Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert, Ex-Israeli P.M., Requests Pardon for Crime
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, currently serving a 27-month prison sentence for corruption, has requested a pardon from the country’s president. President Reuven Rivlin’s office confirmed that a pardon request had been received from Olmert and that it would be sent to the Justice Ministry for consideration, as are all pardon…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem, U.S. Holocaust Memorial School White House on Holocaust
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum said in a statement that the Holocaust was “was the unprecedented genocide of six million Jews.” The Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem issued a statement Tuesday discussing several of the events it held in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Yad Vashem representatives stressed to all…
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Fast Forward Torah Scroll Robbed from N.J. Jewish School
(JTA) — A Torah scroll valued at some $70,000 was stolen from a Jewish school in Lakewood, New Jersey. The Torah scroll was in a safe, which was removed by two burglars in a theft caught by a surveillance camera. The men have not yet been identified. The burglars reportedly entered the Cheder Torah Zev…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says ‘Build the Wall’ Tweet Hasn’t Damaged Israeli-Mexican Relations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “explain and clarify” a tweet seen as supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. The tweet has caused a diplomatic uproar between Israel and Mexico since it was posted Saturday. “I take this…
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Fast Forward British High Court Judge Denies Transgender Father, Ex-Haredi, Access to Her Children
(JTA) — The request of a transgender father of five – who left the haredi Orthodox community in Manchester, England, and now lives as a woman – to see her children has been denied by an English high court. “I have reached the unwelcome conclusion that the likelihood of the children and their mother being marginalized or…
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Fast Forward Israel Worries That ‘Muslim Ban’ Could Apply to Some Citizens
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel reportedly is seeking clarification of whether the U.S. travel ban on nationals from seven Arab countries applies to Israelis born in those countries. The French news agency AFP reported that Israel’s Foreign Ministry has been seeking information on whether the ban covers tens of thousands of Israeli citizens, mostly elderly, who were…
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Fast Forward Mexico Reproaches Israeli Ambassador for Bibi’s Wall Tweet
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Mexico was summoned for a meeting with the country’s foreign minister over a tweet by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen as supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. On Monday, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray called on Netanyahu to…
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Fast Forward Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, Promises to Hire 10,000 Refugees
(JTA) — Howard Schultz, the Jewish billionaire CEO of Starbucks, said his company plans to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in a letter to employees addressing President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States. “We have all been witness to the confusion, surprise and opposition to the Executive Order that…
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