Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Slams Bill Banning Non-Orthodox Prayer at Western Wall
JERUSALEM — Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky slammed a Knesset bill that would prevent non-Orthodox public prayer at the Western Wall. Sharansky, who led the negotiations on the egalitarian measure along with outgoing Cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, slammed the new proposal, said the measure would torpedo the agreement in January for an egalitarian prayer section at…
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Fast Forward Scottish Rabbi Victimized by Kippah-Grabbing Attacker in Edinburgh
(JTA) — A Scottish rabbi told the country’s Parliament that he and his family were victims of an anti-Semitic attack. Rabbi Yossi Bodenheim, the Jewish chaplain for Scottish universities, told Parliament last week that he was walking with his wife and children in central Edinburgh last month when his wife was shoved and his kippah…
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Fast Forward American Jewish Committee Helps Rebuild Arson-Hit Florida Mosque
(JTA) — The American Jewish Committee has donated funds to help rebuild a Florida mosque destroyed by arson. Robert Silverman, the AJC’s director of Muslim-Jewish Relations, visited the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, in central Florida, on Friday to deliver the donation and speak to worshippers at a morning prayer service. “When Jews were persecuted in…
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Fast Forward Was This Knesset Aide’s Dress Too Short for New Modesty Code?
JERUSALEM — A Knesset aide was detained from entering the government building in Jerusalem after her dress was deemed too short under the parliamentary dress code. Shaked Hasson, an adviser to Zionist Union lawmaker Merav Michaeli, wore a mid-thigh length dress and leggings. She told Haaretz that five male Knesset guards examined her outfit before determining that it…
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Fast Forward Israel Declares War on Hanukkah Donuts
JERUALEM (JTA) — Israel’s health minister called on the public to refrain from eating the traditional Hanukkah treat, sufganiyot. “I call on the public to avoid eating sufganiyot, which are rich in fats,” Yaakov Litzman of the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party said Sunday during a conference to promote healthy eating, Ynet reported. “You…
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Fast Forward Bill To Recover Nazi-Looted Art Passes Senate
— A bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners or heirs passed the U.S. Senate. The Senate unanimously passed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, or HEAR Act, on Friday. The House passed the same bill on Dec. 7. It must still be signed into law by President Barack Obama. The bill would extend the statute of…
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Fast Forward Sephardic Chief Rabbi: ‘Women Can Do Laundry’
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi said women should not serve in the Israel Defense Forces and should not perform national service. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef made the pronouncements on Saturday night during his weekly Torah lesson, according to reports. He cited the Rambam as saying that women who go out to wars commanded by the…
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Fast Forward Swastikas at New York College, Fourth Time Since October
— Police in Long Island, New York are investigating several incidents of swastikas and hate vandalism at a community college. The latest incident at Nassau County Community College occurred on Friday evening, when the words “Germany” and “Heil Hitler” were drawn with a black marker inside a men’s restroom. The incident comes after campus security…
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