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Breaking News Charlottesville Jewish Community Hires Security Guards
(JTA) — The Jewish community of Charlottesville, Virginia hired security guards for the first time in its history ahead of a far-right event that ended with a deadly attack on protesters against racism. Rabbi Tom Gutherz of Congregation Beth Israel told Haaretz Sunday that the move was deemed necessary ahead of Saturday, when 20-year-old white supremacist…
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Opinion How Trump Betrayed America Over Charlottesville
Americans of every creed, color and gender, Democrats and Republicans alike, have been listening to President Trump’s words after the outrage in Charlottesville, Virgnia — his condemnation of the “bigotry, hatred and violence on many sides, on many sides” — and responding with every possible variety of disapproval. The president shouldn’t have left the balance…
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Fast Forward Driver Who Plowed Into Charlottesville Protester Is Nazi Supporter
The man accused of killing a woman by plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters outside a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday is a Nazi sympathizer dating back to high school, The Washington Post reported Sunday. James Alex Fields, Jr., age 20, who drove to the rally from Ohio, wrote a…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Condemns White Supremacy After Father Blames ‘Many Sides’
First Daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump tweeted her disapproval of “racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis” on Sunday morning, one day after three people died due to clashes between white nationalist protesters and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. — which her father, President Trump, seemed to blame on “many sides.” “There should be no place in…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Condemn Charlottesville Violence, Trump’s Response
(JTA) — Jewish groups and Jewish leaders condemned the violence at a white supremacist event in Charlottesville, Virginia, and criticized President Trump for saying that the hatred and violence came from “many sides.” “The vile presence and rhetoric of the neo-Nazis who marched this weekend in Charlottesville is a reminder of the ever-present need for…
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Fast Forward FBI Will Investigate Death, Violence At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. authorities will investigate the violence stemming from a white nationalist rally on Saturday that killed one person, injured more than 30, and challenged President Trump’s leadership. Four people were arrested in the violence, including James Fields, a 20-year-old white man from Ohio being held in jail on suspicion of plowing…
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Breaking News Inside The Charlottesville Rally, Jews Targeted For Special Abuse
(JTA) — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — The white supremacists, for all their vaunted purpose, appeared to be disoriented. The city of Charlottesville, thanks to pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, had allowed them — 500 or so — their rally in Emancipation Park, or as they prefer to call it, Lee Park, to protest…
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Fast Forward One Dead As Car Plows Into Anti-Racist Counter-Protesters In Charlottesville
(JTA) — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — A car traveling at a high speed plowed through a crowd during protests against a white supremacist gathering, killing one person and injuring at least five. At least one of the injured was in critical condition, sources close to law enforcement told JTA on Saturday. A JTA reporter counted…
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