOA, praised President Donald Trump as a “great friend…
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HIAS: Jewish Families Caught by Entry Ban
(JTA) — The U.S. temporary ban on issuing entry visas citizens of seven predominantly-Muslim countries has affected several Jewish families, according to HIAS, a global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. The 90-day ban, which came Friday in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, has plunged into further uncertainty the lives of a Jewish Iranian man…
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Knesset To Vote on Bill Legalizing West Bank Outposts
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A controversial bill that would legalize West Bank outposts built on Palestinian land will be brought back to the Knesset for final votes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting that the Regulation or Normalization Bill will be voted on this week, as early as Monday…
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How Abrupt Immigration Ban Led to Confusion at Airports, Agencies
After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S. representatives accompanying them tried to cross into a secure area – and were stopped themselves. “Step back! Step back!” the agents shouted at them. A few minutes later, Heidi Nassauer, chief of passenger operations…
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Across the US, Jews Stand Up at Airport Protests
(JTA) – The Israeli-born high-tech millionaire gathered his family after turning on CNN. The rabbi who leads an interfaith group got a text from a Muslim friend. The corporate lawyer was tracking a pro-bono email list she’s on. Within a few hours, all of them had descended on Dulles Airport, about 25 miles outside of the nation’s capital. They were…
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After Trump Ban, Chicagoland Synagogue Moves Efforts From Refugees to Protest
CHICAGO (JTA) — Taylor Clearfield went to the airport Friday to welcome a Syrian refugee family. The next day, she returned with a sign to protest the ban on refugees entering the United States. President Donald Trump had enacted the ban via executive order on Friday afternoon, between her two trips. She had anticipated the development, but hearing…
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Netanyahu: Mexican Wall (and All Walls) a ‘Great Idea’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposal for a wall along the Mexican border, saying Israel’s fence along its Egyptian border proved that separation barriers to stop migrants from entering was a “great idea.” “President Trump is right,” Netanyahu said on Twitter on Saturday morning. “I built a…
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