Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls For Closer Ties With China After State Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked the Great Wall of China at the end of a state visit to China. During the visit, which ended Wednesday, the University of Haifa signed an agreement with the Hangzhou Wahaha Group, a Chinese conglomerate, and the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences that…
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Fast Forward Israel, British Jewry Offer Condolences After Deadly London Attacks
(JTA) — At least two civilians and a police officer were killed in a car-ramming and knife attack outside of the houses of Parliament in London. British authorities are calling the attack a “terrorist incident” as they continue to investigate the motive in the Wednesday afternoon attack. More than 20 are reported injured, some seriously….
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Fast Forward C.T. Church Shows Support For Threatened JCCs
(JTA) — A Connecticut church is showing its support for the local Jewish community after several bomb threats. The Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford and the JCC of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge, Connecticut, as well as the Hebrew High School of New England in West Hartford, Connecticut have been the victims of called-in bomb…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Synagogue, Preschool Evacuated After Called-In Threat
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”)) — A New Jersey synagogue, which houses a preschool, was evacuated after receiving a called-in threat. Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston, New Jersey was evacuated on Tuesday after receiving the threat just before 11 a.m., the local CBS affiliate reported. The Essex County Sheriff’s Department and Livingston Police Department, including the K-9…
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Fast Forward Israeli Star Omri Casspi Signs With NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Timberwolves, his third team in the last month and fifth since joining the NBA in 2009. The Timberwolves, who are 4 1/2 games back for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank House, Facebook Partner On Chat-Bot With Teenage Diarist
(JTA) — People can now “chat” with Anne Frank through a computer-generated bot. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and Facebook have partnered on the bot, which was released at the museum Tuesday by Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands in honor of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Anne Frank House said…
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Fast Forward Toronto Hate Crimes Increase, With Jews Targeted The Most
(JTA) — Reports of hate crimes in Toronto increased by 8 percent, with the city’s Jewish community targeted the most, according to a police report compiling last year’s data. Hate crimes in the city increased to 145 in 2016 from 134 the previous year, the Toronto Police reported. Forty-three of the reported attacks, or 30 percent,…
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Fast Forward David Stern Elected Third-Generation Leader Of Reform Rabbis
(JTA) — Rabbi David Stern of Dallas has been installed as president of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, the third generation in his family to hold the title. Stern, 55, the senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El, was installed by the rabbinical group as its 61st president on Monday during its annual convention in Atlanta….
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