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Vandalised grave stones of the honoured Meir of Rothenburg and Alexander ben Salomon Wimpfen. (Credit: Stadt Worms)
July 17, 2020, 1:03 pm
Dozens of gravestones vandalised in Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery
At least 50 stones in the medieval cemetery in the German city of Worms were smeared with a green paint
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A ward at a hospital. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
July 17, 2020, 1:01 pm
Brazilian Jewish hospital suspends doctor for comparing COVID-19 to the Shoah
Disciplinary action taken against prominent oncologist, Nise Yamaguchi, by Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
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Sascha Krolzig (German Wikipedia / Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike Germany " Version 2.0 (abbreviated "CC-by-sa 2.0 / de") / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/legalcode)
July 17, 2020, 12:57 pm
Far-right German activist will go to jail for insulting a Jewish leader
Sascha Krolzig of the Die Rechte party, will serve a six-months for calling the head of the community in  Herford-Detmold an 'insolent Jewish functionary' and praising the SS.
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Children keep social distancing and sanitary measures as they go back to school
July 17, 2020, 12:41 pm
Israel to limit class sizes in second attempt at reopening schools
Older students will have to stay at home all but one day a week when education tries to restart, with class sizes capped at 18 for primaries
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July 17, 2020, 12:38 pm
Rapper Ice Cube slams NBA legend for calling out antisemitic social media posts
Rapper took to Twitter to say columnist and former basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had been given '30 pieces of silver' to speak out
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Jennifer Grey (Wikipedia/Author: Nightscream/ Attribution: Luigi Novi / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
July 17, 2020, 12:32 pm
A new ‘Dirty Dancing’ film could be in the works
Jewish actress who starred in the original film, Jennifer Grey, is working with entertainment company Lionsgate on the project
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A fountain in Donald Trump Square in Petah Tikva is dyed red in a protest against West Bank annexation (screen capture via Twitter - https://twitter.com/OrRavid/status/1278320077000105984 )
July 17, 2020, 11:17 am
Suspect arrested in vandalism of Israel’s Donald Trump Square
The Hebrew for 'annexation will cost us in blood' was painted in red on the ground at the site in Petach Tikvah, after reportedly turning the water red
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Iyad Halak
July 17, 2020, 11:16 am
Family of autistic Palestinian man told there is no footage of his killing
Iyad Halak's family was told those cameras were not connected 'at the relevant time and did not record the shooting'
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Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein hugs a member of the congregation of Chabad of Poway the day after a deadly shooting took place there, on Sunday, April 28, 2019 in Poway, Calif. (Credit Image: © TNS via ZUMA Wire)
July 17, 2020, 11:10 am
Rabbi injured in Poway shooting pleads guilty to tax fraud
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein pleaded guilty in a scheme which resulted in more than £4.9m in fraudulent donations, and in a £1.19m loss to the US government.
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Billionaire investor George Soros, Photo credit: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire
July 15, 2020, 8:57 am
George Soros’ foundation to spend £175m supporting groups for racial justice
‘Investments will empower proven leaders in the Black community to reimagine policing, end mass incarceration, and eliminate barriers to opportunity'
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July 15, 2020, 8:55 am
New York Times’ opinion editor Bari Weiss, with focus on antisemitism, resigns
‘They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m ‘writing about the Jews again’,’ the journalist said in a scathing resignation letter 
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Rabbi William Wolff (Wikipedia/Author Klugschnacker/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
July 15, 2020, 8:50 am
Rabbi William Wolff, who served in Germany after fall of Berlin Wall, dies at 93
Faith leader who fled the Nazis earned rabbinic ordination from Leo Baeck College in the UK 
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Simon Wiesenthal (Wikipedia/ Source http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ad201a9c-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 / Author: Rob Bogaerts / Anefo / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode)
July 15, 2020, 8:45 am
Austria to create award named for Simon Wiesenthal
 Winner of the gong would receive about £13,500 annually in a bid to encourage the fight against antisemitism 
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Israeli soldiers at Mount Qiryat Shemona Cemetery as Israel marked Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of terror in April. Photo by: Ayal Margolin-JINIPIX
July 15, 2020, 8:41 am
Israeli army reports near tripling of coronavirus cases in 9 days
Military released figures showing infections rising from 203 on July 4 to 568 at the start of the week
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Jewish pilgrims at the Tomb of Nachman of Breslov in Uman Wikipedians
July 15, 2020, 8:29 am
Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman due to pandemic
A letter from the government said the decision ‘has nothing to do with politics and antisemitism’, while urging Israeli officials understand and agree  with the move
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