Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Lakewood Orthodox Jews Pitch In After 2-year-old Latino Boy’s Tragic Death
— The Jewish community of Lakewood, New Jersey, is providing assistance to the family of a 2-year-old Latino boy who was killed in a tragic accident. Jayden Marquez was killed Thursday when his aunt accidentally backed into him with her car in the family’s driveway. An Orthodox Jewish committeeman, Meir Lichtenstein, went to the hospital…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed After Stabbing Israeli Police Officer in Head With Screwdriver
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israel Police officer was stabbed in the head by a Palestinian assailant in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. A boy, 12, from eastern Jerusalem, also said he was injured in the head by the assailant although it is not clear to police how it happened. He was…
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Fast Forward Right-Winger Naftali Bennett Gets Extra Security as Amona Outpost Evacuation Looms
JERUSALEM — Naftali Bennett, the head of Israel’s pro-settler Jewish Home party, is being provided extra security in the wake of threats as the evacuation of the Amona outpost nears. Threatening text messages republished by Hebrew-language Israeli news website Walla accuse Bennett of “betrayal” and “selling out the settlers” with the evacuation set to occur by…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Depicted With Noose in Controversial Jerusalem Art School Poster
JERUSALEM — A poster displayed at a Jerusalem art school showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a noose hanging in front of him. Israel Police have opened an incitement investigation into the poster hung up Monday in a stairwell at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design with the word “Rope” in capital letters at…
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Fast Forward Sweden Foreign Minister Who Slammed Israel Shunned During Visit
JERUSALEM — Top Israeli officials said they are too busy to meet with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom when she arrives in the country later this week. Wallstrom is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday where she had planned to meet with Israeli officials and officials from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank….
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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman Arrested in West Bank Car-Ramming Attack
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian woman was arrested by Israeli border police officers after she attempted to run over security forces as a West Bank checkpoint. The woman, identified by police as a 34-year-old resident of Beit Hanina in eastern Jerusalem, stopped driving during the early Tuesday afternoon attack when police officers shot in the air,…
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Fast Forward American F-35 Stealth Jets Arrive in Israel
JERUSALEM — Two F-35 stealth fighter jets touched down in Israel for a handover ceremony from their American pilots to their Israeli pilots. The planes arrived five hours late for the ceremony on Monday after being delayed in Italy due to fog. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was in Israel for the arrival of the…
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Fast Forward Notorious Ivanka Stalker Arrested Near Trump Tower
(JTA) — Secret Service agents arrested the accused stalker of Ivanka Trump in New York City. Justin Massler, 34, was taken into custody on Nov. 29 about two blocks from Trump Tower in Manhattan, the New York Post reported over the weekend. Massler is a schizophrenic who once blamed his obsession on space aliens, according…
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