Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Trump ‘Aggressively Courting’ Benjamin Netanyahu To Attend Inauguration
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team leaders have been “aggressively courting” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to the Jan. 20 inauguration, the New York Post reported. The newspaper cited an unnamed source “close to the transition” in its report Saturday. The transition officials, led by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, want Netanyahu to attend…
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Fast Forward Trump Inauguration Rabbi Received at Least $35,000 From Kushners
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump’s in-laws have donated to an organization headed by the rabbi who is scheduled to deliver a prayer at the inauguration of her father, President-elect Donald Trump. The Charles and Seryl Kushner Family Foundation has donated $35,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center: $25,000 in 2011 and $10,000 in 2012, the Israeli daily Haaretz…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Putin Discuss Syria, Closer Cooperation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone to discuss the conflict in Syria and security cooperation. The conversation Saturday evening, which also included discussion of other developments in the region, was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office in a statement. “The two leaders discussed developments in…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Not Return Bodies of Slain Hamas Terrorists
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s security cabinet decided the bodies of Hamas terrorists killed during attacks on Israelis will not be returned to their families and will instead be buried. In a meeting Sunday, the security cabinet focused on bringing about the release of Israeli civilians and the bodies of Israeli soldiers held by Hamas in…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Says His Religion Is ‘Very Important’
(JTA) — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his social media network that while he once questioned his Jewish upbringing, he now believes that “religion is very important.” The post came after he wished his followers a “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah” on Dec. 25, according to reports over the…
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Fast Forward Massive Fire in Queens Destroys More Than a Dozen Jewish Businesses
(JTA) — A massive fire in Queens, New York, destroyed more than a dozen businesses, most Jewish owned. The blaze that erupted Friday evening in Kew Garden Hills required nearly 200 firefighters to bring under control. Most of the businesses were closed in the predominately Orthodox Jewish neighborhood when the fire swept through the strip…
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Fast Forward Arizona Family Menorah Twisted Into Swastika
(JTA) — A large menorah in the front yard of an Arizona family was twisted into the shape of a swastika. The Hanukkah candelabra was made of gold spray-painted PVC pipes and solar-powered lights. Mom in Arizona had to tell her kids: “People hate us for no reason.”https://t.co/fIeD7I0bzj pic.twitter.com/HGP7yfy06N — Julie Zauzmer (@JulieZauzmer) December 30, 2016…
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Fast Forward Muslim Teen Catches Assailant of NYC Jewish Woman
(JTA) — A Muslim teen from New York City helped police catch a homeless man who hit an Orthodox Jewish woman on the subway. Ahmed Khalifa, 17, told the New York Daily News about the incident aboard a Brooklyn-bound train Tuesday. “It was a very hard slap, I almost could feel the slap,” the high…
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