Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Anne Frank House Museum Attracts Record 1.3M Visitors
(JTA) — The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam had a record number of visitors for the seventh consecutive year. In 2016, nearly 1.3 million people visited the Anne Frank House, located at the site where the teenage diarist hid from the Nazis with her family, according to a statement from the memorial site. This year’s number was…
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Fast Forward 3 Arrested in Vandalism of Jewish Couple’s Gravestone in Indiana
(JTA) — Three people have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of the headstone of a Jewish couple buried in the cemetery of a small Indiana town. An anonymous tip to police led to the arrest on Tuesday night of the three people, according to local news reports in Scottsburg, Indiana. Angeliquca Tompkins, 19…
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Fast Forward Orlando Jewish Groups Targeted by Bomb Threats
(JTA) — Separate bomb threats were called in to two Orlando, Florida area Jewish community institutions. The bomb threats were called in on mid-morning Wednesday to the Chabad – Center for Jewish Life of South Orlando and the Roth Jewish Community Center. The call to the Roth JCC suggested that the explosive device might be…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Backs Pardon for Soldier Who Shot Subdued Palestinian
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a pardon for the Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian assailant. Elor Azaria was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday in a military court. “This is a difficult and painful day for all of us – and first and foremost for Elor and his family, for…
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Fast Forward Petition Demands Rabbi Marvin Hier Withdraw From Trump Inauguration
(JTA) — An online petition is calling on Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, to withdraw his participation in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The change.org petition was posted two days ago by a Los Angeles businesswoman, Myra Stark. As of Wednesday afternoon it had…
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Fast Forward Marrakesh Neighborhood Returning to Original Jewish Name
(JTA) — A historically Jewish neighborhood in Marrakesh will have its original name restored on the orders of King Mohammed VI. The Essalam neighborhood will be renamed El Mellah, and the original names of the streets and town squares also will be restored, according to reports. The order comes from the king following a request…
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Fast Forward Israeli Officer Dies of Wounds Suffered in 2014 Gaza War
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israel Defense Forces officer who was critically wounded during the 2014 Gaza War died of his wounds. Maj. Hagai Ben-Ari of Moshav Nov, a village on the Golan Heights, died Tuesday, more than two years after what Israel dubbed Operation Protective Edge. Ben-Ari, 31, a captain in the Paratroopers Brigade, suffered…
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Fast Forward Archaeologist Nearly Kicked Off Temple Mount for Calling It ‘Temple Mount’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A respected Israeli archaeologist was nearly ejected from a holy site in Jerusalem for calling it by the term “Temple Mount.” Archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Barkay on Sunday was explaining the archaeological history of the site to a multi-faith group of students from the University of California-Los Angeles when two guards of the…
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