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Swedish Jews Boycott Holocaust Memorial Co-Organized by Nationalist Party
(JTA) — Dozens of Swedish Jews said they would skip a Holocaust commemoration event in the southern city of Gothernburg due to the involvement of a nationalist party in organizing it. The Göteborgs-Posten daily on Wednesday published a full-page ad by some 40 Jews, of which only two were identified by name, about the involvement…
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Trump: If Jared Kushner Can’t Broker Middle East Peace, Nobody Can
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump said that if his son-in-law Jared Kushner cannot produce peace in the Middle East, then “nobody can.” Trump referenced Kushner, a Jew who married Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka after her Orthodox conversion to Judaism, during a VIP reception and candlelight dinner Thursday night at Union Station in Washington D.C. ahead of…
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Barbra, Drake and Bette Are Gutted Over Trump
(JTA) — While Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration has empowered his supporters — whom many commentators say were ignored by the Democratic party — many liberal voters are feeling extremely nervous and anxious. The latter group — surprise, surprise— contains many Jewish celebrities. Barbra Streisand, for instance, who vocally supported Hillary Clinton throughout the presidential campaign, called…
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Israel’s Argentinian Jews Honor Alberto Nisman, Demand Justice
(JTA) – On the morning of July 18, 1994, Hana Cohen headed from her apartment to the nearby AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires to run an errand. Edith Szerman Kogos walked to a bank a few blocks away. Jose Caro shopped in a store. The boom of an explosion interrupted their activities, piercing the…
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Trump Asks Top Obama Treasury Appointee Adam Szubin To Stay
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump asked approximately 50 senior administration officials to stay in their roles, including a Treasury Department official who helped craft the Iran nuclear agreement. Trump asked Adam Szubin, acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the Treasury Department, and the other officials to continue in their roles to “ensure the continuity of…
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Israel Receives First Arrow 3 Rocket Interceptors
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli Air Force received the first advanced interceptors of the Arrow 3 missile defense system, which is being jointly developed by the United States and Israel. The rockets, worth about $2.2 million each, were delivered Wednesday, according to reports in the Israeli media. The Arrow 3 missiles were designed to enable interception…
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Marine Le Pen Leads Polls in Race for French President
(JTA) — Far-right National Front Party leader Marine Le Pen, a candidate for president of France, is in the lead, according to a major poll. Le Pen is polling at between 25 percent and 26 percent in the first round of the presidential election, according to the poll conducted by Ipsos Sopra Steria for the…
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Israel Far Right Plans Big Push for Settlements as Trump Takes Office
Israel’s right wing has been eagerly awaiting Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House, hoping a Republican president will usher in a new era of support for Israeli settlement-building on land Palestinians want for a state. The far-right Jewish Home party, along with members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, is promoting legislation that…
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At Alberto Nisman Tributes, Hope That Death Mystery Will Be Solved
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Two years after the still mysterious death of AMIA Jewish Center bombing prosecutor Alberto Nisman the organizers of tributes to his memory appear hopeful that the circumstances of his death will be clarified. Tributes were held both in Argentina and Israel on Wednesday. “The is a glimmer of light at the…
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Orthodox Rabbis Visit Montana To Thank Officials for Pushing Back Against Neo-Nazis
(JTA) — A delegation of Orthodox rabbis from North America thanked Montana officials for their support of the Jewish community during a meeting in the state’s capitol. The rabbis presented Montana Gov. Steve Bullock with a copy of the Five Books of Moses, called a Chumash, and thanked him for defending the state’s Jewish residents….
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Israel Boosts Navy With Eye To Guarding Offshore Gas
Israel is boosting spending on its navy to better protect offshore oil and gas deposits and secure a large maritime zone that abuts that of its neighbor and enemy, Lebanon. The navy asked in 2013 for an increase in its budget of $700 million to build up its systems and $100 million annually to maintain…
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