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Fast Forward Polish Debate Over Holocaust Restitution Has Turned Anti-Semitic, Jews Warn
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Jewish leaders are warning about anti-Semitic speech here amid a debate over the fate of property seized from or abandoned by Jews during the Holocaust. The Association of Jewish Religious Communities has appealed to Polish politicians to “abandon hate speech towards Jews.” Politicians on the extreme right raised the topic of…
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Fast Forward Smashed Car Windows Outside Chicago Synagogue Weren’t Hate Crime, Police Say
(JTA) — The smashing of two car windows outside a Chicago synagogue was not a hate crime, according to local police. A suspect has been arrested in the vandalism this week in West Rogers Park, a neighborhood with a large Jewish population. It was among 14 similar incidents in the neighborhood that took place over…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Corruption Pre-Indictment Hearing Postponed
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s attorney general has agreed to postpone the pre-indictment hearing in the corruption cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The hearing, which allows Netanyahu to present his arguments for dropping the cases, will be held at the beginning of October rather than in July. Netanyahu’s attorneys had asked the attorney general,…
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Fast Forward Mother Of 4-Year-Old Terror Victim Gives Birth On Late Daughter’s Birthday
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of 4-year-old terror victim Adele Biton gave birth to a baby girl on the birthday of her late daughter. Adele was severely injured in a Palestinian rock attack in the West Bank in 2013 and died two years later after never regaining consciousness. “It’s not a matter of filling a…
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Fast Forward Remains Of 1,200 Holocaust Victims Uncovered During Construction Work Reburied
(JTA) — Volunteers in Belarus reburied the remains of more than 1,000 Holocaust victims whose bodies recently were discovered during construction work in the city of Brest. The burial Tuesday was conducted by volunteers from the ZAKA Jewish search and rescue organization and overseen by a local Chabad rabbi, the news website Jewish.ru reported. The…
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Fast Forward FBI Arrests Man Who Wanted To Shoot Pro-Israel Marchers, Bomb Trump Tower
NEW YORK (JTA) — A man from New Jersey who allegedly wanted to shoot pro-Israel rallygoers and bomb Trump Tower was arrested for trying to provide support to Hamas. Jonathan Xie, 20, of Basking Ridge, was arrested Wednesday, according to WABC-TV. He allegedly made various threats on Instagram, including that he wanted to “shoot everybody” at a…
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Fast Forward Most Jews Think Trump Bears Responsibility For Synagogue Shootings: Survey
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A survey of American Jews showed continued disapproval of President Donald Trump, with anti-Semitism high and Israel low on the priority list for Jewish voters. The survey, conducted for a liberal-leaning Jewish organization, the Jewish Electorate Institute, by Greenberg Research, which does polling for Democratic candidates, showed 71 percent of Jewish American…
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Fast Forward Polish PM: Paying Holocaust Restitution Would Be ‘Victory’ For Hitler
(JTA) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that paying restitution for Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust would be a “victory” for Hitler. “If today anyone says that Poland has to pay damages to anyone, then we disagree and will continue to do so and it will not happen as long as the country…
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