Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Limmud Scoops Jerusalem Unity Prize
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jerusalem Unity Prize named Limmud, the international network of Jewish learning communities, and its first non-Jewish winner. The winners of the prize, launched in 2015 in memory of three slain Israeli teenagers, were announced Wednesday. Limmud was awarded in the Diaspora category and Dr. Janaan Frajj Falah, who has worked to…
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Fast Forward Adam Krief, Jewish Dad Who Fought Inspirational Battle With Cancer, Dies At 31
(JTA) — Adam Krief, a Jewish cancer patient whose search for a bone marrow donor captured the attention of social media and celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Mayim Bialik and Jason Biggs, has died. Krief, a father of three from Los Angeles, died Tuesday, a family friend confirmed to JTA. He was 31. Krief was diagnosed…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Jewish Lawmaker Brands Netanyahu ‘Insane Vampire’ In Purim War Of Words
(JTA) — The Jewish member of Iran’s parliament called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an “insane vampire” for saying that Iran seeks the annihilation of the Jews, just as ancient Persia did in the Purim story. “Netanyahu is an insane vampire drowned in crimes from head to toe, and the recent remarks made by the racist…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Insists Sara Didn’t Kick Him Out Of Car
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified in a Tel Aviv court that his wife did not kick him out of a car as they traveled on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. Netanyahu was on the stand Tuesday in the couple’s defamation suit against journalist Yigal Sarna of the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot….
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Fast Forward JCC Bomb Threat Suspect Is Denied Bail
(JTA) — The St. Louis man accused of making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish community centers and the Anti-Defamation League must remain in jail until his trial, a federal judge in that city ruled. The allegations against Juan Thompson, 32, are “very serious,” U.S. District Court Judge David Noce said Monday, the St….
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Delay Vote On West Bank Settlement Annexation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee vote on a bill that would annex the large West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim was postponed to avoid a conflict with a visiting Trump administration official. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation was scheduled to take up the bill, which would subject the settlement to Israeli law, on Tuesday, but delayed…
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Fast Forward Jordanian Who Killed 7 Israeli Schoolgirls Says World Should ‘Eliminate’ Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jordanian soldier released from prison after serving 20 years for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls called on the world to “eliminate” Israel. “The Israelis are the human waste of people, that the rest of the world has vomited up at our feet,” Ahmed Daqamseh told Al-Jazeera shortly after his release from a Jordanian…
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Fast Forward Effigies Of Ultra-Orthodox IDF Soldiers Hung In Jerusalem Neighborhood
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Effigies of haredi Orthodox soldiers were hung in the Jerusalem haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim. One of the effigies, which were hung by their necks, had a sign reading “hardak out.” Hardak is a derogatory term for haredi men who serve in the army. Police removed the effigies, surrounded by jeering crowds, and…
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