Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward The Blue Card Gets $120K Grant To Help Holocaust Survivors
(JTA) — A group that provides assistance to Holocaust survivors in the United States has received a $120,000 grant from the Jewish Federations of North America. The Blue Card announced Monday that it was selected to receive the grant for its PCTI Training for Healthcare Professionals, which educates dental and medical providers on identifying and treating…
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Fast Forward CIA Head Holds Secret Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank
(JTA) — CIA director Mike Pompeo reportedly met secretly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the P.A. headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The meeting was held Tuesday, The Associated Press reported, citing two unnamed senior officials. The White House and the CIA declined to comment to the AP. The talks came…
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Fast Forward Jews Are Best-Liked Religious Group In America: Pew Poll
(JTA) – Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. It was the second time in a row that Jews topped the survey, in which respondents rate how they feel about various religious groups on a “feeling thermometer.” On the scale of 1…
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Fast Forward Vermont College Student Found Dead After Going Snowboarding
(JTA) — A Jewish student at the University of Vermont who was being reported missing while snowboarding has died. Brett Cohen, 22, of Needham, Massachusetts, was found in a wooded area near a trail at a ski resort in Vermont on Monday evening, eight hours after he was reported missing by a friend from whom…
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Fast Forward Ransom Raised For Israeli Held For Murder In Arab Country
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some $120,000 raised in a public campaign to pay the ransom for a dual citizen of Israel and Canada imprisoned in an unnamed Arab country has not been transferred because no credible recipient has been offered Ben Hassin, 21, has been under arrest since June 2015 in the Arab country for the…
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Fast Forward Israelis Back Civil Marriage And Divorce: Valentine’s Day Poll
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A majority of Jewish Israelis support allowing civil marriage and divorce in Israel, according to a survey released for Valentine’s Day. Some 72 percent of Jewish Israelis and 76 percent of Arab Israelis support the statement that “every resident [of Israel] has the right to get married in Israel with whomever he…
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Fast Forward Senate Bill Honors Soldier Who Protected 200 Jewish Fellow POW’s
(JTA) — A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would honor an American prisoner of war who protected 200 American-Jewish POWs during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal. The bill introduced Monday would recognize Master Sgt. Rodrick “Roddie” Edmonds, who refused to reveal to a German commandant at the Stalag IXA camp which…
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Fast Forward Commuter Who Led Subway Swastika Cleanup To Get ADL Award
(JTA) — The New York commuter who led several others on a Manhattan subway to clean away anti-Semitic graffiti with hand sanitizer is being honored by the Anti-Defamation League. Jared Nied, 37, will receive ADL’s Stand Up New Yorker Award, which recognizes city residents for taking immediate action to help those being singled out for bigotry,…
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