Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Keith Ellison Demands Hate Crime Probe Of Cemetery Desecrations
(JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to investigate the recent desecration of a Jewish cemetery as a hate crime. Ellison, D-Minn., called on Sessions to designate the attack on the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, in…
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Fast Forward Florida Muslim Students Send Flowers To Targeted Jewish Groups
(JTA) — The Muslim Student Associations of Florida State and Florida A&M universities delivered bouquets of flowers to campus Jewish organizations and local synagogues. The flowers and the accompanying notes were meant to show solidarity at a time when both the Muslim and Jewish communities are under attack. The flowers were delivered to the Chabad and…
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Fast Forward University Of Texas Hillel Vandalized
(JTA) — The University of Texas and Austin Police are working to determine whether an incident of vandalism at the campus Hillel was specifically targeting the Jewish community. The Texas Hillel said in a statement Tuesday that was also posted on Facebook that a window of the Texas Hillel building was broken on Saturday morning….
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Fast Forward Congress Introduces Legislation To Help Holocaust Survivors Reclaim Assets
(JTA) — Legislation to assist survivors in obtaining restitution of assets stolen in the Holocaust was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act, or JUST, which was introduced this week, requires the State Department to report on the progress of certain European countries on the…
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Fast Forward Gaza War Report Slams Netanyahu And Military Leadership
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s prime minister, defense minister and army chief of staff did not update the Security Cabinet about the serious threat of Hamas tunnels from Gaza, the nation’s state comptroller said in a report on the 2014 Gaza War. The Security Cabinet did not have enough information about the threat posed by the…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Agrees To Stay On For Extra Year As Jewish Agency Chief
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency for Israel, will head the organization for an extra year. The board of governors announced Tuesday that Sharansky had agreed to its request that he stay a year past his second four-year term ending in June. The announcement came at the closing…
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Fast Forward Record $1.1 B In Israel Bonds Sold To Americans
(JTA) — A record-breaking $1.127 billion in Israel Bonds was sold in the United States in 2016. The Development Corporation for Israel, also known as Israel Bonds – which issues debt securities by the government of Israel, also announced this week that it has sold more than $40 billion in global sales of Israel Bonds…
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Fast Forward Philadelphia Unions Offer To Repair And Secure Vandalized Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — Two Philadelphia unions said they will provide free services to help repair and secure the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. More than 100 gravestones were toppled and damaged over the weekend at the Jewish cemetery in the city’s Wissinoming section. Bobby Henon, a Philadelphia council member with union ties who represents the Wissinoming neighborhood where…
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