Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish’ Golf Club Rolls Out Red Carpet for Barack Obama After All
(JTA) — The Woodmont Country Club, an exclusive, mostly Jewish golf club in Rockville, Maryland has invited former President Barack Obama to join after all. The club had been locked in a fierce debate over whether to admit Obama for membership because of what some called his bad relationship with Israel as president. In an email…
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Fast Forward Brussels Airport Suicide Bombers Targeted Jews and Americans
(JTA) — A suicide bomb attack on the Brussels airport last year targeted Jews and people travelling to the United States, the French news service AFP reported. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the March 22, 2016 attack on the Brussels airport and a suicide bomb attack at a metro station in central Brussels which…
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Fast Forward London Mayor Calls for Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitic Hate
(JTA) — The Arab mayor of London called for zero tolerance for hate crimes in the wake of a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the British capital. Sadiq Khan met Monday evening with genocide survivors, including from the Holocaust, as part of the city’s programming surrounding International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27. “A brick…
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Fast Forward Playwright Jon Robin Baitz Set Upon by ‘Sieg Heil’ Thug
(JTA) — Jewish playwright Jon Robin Baitz said he was assaulted in Washington, D.C., by a man who went “Sieg Heil” and shouted anti-Semitic invective. Baitz told Vanity Fair that he and his husband were attacked Friday night outside the Kimpton Carlyle Hotel. He said they were approached by a group the playwright described as “exhilarated…
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Fast Forward Israel Ordered To Release Body of Bedouin Driver Who Ran Over Cop
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the state to release the body of a Bedouin teacher who ran over a police officer during demonstrations in an unauthorized Bedouin village over home demolitions. Police shot and killed Yacoub Abu al Kiyan, 50, as he attempted to drive through the demonstrations on the way to work….
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Fast Forward Women Bring Torah Scroll to Western Wall Prayer Service
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Original Women of the Wall group held a prayer service in the women’s section of the Western Wall that included a Torah scroll. It was the first time that women have succeeded in bringing in and reading from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall since an interim Supreme Court ruling said…
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Fast Forward Rudy Giuliani Will Take ‘I Like You Very Much’ Message From Trump to Netanyahu
(JTA) — Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani said he will bring a message from President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits Israel this week. Appearing Monday morning on “Fox and Friends,” Giuliani was asked whether he will be relaying a message to Netanyahu from Trump during a business trip starting that evening….
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Fast Forward ‘La La Land’ Scoops 14 Oscars Nominations
(JTA) — The musical film “La La Land” received 14 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, director, actor and actress. The songs in the film are written by Jewish composer Justin Hurwitz, who was roommates with director Damien Chazelle at Harvard. The lyrics are written by Benj Pasek, who is Jewish, and Justin Paul. Chazelle’s parents…
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