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Fast Forward Nadler Slams Tlaib, Omar For Sharing Art From Cartoonist Accused Of Antisemitism
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Jerry Nadler criticized fellow Democrats Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for sharing a cartoon that shows President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covering their mouths. Omar, D-Minn., and Tlaib, D-Mich., were criticized for sharing it last week because the cartoonist Carlos Latuff participated in an anti-Semitic Holocaust…
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Fast Forward Holocaust-Denying Canadian Journalist Sentenced To Prison
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Canadian editor was handed one-year prison sentence for promoting hatred against Jews and women in his publication. James Sears, editor of the quarterly Your Ward News in Toronto, was sentenced Thursday to two six-month terms by Judge Richard Blouin of the Ontario Court of Justice. The publication promoted Holocaust denial and…
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Fast Forward German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is already considering adding tours in Arabic. “This should be expanded to…
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The Schmooze Sean ‘Even-Hitler-Didn’t-Gas-His-People’ Spicer To Cha-Cha On ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Samba! Jive! Tango! Diminishing the murder of millions in the Holocaust! Former Press Secretary Sean Spicer has signed on to show off his moves on an upcoming season of “Dancing With The Stars” on ABC. Spicer, who served as communications director of the Republican National Committee prior to assuming his post in the Trump administration,…
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Fast Forward Tlaib, Omar Share Image From ‘Holocaust Cartoon Contest’ Finalist
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib shared a cartoon on social media drawn by a finalist of Iran’s “Holocaust cartoon contest,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Omar and Tlaib posted the cartoon by Brazilian-Lebanese cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who came in second in the contest in 2006, to their Instagram stories over the weekend. It shows President…
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Opinion Iraqi Victims Of The Nazis Deserve Compensation. Why Is Israel Denying Them?
This past week, the government of Israel announced that the history of North African Jews during World War II would be incorporated into the Holocaust curriculum. “For years, the story of Jews living in Muslim countries under the Nazi occupation has been absent from our discourse,” Minister of Education Rafi Peretz said. “The painful stories…
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Fast Forward California Education Board Rejects New Curriculum Accused Of ‘Anti-Jewish’ Bias
(JTA) — Senior education officials in California have expressed disapproval of a proposed ethnic studies curriculum for the state’s schools. The Jewish community is among several minority groups that have protested the draft. As written, the curriculum failed to meet the standard of being “accurate, free of bias, appropriate for all learners in our diverse…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Banned From France For 40 Years
After getting stopped on her way to France, a convicted Holocaust denier learned she is banned from entering the country for 40 years, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Alison Chabloz took to Gab, a social media platform popular among the so-called “alt-right,” to let her online followers know she had been “banned from entering France until…
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