Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israel Hits Hezbollah Arms Convoy in Syria
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Air Force reportedly attacked a Syrian army position and a Hezbollah weapons convoy, according to reports originating in Arab media. The reported attacks took place early Wednesday morning along the highway connecting Damascus and Beirut, and required the military airplanes to fly in Lebanese airspace. SANA, the official news agency of the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Family Service of Buffalo Will Resettle 50 Refugees
— The Jewish Family Service of Buffalo will help resettle 50 refugees from the world’s trouble spots. The agency will settle the refugees in Niagara Falls, New York, in an area with affordable housing, the Buffalo News reported. It is not known which country or countries the refugees will come from. The five top home…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, Composer of 500 Hasidic Melodies, Dies at 91
— Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, who composed more than 500 Hasidic melodies, or niggunim, including some recorded by Itzhak Perlman, has died. Shenker died Nov. 20 in Brooklyn, New York, at 91. He reportedly suffered from heart problems. Shenker, who was an ordained rabbi, was associated with the Polish Modzitzer Hasidic sect. He recorded his…
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Fast Forward Oldest Wales Synagogue Building Goes on Sale for $375K
— A synagogue identified as the oldest in Wales is for sale for under $375,000. The Valleys synagogue, founded in Merthyr Tydfil in 1875, stopped holding services during the 1970s. Since 1983, it has been used as a Christian community center, and most recently as a gym before it closed approximately 10 years ago, Wales…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Says Couples Can’t Live Together If Marriage Licenses Destroyed by Wildfires
JERUSALEM — The chief rabbi of an area affected by the wildfires that cut across Israel said couples whose marriage licenses were destroyed in the blazes cannot live together until they draw up a new one. Rabbi Mordechai Abramovski of Zichron Yaakov said in an interview with the haredi Orthodox news website Kikar HaShabbat that…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Hosts Jerusalem Meeting Over Mosque Noise Bill
JERUSALEM — President Reuven Rivlin of Israel hosted a meeting of Jewish and Muslim leaders in Jerusalem in the wake of public debate over a bill that would mute mosques’ loudspeakers. “Jerusalem has always brought together the various voices, the Jewish prayers with the muezzin’s call to prayer along with the church bells. I am…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Aim To Kill Western Wall Deal With Bill To Bar Non-Orthodox Prayer
JERUSALEM — The Sephardi Orthodox Shas Party has proposed a bill that would prevent any kind of non-Orthodox public prayer at the Western Wall. Under the draft bill, announced by Shas late on Monday, a fine of some $2,500 or a six-month prison sentence would be levied on those taking part in egalitarian prayer services…
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Fast Forward London Soccer Fans Abuse Rivals With Anti-Semitic Chants on Subway
— Fans of a British soccer team were filmed singing an anti-Semitic chant on a London subway. The chant by backers of the Chelsea club followed the team’s victory on Saturday night against the rival Tottenham Hotspur, which has many Jewish and pro-Jewish fans. “I’ve got foreskin, how about you? F***|*| Jew,” they reportedly chanted. One Spurs fan said…
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