Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Dozens of gravestones vandalized in Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery
(JTA) — The oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe was vandalized. At least 50 gravestones in the medieval Jewish cemetery in the German city of Worms were smeared with a greenish paint, the city said in a statement. The incident took place on Thursday. The cemetery was ordered closed for a week. There are about…
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Fast Forward ‘Death to Jews,’ swastikas drawn on gravestones in southern France
(JTA) — About 20 gravestones in a cemetery in southern France were vandalized with swastikas and the words “Death to Jews” and “Death to the French.” The graffiti was discovered in the Gruissan municipal cemetery in the Aude region on Sunday. The gravestones appear to have been chosen at random and were not broken or…
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Fast Forward No change: Civil rights groups after meeting with Mark Zuckerberg
(JTA) — Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t changed his tune about Facebook’s stance on the spread of hate on the social media platform. That’s what the heads of several civil rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, said following a meeting Tuesday with Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives to discuss the demands of the advertisers that joined the…
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Fast Forward Toronto restaurant uses ‘Zionists not welcome’ hashtag
(JTA) — A Toronto health food restaurant with a history of social media posts considered anti-Semitic has come under fire for using the hashtag “zionistsnotwelcome.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jamie Gutfreund (@jamiegutfreund) on Jul 2, 2020 at 7:59am PDT The owner of Foodbenders says, however, there’s a distinction between Zionists…
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Fast Forward Jewish groups to DeSean Jackson: Let us teach you about anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A coalition of Jewish groups say NFL star DeSean Jackson needs an education about “how dangerous and pernicious antisemitism and all forms of hate are” — and the groups say they are willing to teach him. Jackson in recent days posted quotes on social media attributed to Adolf Hitler and Louis Farrakhan. The…
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Fast Forward Muslim group to represent Jewish inmate denied kosher food in jail
(JTA) — An Islamic civil liberties and advocacy organization will represent a man who has been denied kosher food in a Michigan jail. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said in a statement issued Monday that it would appear as legal representative for Brandon Resch, an inmate in the…
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Fast Forward Report: Conservative outlets duped into publishing fake Middle East ‘hot takes’
(JTA) — Conservative news outlets, including some reporting on the Jewish community, were duped into publishing Middle East “hot takes” from fake columnists, the Daily Beast reported. The news outlets, including The Jerusalem Post and Jewish News Syndicate, were among 46 publications that published opinion pieces by 19 nonexistent authors originating from a massive Middle…
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Fast Forward New York Jewish Week to put print edition on hiatus
(JTA) — The New York Jewish Week said it will put its print edition on hiatus as it transitions to a “digital-first model.” The last print edition of the nearly 150-year-old weekly — at least for now — is scheduled for July 31, according to an announcement published Tuesday on The Jewish Week website. The…
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