Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israel National Theater Slammed for West Bank Settlement Shows
JERUSALEM — The Israeli national theater, Habima, will perform in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, sparking protests on social media by academics and artists. The November 10 performance of “A Simple Story,” a play based on a Hebrew short novel by 1966 Nobel Prize winner S.Y. Agnon, reportedly will be the first time…
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Fast Forward Israel Teen Shot While Working on Egypt Border Fence
JERUSALEM — An Israeli civilian doing maintenance work on the border fence between Israel and Egypt was shot and injured. The bullet fired at noon on Tuesday came from Egypt, but it is not known who fired it, the IDF said. The man was doing maintenance work for a civilian contractor on the border fence…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman Calls Pregnancy ‘Good Luck Charm’ as Oscars Speculation Swirls
— Actress Natalie Portman said her babies are “good luck charms,” when asked about early Oscar speculation for her latest movie. “I think they’re good luck charms in life,” Portman, 35, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview aired Sunday, “They’re the best things. The best main miracles.” The Israeli-born actress, pregnant with her second child,…
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Fast Forward Politico Editor Hadas Gold Gets Vicious Threats from Donald Trump Backer
— A Jewish female reporter for the political news website Politico has been targeted with anti-Semitic messages from a Donald Trump supporter. Hadas Gold is the editor of Politico’s “On The Media” blog. A photoshopped image of Gold was posted Monday on Twitter, including a bloody bullet hole in her forehead and a yellow star…
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Fast Forward American Flag Desecrated with Anti-Semitic Slurs Dumped at Florida Synagogue
— An American flag was desecrated with anti-Semitic messages and then thrown in front of a synagogue in Tampa, Florida. Messages on the flag, discovered on a wall in front of Congregation Schaarai Zedek in south Tampa, blamed Jews for media bias and immigration policies, WTSP, the Tampa-area CBS affiliate, reported. The flag was discovered…
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Fast Forward French Far Right Leader Vows To Ban All Religious Symbols — Including Kippahs
— Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front Party, vowed that if she is elected the country’s president she would ban all public displays of religious symbols and clothing, including kippot. Le Pen made the statement during an interview on Sunday with France’s BFM-TV. She is expected to seek the country’s presidency in…
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Fast Forward Olympic Swimmer Ryan Lochte Admits He Has No Idea What Yom Kippur Is
— U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte confused Yom Kippur and a Canadian national holiday during an interview. Lochte’s publicist said during an interview with the swimmer and New York Magazine reporter Jessica Pressler published on Sunday that she was able to get away from the office to join the interview at a mall in Los…
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Fast Forward Is Bob Dylan Snubbing Nobel Prize — and Why?
— American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan has not been in contact with the Swedish Academy since it awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature last week. Dylan also has not made a public statement about the honor, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, told Swedish public…
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