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Ashkelon Beach Struck By Rocket From Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza exploded on the beach in Ashkelon in southern Israel. The rocket fired late Wednesday night is the at least fifth in the last month and the second this week, including several claimed by an ISIS-backed group operating in the Sinai Peninsula. The Code Red alarm did not…
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Indiana Synagogue Shooting Stuns Jews In Heartland ‘White Supremacy Country’
Temple Adath B’nai Israel will be full on Friday night, pews in the small synagogue overflowing with far more than the usual number of worshipers. It won’t only be Jews at the Shabbat service, either, but Christians, Muslims and others as well because the people of Evansville, Indiana have been pouring out to support their…
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Muslim Military Veterans Offer To Guard Jewish Sites
(JTA) — Following the recent wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and the vandalism of two Jewish cemeteries, some Muslims on Twitter are offering to help guard Jewish sites. The tweeters, including some veterans, said they would volunteer to protect JCCs, cemeteries and synagogues, the Huffington Post first reported. I’m a #MuslimMarine in…
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American Jewish Committee Official Quits Over $400 Shoplifted Cosmetics
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — An American Jewish Committee official in Warsaw — who twice served as Bulgaria’s ambassador to the United States — was detained for stealing cosmetics at the Polish capital’s airport. Police said Elena Poptodorova, the director of the AJC’s Warsaw office for Central Europe, admitted her guilt after stepping out of a duty-free…
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4 Jewish Takeaways From Trump’s Big Speech To Congress
WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress is getting rave reviews for the subdued, “presidential” style in which he delivered it, and positive feedback from the Jewish community for opening remarks denouncing anti-Semitic acts as examples of “hate and evil.” But there ensues the inevitable Trumpian conundrum: What did he actually…
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Israeli Kills Palestinian Intruder Who Stabbed Him In West Bank Outpost
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man who stabbed a Jewish settler in his West Bank home was shot dead by the knifing victim. The resident of the Mor Farm outpost, in the south Hebron Hills, was lightly wounded in the Wednesday afternoon attack before using his gun to shoot the stabber. The knife attack and shooting…
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Israeli Soldier Appeals Sentence For Killing Helpless Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for killing a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant appealed on Wednesday against a manslaughter conviction that could have sent him for jail for a maximum 20-year term. Three of Elor Azaria’s defense attorneys said after the appeal was announced that they were quitting. In a…
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Keith Ellison Demands Hate Crime Probe Of Cemetery Desecrations
(JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to investigate the recent desecration of a Jewish cemetery as a hate crime. Ellison, D-Minn., called on Sessions to designate the attack on the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, in…
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As Threats Mount, JCC’s Stockpile Blankets, Diapers — And Resilience
(JTA) — Growing up in a small town in Georgia, Harriet Shirley may have had more exposure to Jews and anti-Semitism than the rest of her fellow Christians. She had Jewish acquaintances, read Holocaust nonfiction as a teen and later visited concentration camps on a trip to Europe. But she was still dumbfounded when the…
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Trump Condemns Anti-Semitic Wave In Speech To Congress
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump noted recent bomb threats on Jewish institutions and vandalism of cemeteries in his first address to a joint meeting of Congress. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still…
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Congress Introduces Legislation To Help Holocaust Survivors Reclaim Assets
(JTA) — Legislation to assist survivors in obtaining restitution of assets stolen in the Holocaust was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act, or JUST, which was introduced this week, requires the State Department to report on the progress of certain European countries on the…
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