Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Trump: I’d Love Ivanka and Jared ‘Involved’ in Washington
— “I would love to be able to have them involved” in Washington, President-elect Donald Trump said of his Jewish daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Trump said they are “working that out right now,” when asked by host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday if the power couple is moving to Washington….
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Fast Forward Top Israeli Politician: ‘I Prefer If Arabs Did Not Show Up To Vote’
JERUSALEM — The chairman of Israel’s ruling government coalition raised the ire of fellow lawmakers by saying he would prefer that Arab-Israelis did not vote in national elections. David Bitan, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, on Saturday said during an event in the Jerusalem suburb of Mevasseret Zion: “Arabs flock to the polls?…
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Fast Forward Newtown Massacre ‘Hoaxer’ Charged With Threats Against Noah Pozner’s Father
(JTA) — A Florida woman has been arrested for threatening the parents of a Jewish boy killed in the in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut. Lucy Richards, 57, was indicted Monday in federal court in southern Florida on four counts of threats in interstate commerce against Len Pozner. Richards made the death threats because…
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Fast Forward Bill To Recover Nazi-looted Art Passes House of Representatives
— A bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners or heirs passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The House passed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, or HEAR Act on Wednesday. It must still pass the Senate. The bill would extend the statute of limitations for the stolen artwork to six years from the date that the art…
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Fast Forward Bill To Legalize West Bank Outposts Moves Ahead in Knesset
JERUSALEM — A controversial bill that would help legalize West Bank outposts built on Palestinian land was approved in its first reading in the Knesset plenum. The Regulation bill was approved late Wednesday after a five-hour floor debate by a vote of 58 to 51. Two more readings are required to pass the bill into law….
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Who Fought Off Mugger Says ‘Ill’ Attacker Needs Treatment — Not Jail
(JTA) — A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor who fought off a purse snatcher said the alleged attacker arrested this week should not go to jail if she is mentally ill. Gina Zuckerman, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, was 90 when she was jumped by a purse snatcher in September near New York’s Washington Square Park. The assailant tried…
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Fast Forward State Department: Outpost Bill “Profoundly Damaging” to Peace Prospects
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department said it was “profoundly concerned” about a controversial bill that would help legalize West Bank outposts built on Palestinian land. When asked about the measure, known as the Regulation Bill, State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday during a press briefing also called enactment of such a law “profoundly damaging…
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Food ‘SufganiKing’ Donut Burger Coming for Hanukkah in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Burger King restaurants in Israel have introduced a donut burger for the Hanukkah season. The SufganiKing is a Whopper hamburger with savory donuts in place of buns. Its name is a play on the Hebrew word for donuts, sufganiyot, which are ubiquitous on every Israeli street corner in the weeks leading up…
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