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Fast Forward Pope Francis: Europe Must Do More To Fight Anti-Semitism
VATICAN CITY, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on European countries on Monday to do more to fight anti-Semitism, saying indifference on the issue was a virus that could allow the ideas of racial hatred to spread. Francis issued his appeal in a speech to a Rome conference on the responsibility of states to…
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Fast Forward 11% Of American Jews Say They Don’t Feel Safe: Poll
(JTA) — In a survey conducted online among hundreds of respondents who identified as Jews, 27 percent of Europeans and 11 percent of Americans said they felt unsafe. In the World Zionist Organization survey, which was conducted last year among a total of 1,361 respondents, 51 percent of those in Europe said that wearing Jewish…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Guard, Now 96, Denied Clemency For Role In Murder Of Hungarian Jews
(JTA) — A plea for clemency filed by a 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard ordered by Germany’s highest court to serve his prison sentence for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews has been denied. “The clemency request has been denied,” Wiebke Bethke, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors’ office in Lüneburg told news agency epd. Groening…
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Breaking News 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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Opinion Muslim Anti-Semitism In Europe Hurts Jews. But So Does Islamophobia
As the new Austrian government was being sworn in on Monday, bringing the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) back into power for the first time since 2005, thousands partook in resistance demonstrations across Vienna. Among those protesting against the introduction of a twelve-hour work day, tuition fees for college students, and reductions in benefits for asylum…
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Fast Forward Kosher Restaurant’s Windows Smashed Hours Before Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Police are investigating the smashing of a window of a kosher restaurant in a heavily-Jewish part of the Dutch capital by a man wearing a Palestinian flag. The incident at HaCarmel restaurant occurred Thursday morning, hours after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The AT5 television station showed a video…
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Breaking News Montenegro Gets A Rabbi While Waiting For A Synagogue
BUDVA, Montenegro (JTA) — For the first time in over a century, the Jewish community of this small Balkan country has its own resident rabbi, its leaders said. Ari Edelkopf, a Los Angeles-born Chabad rabbi, settled in the capital Podgorica several weeks ago with his wife, Chana, and seven children. He said he is officiating…
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Fast Forward German Police Investigate ‘Anti-Semitic’ Anne Frank Soccer Stickers
German police are investigating a series of fan-made stickers of Anne Frank dressed up as a soccer player, the Jewish News reported. The Holocaust victim is shown wearing the jersey of Schalke, the archrival of the alleged creators, who are fans of the Borussia Dortmund club. The stickers come after supporters of Lazio, an Italian…
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