Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Ivanka Says No to Post in Donald Trump Administration
— Ivanka Trump, the Jewish daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, said in a prime-time interview that she would not serve in his White House administration. “I’m going to be a daughter,” Ivanka Trump said Sunday night during an interview with Donald Trump and his family on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” in answer to a question of…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Opera Debut at Kennedy Center
— Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared on stage in an opera performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg, 83, performed Saturday night with the Washington National Opera in “The Daughter of the Regiment” by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. She played the role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Some…
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Fast Forward Israel Hopes To Lower Volume on Muslim Call to Prayer
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority said it would turn to the international community to fight a bill that would limit the volume of the muezzin’s call to prayer. The call to prayer comes from a minaret of the mosque five times a day, including very early in the morning. In modern times, the mosques use…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Push To Legalize Illegal West Bank Outposts
JERUSALEM — A controversial bill to legalize some unauthorized West Bank outposts was approved by a Knesset committee. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will now pass the bill on to the Knesset plenum. The bill was sponsored by the Jewish Home party in an effort to save the Amona outpost, which Israel’s Supreme Court determined…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s New York Observer Kills Print Edition
— The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper owned by President-elect Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner, will cease publishing a print edition. The November 9 edition of the New York Observer was its last print edition, the newspaper’s parent company, Observer Media, announced in a statement. Observer 2.0 https://t.co/OfoWrb40DP — OBSERVER (@observer) November 11,…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton’s Jewish Outreach Director Is Moving to Israel
— Sarah Bard, the Jewish outreach director for the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is moving to Israel. Bard, 36, was scheduled to move by next week, she told JTA last month. Her aliyah, to be with her Israeli fiancé, had been planned before the presidential election campaign. She reportedly does not have…
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Fast Forward Melania Trump Has ‘Warm’ Phone Chat With Sara Netanyahu
JERUSALEM ( — Melania Trump, the wife of president-elect Donald Trump, and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, had a “heartfelt and warm” phone conversation, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Facebook post. The world leaders’ wives spoke to each other Saturday night. “Mrs. Trump said that she looks forward to our visit…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Scrawled on Dorm Rooms in New York’s New School
— Swastikas were drawn on the doors of at least four dorm rooms at a New York university. One of the dorm suites vandalized Saturday at The New School in Manhattan was home to four Jewish students. One of the students tweeted a photo of her door. We woke up to this on our door,…
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