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Students from all-girls Catholic school post photos of Jews vs. Nazis beer pong
tudents from an all-girls Catholic high school in Kansas City will not be expelled after photos of them playing Jews vs. Nazis beer pong appeared on social media. Alumni and parents from St. Teresa’s Academy called for the teens to be expelled for the off-campus incident, which did not take place during school hours. The photos on Snapchat and other social media show the girls standing in front of a table pouring beer into cups arranged in the shape of a swastika with the caption “Girls night,” the Kansas City Star reported. St. Teresa’s told the Star that it had conducted an internal investigation and
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determined that the students had been drinking underage. The school confirmed that it had disciplined the students but did not disclose how. “Unfortunately, as with high schools all across the country, we deal with underage drinking on a regular basis,” the school’s president, Nan Bone, wrote in a post on the school’s Facebook page. Bone said that the school and its administration “condemn discrimination of any kind.” In August, a student from a private school in Atlanta was expelled and four others suspended after they posted a photo showing them playing the Jews vs. Nazis beer pong game. (JTA)
KKK drops anti-Semitic fliers in Florida neighborhoods to recruit members
he Ku Klux Klan dropped anti-Semitic and racist fliers in Jacksonville, Florida neighborhoods in a recruiting pitch. The fliers contain a phone number linked to a recording that attempts to recruit members. One flier reads: “He who fights the Jew fights the Devil,” citing the Nazi
children’s book publisher Julius Streicher, and shows a good Jew as one with a bullet in his forehead. Another says “Smash Jew Communism.” The racist fliers threaten AfricanAmericans who are caught “making eyes” at white women. (JTA)
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Anthony Scaramucci Twitter account asks how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust WASHINGTON (JTA)— A Twitter account associated with Anthony Scaramucci, the colorful figure who was briefly President Donald Trump’s communications director, withdrew and apologized for a tweet surveying how many Jews people believed were killed in the Holocaust. “This poll was put up by @lancelaifer without consulting @Scaramucci who is traveling in London,” the Scaramucci Post account said Tuesday, Oct. 17 with a screen capture of the offending tweet. “The poll has been taken down.” The original tweet asked, “How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?” and offered multiple choices: “Less than one million, between 1–2 million, between 2–3 million, more than 5 million.” The historical figure, 6 million, was not offered.
The screen capture showed that within an hour of posting, 4,776 people had responded, with 68 percent answering more than 5 million, 21 percent saying less than 1 million and the rest split between the other two options. Two tweets followed: “This is @ lancelaifer and I apologize if anyone was offended by the Holocaust poll,” one said. Another said, “The intent of the poll was to highlight ignorance of the basic facts of the Holocaust. I take full responsibility for it.” The original tweet drew widespread outrage. “What the actual f— is this, @ Scaramucci?” tweeted CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who is Jewish. Laifer, has founded several capital management firms, as has Scaramucci.
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