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Mormons Said To Break Their Word, Baptize Holocaust Victims, The Rebbe And Celebrities
(JTA) — A researcher says Mormons have posthumously baptized the late Lubavitcher rebbe, the grandparents of Carrie Fisher and Steven Spielberg, and hundreds of Holocaust victims, violating an agreement to halt the practice. Helen Radkey, a Salt Lake City-based independent researcher who has been looking into the Mormon practice of posthumous baptisms for two decades,…
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Austrian Leader, Allied With Far-Right Party, Vows To Fight Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz vowed to prioritze “combating anti-Semitism in all its forms” in his first speech since taking office. Kurz, 31, spoke Wednesday amid warnings by several Jewish groups that the rise of Kurz’s coalition partners — the far-right, anti-immigrant Freedom Party — could foster a rise in anti-Semitism. “We will determinedly…
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Lorde Thanks Pro-Palestinian Fans Who Are Urging Her To Cancel Israel Concert
(JTA) — Pop star Lorde is considering canceling her upcoming concert in Tel Aviv after pro-Palestinian fans in her native New Zealand criticized her. New Zealanders Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs — the former Palestinian and the latter Jewish — wrote an open letter on Thursday on the website The Spinoff saying that Lorde’s scheduled performance…
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Ari Shavit Event Apparently Scrapped Amid New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
NEW YORK (JTA) — An event featuring Ari Shavit, the Israeli author and columnist accused last year of sexual assault, has disappeared from the website of the 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community center, after two more women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations. Shavit was the scheduled keynote speaker at an Israeli Independence Day…
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Why These Experts Say Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition Will Help The Peace Process
NEW YORK (JTA) — When President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, many foreign policy experts called it a blunder. It could spark a conflagration of violence in the city, they said. It would alienate Palestinians who revere the city, and would ice any remaining hopes of a peace process. It could be the…
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The 5 Weirdest Menorahs We’ve Seen This Hanukkah
(JTA) — Looking to celebrate Hanukkah but want to make this year a bit unique? Take a hint from these unusual menorahs — including ones made out of pita bread and exploded rockets — and your eight nights of Hanukkah will be sure to be different from all the other ones. A human torch Students…
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Developer Sentenced In Scam To Build Hasidic Catskills Village
(JTA) — A prominent New York Jewish real estate developer, the son of a former Yeshiva University president, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for conspiring to commit voter fraud in an upstate New York village. Shalom Lamm, 58, also was fined $20,000 and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service at his sentencing…
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For Israelis In Japan, The North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Business As Usual
TOKYO (JTA) — Outside this city’s largest synagogue, a wailing siren drowns out the sounds of traffic. The cacophony alarms a boisterous group of students headed to the nearby United Nations University. Fearing an earthquake, they instinctively run into the middle of the small street in the busy, upscale neighborhood of Shibuya. But they relax…
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Al Franken’s Resignation Hits Hard For His Jewish Fans In Minnesota
(JTA) — It’s a shame Al Franken has to go, Minnesota Jews say. But he has to go. That’s the feeling Minnesota Jewish leaders expressed a day after the Democratic senator announced he would resign his seat in the coming weeks following a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. Jewish political activists in Minnesota…
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Large Swastika Painted On Jewish Home In North Carolina
(JTA) — A large swastika was spray painted on the garage door of a Jewish family in Charlotte, North Carolina. The swastika was painted overnight Tuesday, according to local reports. Police painted over the swastika on Tuesday morning before the family’s children could see it, WBTV reported. The swastika was drawn days after the family…
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President Trump’s Announcement Gets Shrugs At Jerusalem Market
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have sent shock waves across the Middle East. But here, in the epicenter of a city where fewer than a million people work, eat, pray and shop, the first day’s reaction was muted. The municipality projected images of the Israeli and…
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