Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Zubin Mehta Announces Retirement From Israel Philharmonic
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta announced that he will retire in October 2019. Mehta, who has been the musical director of the Israel Philharmonic for 47 years, announced his retirement on Monday, Ynet reported. Mehta, who was born in India, is the son of Mehki Mehta, the founder of the Bombay Symphony…
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Fast Forward France Rejects Israel Defense Chief’s ‘Dreyfus Affair’ Claim About Paris Peace Summit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — France rejected the Israeli defense minister’s comparison of next month’s Middle East peace summit in Paris to the anti-Semitic Dreyfus trial. French Foreign Ministry officials said Monday that the Jan. 15 meeting was being held to “re-affirm” the international community’s commitment to a two-state solution. Earlier in the day, Avigdor Liberman told…
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Fast Forward Russia’s Chief Rabbi Slammed for Meeting Far Right Austria Leader
(JTA) — Rabbis in Vienna condemned the chief rabbi of Russia for meeting the head of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar met this week with Heinz-Christian Strache and his delegation at his office in Moscow, the UK Jewish News reported. The meeting came two weeks after the Freedom Party candidate for…
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Fast Forward South Dakota Gets First Full-Time Rabbi
(JTA) — A rabbi and his family have moved to South Dakota, giving the state its only full-time rabbi. Rabbi Mendel and Mussie Alperowitz and their children arrived on Dec. 24 in Sioux Falls, where they will open a Chabad center. The rabbi, who moved from Brooklyn, visited the state twice before deciding to move…
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Fast Forward 6-Foot-Tall Menorah Stolen From San Francisco Park
(JTA) — A six-foot tall, 100 pound menorah was stolen from a park in San Francisco. The menorah, which is owned by the local Chabad, had been installed in San Francisco’s Washington Square Park two weeks ago, the San Francisco Gate reported. It was reported stolen on Sunday, and had been lit on Saturday night….
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Fast Forward Arizona Synagogue’s Menorah Damaged by Hanukkah Vandals
(JTA) — A large menorah and a Holocaust memorial were damaged at a synagogue in Sun City, Arizona. The attack on Temple Beth Shalom is being investigated by the local sheriff’s office, though it has not been classified a hate crime, local media is reporting. The damage was discovered on Sunday morning, the first day…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Tweets Hanukkah Photo From Hawaii Vacation
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and their three young children lit Hanukkah candles on their vacation in Hawaii. Trump tweeted a photo of her family lighting their menorahs on the first night of Hanukkah. This year is one of the rare and special occasions where Hanukkah and Christmas coincide. Merry Christmas & Happy…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank School Outside Paris Hit with Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — Anti-Jewish and anti-Roma graffiti were drawn in black marker on the front gate and the mailbox of a suburban Paris Jewish school named for teenage Holocaust diarist Anne Frank. The graffiti on the Anne Frank School in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of Paris, was discovered on Sunday afternoon, the French daily Le Parisian…
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