Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Jewish Human Services Agencies Merge to Create Umbrella Group
(JTA) — Two associations of Jewish human services agencies have merged to create a new umbrella organization. The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies unites the Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Agencies, or AJFCA, and the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services, or IAJVS, the new group said Tuesday in a statement. The umbrella…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead After Trying To Stab Israeli Soldiers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a West Bank checkpoint was shot and killed during the attack, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in the northern West Bank near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. No Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident, the…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Blogger Mike Enoch Quits Over Revelation His Wife Is Jewish
(JTA) — The founder of the popular right-wing blog post The Right Stuff resigned over the revelation that his wife is Jewish. Mike Enoch, who also co-hosts “The Daily Shoah” weekly podcast, was outed over the weekend as Mike Peinovich, a website developer from New York. On the podcast, which has about 100,000 regular listeners,…
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Fast Forward Israel’s AG Won’t Release Bibi Tapes During Investigation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandleblit said that releasing recordings of conversations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yediot Acharonot publisher Arnon Mozes could obstruct the current police investigation into possible corruption. Mandleblit said during a speech Monday at the Netanya Academic College that he would consider releasing the tapes at a later…
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Fast Forward Britain Nixes E.U. Statement on Paris Peace Conference
(JTA) — Britain prevented the European Union Foreign Affairs Council from adopting the closing statement from the Paris peace conference. Britain’s action, reported by Haaretz citing European and Israeli diplomats, comes a day after Britain refused to sign the closing statement at the peace conference in Paris. Britain had sent a low-level diplomat to the conference…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Calls for Probe of Israel Embassy’s ‘Interference’ in British Politics
(JTA) — British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on the government to investigate “improper interference in our democratic politics,” after an Israeli embassy official was recorded as saying he wanted to “take down” several British politicians who he deemed unfriendly to Israel. The comments by Shai Masot, described by Israel as a junior embassy…
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Fast Forward 500 Support Tucson Temple’s Bake Sale for Syrian Refugees
(JTA) — More than 500 people came to a Reform temple in Tucson to help support Syrian refugees. Temple Emanu-El on Sunday hosted a bake sale for the Arizona Welcomes Refugees group. The pastries were baked by 26 Syrian refugee women, who took home 100 percent of the money raised, Tucson NBC affiliate KVOA reported….
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Fast Forward Amazon Worker Fired for Slipping ‘Uncle Adolf’ Note to Jewish Customer
(JTA) — An Amazon employee was fired after allegedly leaving a note in a package for a Jewish customer which read: “Greetings from Uncle Adolf.” The Amazon employee correctly guessed that the woman, who purchased a toy for her niece, was Jewish based on her last name, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. The customer…
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