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July 19, 2016
Former Canada Green Party candidate accused of hate speech for denying Holocaust
Human rights complaints have been filed against a former candidate for Canada’s Green Party after she posted online videos in which she denied the Holocaust occurred.
State Department: No ‘secret document’ on Iran
The U.S. State Department denied that a “secret document” in the Iran nuclear deal will enable the Islamic Republic to develop nuclear weapons in just over 10 years.
Brazilian university rector apologizes for post seeking ‘Zionism is racism’ teacher
The rector of a Brazilian federal university apologized to the Jewish community over a want ad seeking a “racial-ethnic relations” educator required to teach Zionism as a racist concept alongside Nazism and apartheid.
Manuel Batshaw, ‘architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,’ 101
Manuel (Manny) Batshaw, who was considered “the architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,” has died at 101.
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US Consulate in Jerusalem issues warning over gay pride march
The American Consulate in Jerusalem issued a warning to United States citizens to “exercise caution” at the city’s gay pride parade.
Russian synagogue with dark past invites Pokemon hunters to toast its revival
As the Pokemon Go phenomenon grows, some institutions connected to European Jewry’s darkest hour have taken precautions against it.
Jedwabne mayor calls for exhumation of Jewish mass grave
The mayor of a Polish town where locals killed and buried hundreds of Jews added his voice to a growing chorus of officials seeking to exhume the bodies from a mass grave to see if German soldiers were the killers.
Melania and plagiarism: A victim’s perspective
If Melania Trump were the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, she\’d be in big trouble.
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