Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Cemetery in Upstate New York Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
— A Jewish cemetery in New York State’s Orange County was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The outer wall of the Jewish cemetery in the Town of Warwick, about 90 minutes north of Manhattan, was covered in black spray painted swastikas and the words “Heil Hitler” and “SS,” the Times Herald-Record reported Sunday. The vandalism had…
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Fast Forward Daughter of Jerusalem Terrorist Arrested for Praising Him on Viral Video
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces arrested the teenage daughter of the eastern Jerusalem man that killed two Israelis in a shooting spree. Eiman, 14, daughter of Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39, of Silwan, was held and questioned with her mother for more than an hour on Monday morning, before the teen was detained, the Palestinian…
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Fast Forward 63 Ethiopian Jews Arrive in Israel
JERUSALEM — Sixty-three immigrants from Ethiopia arrived in Israel. The new arrivals were surrounded by family members from the Ethiopian-Israeli community after they touched down at Ben Gurion International airport on Sunday night, the first arrivals from the African nation in three years. Some 9,000 Ethiopians who claim Jewish descent, or Falash Mura, remain in…
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Fast Forward California Judge Blocks Pre-Yom Kippur Kapparot Rite Over Cruelty Concerns
— A Los Angeles federal court judge ordered a preliminary injunction against performing kapparot, an Jewish pre-Yom Kippur ritual in which a chicken is swung by its legs and then slaughtered. U.S. District Judge Andre Birrote Jr. granted the injunction Friday in response to a lawsuit filed late last month on behalf of the Virginia-based United Poultry Concerns…
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Fast Forward Mikveh Attendants Made Optional Under New Israeli Rule
JERUSALEM — The Religious Services Ministry in Israel has officially adopted a regulation that makes it optional for women to have an attendant present during mikvah immersion. The ministry and Israel’s Chief Rabbinate agreed to the change in June in a filing with the country’s Supreme Court in response to a suit filed last year…
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Fast Forward That Time Rosie O’Donnell Ran Into Ivanka Trump
— Rosie O’Donnell, who has been feuding publicly with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for a decade, bumped into his daughter Ivanka Trump in New York City. The two women reportedly ran into each other on Wednesday night at the trendy Nobu Japanese restaurant in Manhattan. O’Donnell tweeted about the chance encounter, wishing Ivanka, who…
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Fast Forward Kapparot Opponents Sue California Chabad To Block Chicken-Swinging Ritual
— A federal lawsuit filed in Southern California against a local Chabad calls for the halting of kapparot, an annual pre-Yom Kippur ritual in which a chicken is swung from its legs and then slaughtered. The lawsuit filed Sept. 26 in Santa Ana District Court against the Chabad of Irvine and a rabbi who is not…
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Fast Forward Gaza Rocket Hits Southern Israel for Second Day in Row
JERUSALEM — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck Israel for the second day in a row. The rocket fired on Thursday afternoon triggered the Code Red rocket warning system in communities near the border with Gaza, sending residents scurrying for bomb shelters. The rocket landed in an open area in a southern Israeli…
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