'F— Jews’: Israeli-Owned Restaurant, "Miriam" on NYC’s Upper West Side Hit by Antisemitic Vandalism
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:The outrage at Miriam amounts to one more antisemitism statistic in New York, where attacks on Jews have risen by an eye-watering 275 percent over the last year.
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In January alone, 15 antisemitic incidents were recorded, while several more have been reported this month, among them an assault on a young Jewish man in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and the vandalizing of a dental office in Forest Hills, Queens —
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again with the words “F— Jews” scrawled in large black letters."
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Florida: Riverview principal was among 18 arrested in human trafficking sting; 2 teens rescued, deputies say
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
by: Athina Morris
Posted: Feb 15, 2022
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An investigation into human trafficking led to the arrests of more than a dozen people in Hillsborough County and the rescue of two 15-year-old girls, authorities said Tuesday.
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The monthslong investigation, dubbed “Operation Wanderlust,” started in Nov. 2021.
Authorities said those arrested in the sting had allegedly been communicating with undercover investigators who were posing as minors online.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "LOOKS LIKE A NEW IRAN DEAL IS COMING SOON.
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A weak deal that will do nothing to stop Iranian nuclear ambitions, nothing to protect the rest of the region from Iranian ambitions. It will strengthen Islamic radicalism, strengthen Hezbollah, and force the rest of the region to arm and prepare with a degree of cooperation.
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Who benefits? The Germans and French who were desperate to do business with Iran will benefit. China will benefit.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S MISTAKE? OR IS IT JUST THE WAY HE IS?
This past week in Canada has been a big disappointment for many who believed Canada was a nation that was more moral, less often extreme, and polite
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Peaceful Protesters, generally protected by tradition and law in Canada, were labelled as terrorists, had rights suspended by an Emergency Act that was intended to deal with terrorism,
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Dealing with dissent by threatening people with prison, loss of property, fines, and seizure of their assets. A warning not to disagree with the powers that be?
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "WHY ANTI-SEMITISM?
I find it interesting that when Jews try to explain anti-semitism, such as recent articles by a rather prominent Rabbi in the UK, explanations range from “well we’re different” to
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“anti-semites hate us because of the moral values of Torah”. Neither is really all that correct. After all, they cannot despise us for our moral values that we bring to the world when they claim to own them themselves as part of their claim to be our spiritual successors.
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There are really two reasons for anti-Semitism.
The first is in the ideology/theology of Christianity, in its dual claim to own universal truth and to be the successor to Judaism in the Covenant.
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Paul Gherkin wrote, "The war against Israel has mutated since the country was founded but the goal remains the same: the end of the Jewish State.
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What has alarmingly changed now is that YOU are being asked to participate in that anti-Semitic endeavor by your neighbors, schools, media and elected officials."
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