Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward ‘Fake News’ Sign Points To San Antonio Holocaust Museum
(JTA) — A sign reading “Fake News” and “#MAGA” was planted with an arrow pointing at the marquee of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio. The sign discovered on the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community was removed on Tuesday morning, the news website MySanAntonio reported. It was discovered…
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Fast Forward Rare Jamaican Jewish Marriage Contract To Be Sold At Auction
(JTA) — A Jewish marriage contract, or ketubah, from 1884 made for a couple married in Kingston, Jamaica will be auctioned as part of a sale of “Important Judaica.” The Sotheby’s catalogue calls the item “An Exceedingly Rare Ketubah from Kingston, Jamaica, 1884.” It is estimated to sell for $8,000 to $12,000 in Wednesday’s auction….
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Fast Forward Texas Teacher Sues After Being Fired For Not Signing Anti-BDS Agreement
(JTA) — A speech pathologist in Austin, Texas, is suing the local public school district after she was let go for refusing to sign an agreement that she “does not” and “will not” engage in a boycott of Israel. The lawsuit filed on Monday morning in federal court in Texas calls the demand a violation…
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Fast Forward Facebook Blocks Yair Netanyahu After He Calls For Revenge In Terror Attacks
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Facebook blocked the account of Yair Netanyahu after he shared content banned by the platform that called for avenging the deaths of Israelis killed in recent days by Palestinian terrorists. Netanyahu, the son of the Israeli prime minister, also called Facebook “thought police” in a post criticizing the removal of previous content….
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib Will Wear Traditional Palestinian Robe For Swearing-In Ceremony
(JTA) — Rashida Tlaib, the newly elected Democratic congresswoman from Michigan, said she will wear a traditional Palestinian robe for her swearing-in ceremony. “Sneak peek: This is what I am wearing when I am sworn into Congress. #PalestinianThobe #ForMyYama,” Tlaib wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. She posted a photo of the black robe…
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Fast Forward Julian Edelman Wears Cleats Honoring Pittsburgh Victims During Steelers Game
(JTA) — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman wore special cleats in honor of the victims of the shooting attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue during a game against the Steelers. The Steelers snapped a three-game losing streak and beat their division rivals on Sunday in Pittsburgh by a score of 17-10. Edelman on Sunday…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Video Mocking Nazi Salute Prom Photo Found In Same Wisconsin City
(JTA) — An anti-Semitic video was posted on social media and anti-Semitic fliers posted both, related to the Wisconsin high school students who made what appears to be a Nazi salute in a junior prom photo have appeared around the Baraboo community. A seven-minute video was posted on Sunday to the paid social networking website minds.com by…
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Fast Forward Israel Supreme Court: Both Same-Sex Partners Named On Adoption Certificate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The names of both parents who adopt a baby in Israel must be registered on its birth certificate even if both parents are the same sex. Israel’s Supreme Court made the ruling on Wednesday in response to a lawsuit filed by a homosexual couple who claimed they were being discriminated against since…
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