Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israeli Drone Reportedly Kills Syrian Truck Driver On Road To Damascus
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Syrian man was killed when the truck he was driving in the Quneitra region of the Golan Heights on the road to Damascus allegedly was fired on by an Israeli drone, Syrian media is reporting. The Israel Defense Forces is not commenting on the alleged air strike, neither confirming nor denying the…
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Fast Forward New Law In Greece, Descendants Of Holocaust Survivors Can Now Apply For Citizenship
(JTA) — Greek lawmakers passed a parliamentary amendment that will allow descendants of Holocaust survivors from Greece to apply for citizenship. The amendment passed on Thursday was praised on Saturday by the head of the country’s Central Board of Jewish Communities, the French news agency AFP reported. “This is a moral victory,” and a “fresh…
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Fast Forward Son Of Minnesota Man, 98, Accused Of Nazi War Crimes, Calls For Release Of Evidence
(JTA) – The son of a Minnesota man, 98, accused by a police court of Nazi war crimes, has called for the evidence against his father to be released. Andriy Karkoc, son of the Minnesota man first identified by the Associated Press as Michael Karkoc, called on Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, the two Democratic…
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Fast Forward Poll: Trump Approval Rating Among US Jews Is 31%
(JTA) — President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Jews in the United States is 31 percent. The figure is more than 10 percent lower than the president’s overall approval rating of 42 percent, according to a Gallup poll taken from Jan. 20, the day Trump was sworn in, to March 15. Gallup points out that…
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Fast Forward Arizona Menorah Twisted Into Swastika, 4 Arrested
(JTA) — Four people have been arrested on suspicion of twisting a large decorative menorah in the front yard of an Arizona family’s home into a swastika. The arrests were reported Friday by the Arizona Republic newspaper. One of the suspects was identified by Chandler police as 19-year-old Clive Jamar Wilson. The other three suspects…
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Fast Forward Evangelicals In Alabama Plan To Raise $100,000 To Secure JCC
(JTA) — Several Evangelical Christian ministries in Alabama announced plans to raise $100,000 to help cover additional security at a local Jewish community center. The Levite JCC in Birmingham has suffered four bomb threats since the beginning of the year and been evacuated each time, disrupting its preschool and exercise facilities. More than half of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Office: Prime Minister And Greenblatt ‘Made Progress’ On Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s adviser on international relations, “made progress” on the issue of West Bank settlement construction, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The two met Thursday for the second time in a week and held “another positive discussion regarding the shared interest of the…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Hired To Replace Mikveh-Peeping Barry Freundel at Kesher Israel
(JTA) — Kesher Israel has hired a successor to Rabbi Barry Freundel, who was arrested 2 1/2 years ago for secretly videotaping women in the mikvah ritual bath of the Washington, D.C., synagogue, and is now in prison. Rabbi Hyim Shafner, a congregational rabbi in St. Louis since 2004, will serve as the senior rabbi…
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