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Fast Forward Jewish Man Slapped And Called ‘Dirty Jew’ In Brooklyn
(JTA) — A Jewish man was slapped in the face and called a “dirty Jew” in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon. The Jewish man was attacked by a black male riding a bicycle. He crossed in front of the Jewish man on his bike, slapped…
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Fast Forward Florida Jury Finds Hitman Guilty In Murder Of Jewish Law Professor
(JTA) — A Tallahassee, Florida jury found a man guilty in the murder of Dan Markel, a Jewish law professor shot outside his home in 2014. The jury on Friday found Sigfredo Garcia, 37, guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, the New York Times reported. Sentencing begins on Monday. Garcia faces the death…
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Fast Forward Australian Jewish Boy Forced To Kiss Muslim Classmate’s Shoes Received Threats
(JTA) — The Jewish boy who was forced to kneel and kiss the shoes of a Muslim classmate has been sent threatening text messages. The messages were sent Friday after photos of the incident were splashed across the front pages of newspapers in Australia and around the world, the Daily Mail reported. The photo was…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Posted At New York Holocaust Memorial Before Yom Kippur
(JTA) — Material and graffiti described as hateful and anti-Semitic were discovered at a Holocaust memorial in White Plains, New York on the eve of Yom Kippur. Stickers and posters were found on Tuesday at the Holocaust Garden of Remembrance. Writing described as anti-Semitic was found on a sign outside the garden and inside the…
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Fast Forward Backpack Set On Fire On Steps Of Brooklyn Synagogue Over Yom Kippur
Updated 1:45 p.m. (JTA) — A backpack was set alight and left on the steps of a Jewish center in Brooklyn on Yom Kippur. The burning backpack on the steps of the Park Slope Jewish Center was reported at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, the New York Post reported. The New York City Fire Department extinguished…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Leader: Police Didn’t Have Enough Protection At Attacked Synagogue
(JTA) — A Jewish leader in Germany doubled down on his accusation that police did not adequately protect a local synagogue at the center of an attack in the east of the country. “If police had been stationed outside the synagogue, then this man could have been disarmed before he could attack the others,” Josef…
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Breaking News AOC Tries To Shame Trump For Anti-Semitism Toward ‘Shifty Schiff’
(JTA) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of anti-Semitism for his attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff of California. “Understand that Trump is engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted antisemitism towards Chairman Schiff,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted with a retweet of an article in The Intercept suggesting that Trump’s attacks against Schiff come from the…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivors Reunited In Israel After 75 Years
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Holocaust survivors who were separated as children reunited in Israel after 75 years. Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin and friend Simon Mairowitz, 85, were convinced that the other had been killed by the Nazis, according to People magazine. They reconnected after their descendants found each other on Facebook. The men…
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