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Ohio high school football coach resigns after his team repeatedly used ‘Nazi’ as a play call against rival from a largely Jewish suburb of Cleveland
Coach Tim McFarland and his players allegedly used the word ‘Nazi’ repeatedly The opponent, Beachwood, is located in a predominately Jewish area DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news Published: 08:49 EDT, 27 September 2023 | Updated: 10:15 EDT, 27 September 2023 A high school football team in Ohio used the term ‘Nazi’ as a play call in a…
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Putin rains down hell on Ukraine’s Odessa in terrifying overnight blitz on Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur – as Russian warmonger’s lawless invasion grinds into its 20th month
Vladimir Putin has rained down hell on Ukraine’s port city of Odessa with a powerful missile strike – just as the city’s large Jewish population marks the holy day of Yom Kippur. Russian invaders are believed to have struck the Hotel Odessa – a military target used as a training centre – with local reports that the building is caught…
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Rosh Hashanah 2023: Here’s when the Jewish New Year ends and the fast of Yom Kippur takes place
Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of repentance which ends with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement. As well as being a time for celebration and hope for the year ahead, it’s also a time to reflect on the past year and atone…
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Photos: Egypt’s Jewish community celebrates New Year for 1st time in 70 years
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – The Jewish community in Egypt organized a celebration for the Jewish New Year in the Vitali Madjar Synagogue in Heliopolis, for the first time in 70 years. The community’s official Facebook page, “JCC Cairo” shared images of the celebration. The head of the Jewish community in Egypt, Magda Haroun, was present. She is the daughter…
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West is using Zelensky’s Jewish heritage to hide Nazism in Ukraine – Putin
Using Vladimir Zelensky’s Jewish heritage to cover for the culpability of Ukrainian nationalists in the Holocaust during WWII is disgusting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that the followers of Stepan Bandera were responsible for the killing of 1.5 million Jews. “I think it’s important to repeat that Western handlers placed at the head of modern Ukraine an…
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How Wales’s Gwrych Castle used in I’m a Celeb was home to more than 200 Jewish children who had escaped the Nazis as part of Kindertransport scheme before start of WWII
To millions during the coronavirus pandemic, it became known as the new temporary home of ITV’s hit show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. The grade-I listed Gwrych Castle near Abergele in north Wales hosted the programme in 2020 and 2021 amid the travel restrictions imposed in Queensland, Australia, where celebrities usually fly to take part in the…
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Bradley Cooper sparks ‘Jewface’ controversy over prosthetic nose in Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro trailer: ‘So many great Jewish actors out there’
Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in the newly-released trailer for Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro has sparked online chatter, with some calling out the actor/director for playing to ‘Jewface’ stereotypes with the exaggerated facial feature and the casting of a non-Jewish actor in a Jewish role. The Philadelphia native, 48, plays the role of the legendary musical conductor in the film opposite…
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Memphis police say Jewish school shooting averted after officers shot gunman | Memphis
Police in Memphis said they had likely prevented a mass shooting after they shot a man who earlier was reported to have opened fire at a Jewish day school in the Tennessee city. In a statement and news conference, local police said they had responded to a report of a white man with a handgun shooting outside the Margolin Hebrew…
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Jewish Film Institute Awards Grants to Six Indie Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The Jewish Film Institute has named six independent films as winners of its fourth annual JFI completion grants. The grants, totaling $85,000, are awarded to projects that underline diverse stories about Jewish identity and experience. Grant winners were jury-selected a group of 14 finalists, narrowed down from over 100 applications. The grants, made possible by numerous individuals and foundations, “are…
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog calls out lawmakers who question the Jewish State 'anti-Semitic'
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that U.S. lawmakers who question the right of the Jewish State are ‘anti-Semitic.’ In a fiery speech to a joint session of Congress, Herzog acknowledge criticism of Israel, but said the ‘new generation’ of leaders in the U.S. need to realize the importance of the bond between the two countries. ‘I am not oblivious to…
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