Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Leads Polls in Race for French President
(JTA) — Far-right National Front Party leader Marine Le Pen, a candidate for president of France, is in the lead, according to a major poll. Le Pen is polling at between 25 percent and 26 percent in the first round of the presidential election, according to the poll conducted by Ipsos Sopra Steria for the…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbis Visit Montana To Thank Officials for Pushing Back Against Neo-Nazis
(JTA) — A delegation of Orthodox rabbis from North America thanked Montana officials for their support of the Jewish community during a meeting in the state’s capitol. The rabbis presented Montana Gov. Steve Bullock with a copy of the Five Books of Moses, called a Chumash, and thanked him for defending the state’s Jewish residents….
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Fast Forward 1,500 Rabbis Sign Letter Calling on Trump To Support Refugees
(JTA) — More than 1,500 U.S. rabbis signed a letter calling on the incoming Trump administration to maintain the federal refugee resettlement program. HIAS, a global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, released the letter on Wednesday. Formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the agency was founded in 1881 to help Jewish immigrants fleeing pogroms…
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Fast Forward Museum of the Jewish People Gets $10M From Koret Foundation
(JTA) — The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation has given the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv a $10 million grant — the largest from a U.S. philanthropic foundation in the museum’s 40-year history. The grant will establish the Koret International School for Jewish Peoplehood, the museum said in a statement….
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Fast Forward Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Gets Pacemaker
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will be admitted to the hospital to be fitted with a pacemaker. Rivlin, 77, will enter the hospital over the weekend for about 24 hours, according to a statement issued by his office. The procedure will not require general anesthetic, and he will return to his residence after…
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Fast Forward Swastika Drawn in Snow Outside Canadian Jewish Columnist’s Home
(JTA) — A swastika was drawn in the snow on the front lawn of a columnist for a Canadian Jewish publication. The swastika and a sexist slur were drawn on Saturday night at the home of B’nai Brith Canada columnist Sara McCleary, who frequently writes about anti-Semitism. McCleary lives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, which…
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Fast Forward Arab Israeli Lawmaker Shot and Wounded in Bedouin Clashes With Police
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Arab-Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab Joint List, was injured in clashes between Israeli police and Bedouins after Israel demolished several homes. Odeh was hit in the head and back by sponge-tipped bullets fired by Israeli forces during the clashes on Wednesday morning. “This has been a terrible morning,” Odeh…
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Fast Forward Haredi Man Whose Son Is Withholding Jewish Divorce Avoids Jail
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox man who urged his son to withhold a religious divorce from his disabled wife will remain out of jail but is still banned from leaving Israel. On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the man, whose name remains under wraps, does not have to serve a 30-day jail sentence levied on…
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