Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Russ Feingold Loses Bid To Reclaim Wisconsin Senate Seat
— Former Democratic Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold failed in his bid to reclaim his seat in a race that had been projected to go his way. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson received 51.8 percent of the vote to Feingold’s 45.5 percent. Feingold called Johnson shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday to concede. “I’m sorry we didn’t get…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Goes on Rant Against TV Reporter After Corruption Question
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being criticized for blasting a veteran television journalist in a statement responding to questions he was asked for an investigative report on his administration. Ilana Dayan of the Channel 2 newsmagazine “Uvda,” or “Fact,” read the entire screed against her for nearly six minutes at the end of…
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Fast Forward T’ruah Rabbis Release Election Day Prayer
— T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights has released a prayer that can be recited before voting and while waiting for election returns. “A Meditation on Voting” asks to be guided toward peace during this election season. “By voting, we commit to being full members of society, to accepting our individual responsibility for the good…
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Fast Forward Dutch Cemetery Discovers 11 Lost Jewish Graves
— Construction workers in the Netherlands discovered bodies at a former Jewish cemetery that was believed to have been relocated in its entirety decades ago. The 11 bodies, which were buried some time before 1828, were found earlier this month during groundwork in Winschoten, a town in the northeast of the Netherlands, Dutch Chief Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Ally Wants To Scrap Western Wall Prayer Deal
JERUSALEM — The head of the Knesset Interior Committee called for the Israeli government to cancel the Western Wall egalitarian prayer agreement, saying “It’s not the end of the world if American Jews get offended.” David Amsalem of the ruling Likud party made the remarks during a committee meeting Tuesday on implementing the deal. Prior…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Derides Reform Judaism as ‘Imitation’ Faith
JERUSALEM ( — Israel’s interior minister, Aryeh Deri of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, called Reform Judaism an “imitation” and said he “can do without that Judaism.” Deri, the Shas leader, reportedly made the comments on Monday during a question-and-answer session in the Knesset. “I want the original, not the imitation” of Judaism, Deri said in response…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Calls President Obama a ‘Disaster’ for Israel at Final Florida Rally
— Making his final campaign stop in the swing state of Florida before Tuesday’s election, Donald Trump said President Barack Obama was a “disaster” for Israel. “We will stand strong, we have to stand strong with the State of Israel in their fight against Islamic terrorists,” Trump told a rally Monday morning in Sarasota. “Barack Obama was…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Rival Accuses Him of Meddling in American Election
JERUSALEM — Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his associates of interfering in the U.S. election. “In the past, we saw serious information stating that Israeli leaders tried to intervene and influence the results of the elections [in the United States], and the citizens of Israel paid the high price,”…
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