L.A. City Hall Lit Up With Lebanese Flag to Show Support Over Beirut Blast
Aaron Bandler
August 6, 2020
Beirut is a sister city of Los Angeles.
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August 6, 2020
USC President Calls Student VP Resignation Letter ‘Heartbreaking,’ Says Anti-Semitism ‘Has No Place at the University’
Aaron Bandler
August 6, 2020
“What happened to Rose Ritch is unacceptable, and we must all take up her challenge to do better.”
British Cabinet Office Says It’s Reviewing Wiley’s MBE After Anti-Semitic Tweets
Aaron Bandler
August 6, 2020
The office said the award can be revoked if the recipient has engaged in “behavior that is deemed to bring the honors system into disrepute.”
Elliott Abrams Named Envoy on Iran Issues
Ron Kampeas, JTA
August 6, 2020
He is replacing Brian Hook.
Hostage-Taker at French Bank Demands Israel Free Palestinian Children ‘Unjustly Imprisoned’
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
August 6, 2020
He took six hostages and has released four of them.
Dallas Prayer Service ‘Zoom Bombed’ With Messages Including ‘Kill All Jews, Bomb Israel’
Marcy Oster, JTA
August 6, 2020
One of the rabbis on the Zoom call said, “This is what Tisha B’Av looks like in the year 2020.”
Virtual Theater: ‘Fugu’ Tells Little-Known Holocaust Story
Gerri Miller
August 6, 2020
“Fugu” is based on the little-known history of how Japan sheltered 6,000 Lithuanian Jewish refugees in the city of Kobe, to protect them from the Nazis.
Couple Whose Parents Survived Holocaust Discover Swastika, Nazi Bolts on Fence in Australia
Aaron Bandler
August 6, 2020
“This sight turned my stomach and made me furious that in this day and age, we still have people advocating for genocide.”
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