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Why Jewish organizations are mostly playing it safe on issues like gun control and refugees

Published: 26/04/2018

NEW YORK (JTA) — As Senate Republicans worked to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last summer, the American Jewish establishment sent an unequivocal message: Kill the bill. “The Senate ... Read more

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Arthur Stark of Bed Bath & Beyond to chair top Jewish policy group

Published: 26/04/2018

(JTA) — Arthur Stark, chairman of the board of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, is the likely next chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Stark ... Read more

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Elena Kagan: Imagine if a travel ban targeted Israelis

Published: 25/04/2018

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Justice Elana Kagan asked the lawyer defending the president’s travel ban to imagine the same ban if it applied to Israelis. In her hypothetical challenge during oral ar ... Read more

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Over 2,000 Germans attend kippah rallies in Berlin and other cities

Published: 25/04/2018

(JTA) – More than 2,000 Jews and non-Jews attended “Wear a Kippah” rallies in Berlin and other German cities to protest anti-Semitism. The protests on Wednesday come in the wake of a Syrian asylum see ... Read more

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Anti-Semitic Richard Wagner letter sells for $42,000 at auction in Israel

Published: 25/04/2018

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An anti-Semitic letter written by the German composer Richard Wagner sold for $42,000 at an auction house in Israel. The letter was sold to a Jewish collector from Switzerland, ... Read more

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Rome Jewish community holds separate Liberation Day rallies

Published: 25/04/2018

(JTA) – The prime minister of Italy and the mayor of Rome attended rallies staged by Rome’s Jewish community to mark the 73rd anniversary of Italy’s liberation from the Nazis. The rallies Wednesday we ... Read more

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Will Europe’s Jews stop wearing kippahs? Most already have.

Published: 25/04/2018

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The debate about wearing a kippah in Western Europe returned only a decade or so ago, but it has nonetheless come to follow a rigid pattern even in that short period of time. T ... Read more

Source: www.jta.org
Congress members call out Ukraine government for glorifying Nazis

Published: 25/04/2018

(JTA) — More than 50 U.S. Congress members condemned Ukrainian legislation that they said “glorifies Nazi collaborators” and therefore goes further than Poland’s laws on rhetoric about the Holoc ... Read more

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Second Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli troops during Gaza border protests dies

Published: 25/04/2018

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian journalist from Gaza who was shot by Israeli troops nearly two weeks ago during border protests has died of his wounds. Ahmed Abu Hussein, 24, is the second Pales ... Read more

Source: www.jta.org

Anti-Semitic incidents rise to record level in Canada

Published: 25/04/2018

MONTREAL (JTA) — Canada had a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, B’nai Brith Canada reported in its annual audit. There were 1,752 incidents of harassment, vandalism and violence, a 1.4 ... Read more

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ZOA says Parkland survivor’s use of Never Again in book title ‘trivializes the Holocaust’

Published: 25/04/2018

(JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America is urging a survivor of the Parkland school shooting to change the title of his forthcoming book, saying that by using the term “Never AgainR ... Read more

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House unanimously passes bill to help Holocaust survivors obtain restitution, seized assets

Published: 24/04/2018

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to help Holocaust survivors and the families of victims obtain restitution or the return of Holocaust-era assets. T ... Read more

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Jason Greenblatt says Hamas uses Gaza protests ‘as cover to attack Israeli troops’

Published: 24/04/2018

NEW YORK (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator, said Hamas uses protests at Israel’s border with Gaza to attack the Jewish state. “Hamas and other terrorist g ... Read more

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US Supreme Court rejects terror victims’ lawsuit against Arab Bank

Published: 24/04/2018

WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit by about 6,000 Israelis affected by Palestinian terrorism to get redress from Jordan’s Arab Bank, which allegedly de ... Read more

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‘Disobedience’ aims to accurately portray lesbian love — and the Orthodox Jewish community

Published: 24/04/2018

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Sebastian Lelio, the director who recently won the Academy Award for best foreign film for “A Fantastic Woman,” grew up Catholic in Chile knowing almost nothing about observant Jew ... Read more

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Twitter suspends Israeli lawmaker for saying Palestinian teen should have been shot in kneecap

Published: 24/04/2018

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli lawmaker was suspended from Twitter after saying in a post that the Palestinian teen who slapped an Israeli soldier should have been shot in the kneecap. Bezalel Smo ... Read more

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Rome’s Jewish community to boycott official Liberation Day ceremonies

Published: 24/04/2018

ROME (JTA) – Rome’s Jewish community said it will boycott official ceremonies marking Italy’s Liberation Day because of the inclusion of pro-Palestinian groups that intend to protest against Israel. T ... Read more

Source: www.jta.org
US senator to bring French Holocaust survivor to Macron’s congressional address

Published: 24/04/2018

(JTA) — A U.S. senator will bring a French Holocaust survivor to hear President Emmanuel Macron of France speak to a joint session of Congress. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, invited Fran Greenberg ... Read more

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Don’t wear kippahs in public, top German Jewish leader says

Published: 24/04/2018

(JTA) — The head of the main Jewish umbrella in Germany has recommended that Jews not wear kippahs in public in its major cities. “I would actually have to advise individuals not to openly wear ... Read more

Source: www.jta.org
Israel suspends plans to deport African asylum seekers

Published: 24/04/2018

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has suspended a plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants after failing to find a third country willing to accept them. On Tuesday, the government told the co ... Read more

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Hurricane Harvey destroyed our synagogue. Here’s how we’re moving on.

Published: 23/04/2018

HOUSTON (JTA) — Over a four-day period at the end of August, Hurricane Harvey drenched this city with over 50 inches of rain, inflicting $125 billion in damages. The result of the flooding was e ... Read more

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