Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israel’s Upgraded Iron Dome Defense Passes Test
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system successfully completed tests of an upgraded system using some American-made components. Israel’s Defense Ministry announced the successful tests on Wednesday. They included live fire tests, according to the announcement. In the past two weeks Iron Dome has intercepted rockets fired on southern Israel — from the…
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Fast Forward Ex-Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger Gets 4-1/2 Years For Fraud
JERUSALEM (JTA) – A judge in Jerusalem rejected a plea deal between prosecutors and Yona Metzger, a former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel. Under the deal signed in January, Metzger pleaded guilty to fraud, breach of trust and tax offenses. The Jerusalem District Court judge sentenced Metzger to 4.5 years in jail, more than the…
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Fast Forward Arizona Jewish Day School Teacher Resigns Over Anti-Immigrant Tweets
(JTA) — A third-grade teacher at a Jewish day school in Scottsdale, Arizona, resigned over Twitter posts in which she said that immigrants should be shot. Bonnie Godin Verne resigned Tuesday from the Pardes Jewish Day School, where she has taught for the past 12 years. Her personal Twitter account has been closed, though screen…
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Fast Forward Bedouin ‘Car-Ramming’ Was Accident Not Terror: Israeli Probe
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An incident in which a Bedouin teacher ran over a police officer during demonstrations in an unauthorized Bedouin village over home demolitions was not terrorism, an investigation reportedly has found. Police shot and killed Yacoub Abu al Kiyan, 50, as he attempted to drive through the demonstrations in January in the village…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Jewish School Evacuated After Bomb Threat
(JTA) — A Jewish day school in Durham, North Carolina, was evacuated after a receiving a bomb threat. Parents of students at the Lerner Jewish Community Day School were informed of the threat by a robocall from the school on Wednesday morning, according to reports. Video from the school showed officers using a bomb-sniffing dog…
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Fast Forward Dachau’s Stolen Front Gate Reading ‘Work Makes You Free’ Returned To Site
(JTA) — The iron gate of the Dachau Nazi camp, which bears the message “Arbeit macht frei,” or “Work sets you free,” was returned to the site after being stolen more than two years ago. At a ceremony Wednesday, the gate was welcomed back to Dachau, where a replica was installed since the original was…
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Fast Forward Vandals Trash Mezuzahs And Scrawl Swastika At Toronto Condo
(JTA) — Yellow Post-it notes with hand-drawn swastikas and anti-Semitic language were stuck on the doors of a Toronto condominium building with many Jewish residents. At least one of the notes said “No Jews,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Also, mezuzahs on the doorposts of several apartments were removed or damaged, including a replacement for…
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Fast Forward J.K. Rowling Tweets ‘Such A Beautiful Thing’ About Muslim Campaign For Vandalized Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — British author JK Rowling offered her support in a tweet to a Muslim-supported crowdfunding campaign to repair a vandalized St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery — spurring a big upsurge in donations. Rowling, the author of the popular Harry Potter series of books, on Wednesday morning uin Britain tweeted a link to an article about the…
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