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Fast Forward Israeli Chief Rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi is under fire for calling immigrants from the former Soviet Union “Communist, religion-hating” gentiles. At a rabbinical conference in Jerusalem last week, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticized Israel’s Law of Return for granting citizenship to Russians who are not Jewish according to Orthodox religious law, the Yediot Acharonot daily…
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Fast Forward Over 30 West Virginia Prison Guard Trainees Fired Over Nazi Salute Photo
(JTA) — More than 30 West Virginia correctional academy trainees who were seen giving a Nazi salute in a class photo will be fired. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Monday that he has approved the recommendations from a report by state investigators calling for the dismissal of the correctional officer trainees who participated in…
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Fast Forward Australian Jews Are Furious With Bibi For Promoting An Alleged Pedophile’s Helper
(JTA) — Jewish groups in Australia have decried Israel’s appointment to health minister of a lawmaker who is accused of helping an alleged pedophile sheltering in Israel to avoid deportation. Yaakov Litzman, who heads the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party and serves as deputy health minister, was appointed to the top spot on Friday….
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Fast Forward 3 Schools In LA Spray-Painted With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — Three Los Angeles schools — two of them Jewish — were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken…
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Fast Forward Jewish Students Assaulted Trying To Enter Indiana University Frat Party
(JTA) — Three Jewish students at Indiana University trying to enter a fraternity party were physically assaulted and subjected to anti-Semitic slurs by members of the fraternity. The university in Bloomington said in a statement that it was “fully investigating” the incident, in which the Jewish students were attacked when attempting to enter the Pi…
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Fast Forward Beverly Hills Persian Synagogue Vandalized On Shabbat, Torahs Damaged
(JTA) — A synagogue in Beverly Hills was vandalized in what police are investigating as a hate crime. At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a statement from the Beverly Hills Police Department, a suspect described as a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue, a Persian Jewish congregation, and vandalized the sanctuary. Photos of the…
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Fast Forward Man Injured In Poway Synagogue Shooting Sues Chabad Over Lax Security
(JTA) — A man who was injured in the shooting attack at the Chabad of Poway is suing the Jewish center for not protecting its worshippers. Almog Peretz was shot in the leg in the April 27 attack. His 8-year-old niece also was injured. Peretz was shot while gathering children in the synagogue and ushering…
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Fast Forward Over 30 West Virginia Prison Guard Trainees Suspended Over Nazi Salute Photo
(JTA) — More than 30 employees of West Virginia’s Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended over a photo showing trainees making a Nazi salute. The photo of dozens of participants in a basic training class reads “Hail Byrd!” at the top, a reference to a training instructor for the class. Two correctional academy…
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