Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Hundreds Rally in Montana as Neo-Nazi March Looms
(JTA) — A rally was held in Whitefish, Montana, to show solidarity with the Jewish community, which has been targeted by a neo-Nazi website. The rally Saturday was sponsored by the Love Not Hate organization, which the Daily Stormer has accused of threatening white supremacist leader Richard Spencer’s mother, who lives in the town along with…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Is Donald Trump’s ‘Go To Guy’ on Foreign Policy During Transition
(JTA) — Trump transition officials have told the Obama White House that foreign policy matters that need to be brought to President-elect Donald Trump’s attention should be relayed through his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the New York Times reported. The article that appeared on the front page of the Sunday edition of the newspaper also reported…
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Fast Forward 2,000 March in Tel Aviv for Unity Rally After Soldier’s Guilty Verdict
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 2,000 Israelis gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to call for unity in society in the wake of the manslaughter conviction of an Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian assailant. The rally on Saturday night was initiated by IDF Capt. Ziv Shilon, who lost his arm in a…
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Fast Forward Muslim Teen Honored for Chasing Down Attacker of Orthodox Woman
(JTA) — A Muslim teen from New York City who helped police catch a man who hit an Orthodox Jewish woman on the subway was honored by community leaders. Ahmed Khalifa, 17, stopped the Brooklyn-bound train on Dec. 28 so that the woman could get medical attention and then jumped off the train to follow…
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Fast Forward U.S. Condemns Truck Ramming Attack in Jerusalem
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department condemned a truck-ramming attack that killed four Israeli soldiers in eastern Jerusalem. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms today’s horrific vehicular attack by a terrorist in Jerusalem. There is absolutely no justification for these brutal and senseless attacks,” Deputy Department Spokesperson Mark Toner said in a statement issued…
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Fast Forward France Marks 2 Years Since Attack on Kosher Market, Charlie Hebdo
(JTA) — French politicians and community leaders marked two years since an attack on a Paris Jewish supermarket killed four shoppers. The Jan. 9, 2015 attack at the Hyper Cacher in eastern Paris came two days after terrorists killed 12 at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a day after a police officer was…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Claim Hamas Will Speak at Montana March
(JTA) — A neo-Nazi website claims a member of the Palestinian Hamas movement will speak at its planned anti-Jewish rally in Whitefish, Montana. Andrew Anglin, who runs the Daily Stormer website, wrote in a post published Thursday that nationalist groups from the United Kingdom, Sweden, France and Greece will attend the march. He said the…
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Fast Forward Winnipeg Couple Tarred With Swastika and Nazi Reference
(JTA) — A package with an anti-Semitic epithet and a reference to a Nazi death squad was left on the doorstep of a Jewish couple in Winnipeg, Canada. The incident occurred on New Year’s Eve, B’nai Brith Canada said in a statement Wednesday. The couple returned home at about 10 p.m. to find a red…
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