Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Bolton book says Netanyahu was concerned about Jared Kushner
(JTA) — John Bolton, a former Trump administration national security adviser, says in his new book that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioned Jared Kushner’s ability to develop a Middle East peace plan. In “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” Bolton wrote that he spoke with Netanyahu before Bolton joined the Trump…
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Fast Forward Chelsea Handler deletes video clip of Louis Farrakhan
(JTA) — Chelsea Handler deleted a video clip of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that the Jewish comedian posted on Instagram, including a defense of Farrakhan’s virulent anti-Semitism. Handler had come under criticism in the comments to her post of Sunday, which was deleted without explanation on Tuesday. She has nearly 4 million followers…
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Fast Forward Incoming Knesset member who said women’s immodesty causes breast cancer resigns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An incoming member of the Knesset from the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party resigned his candidacy after coming under fire for public lectures that demeaned women. Rabbi Baruch Gazahay, who had been poised to enter the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, announced late that day that he would remove himself from the party’s list….
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Fast Forward Poway shooting victims sue gunmaker, alleged shooter and his parents
(JTA) — Victims of the shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway have filed a lawsuit against the gunmaker Smith & Wesson and the gun store in San Diego that sold the suspected shooter his firearm. The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Diego Superior Court by the gun control advocacy group Brady United, also targets…
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Fast Forward New Knesset member: Women’s immodesty causes breast cancer, miscarriages
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An incoming member of the Knesset, a member of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, said in public lectures on the Torah that women’s immodesty causes breast cancer and miscarriages. Rabbi Baruch Gazahay also said in a lecture recorded in 2016 that “A woman who was used to revealing her upper parts usually…
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Fast Forward Israel officially approves plans to build Golan community named for Trump
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government officially approved plans to build Trump Heights, a new community on the Golan Heights. The community, known in Hebrew as Ramat Trump, was listed in a bill to establish the community that was submitted for approval one year ago, during an interim government, which could not officially approve the…
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Fast Forward Israeli soldier rescues Palestinian man under attack by Jewish mob
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier rescued a Palestinian resident of Hebron from a mob of Jewish settlers and was attacked by the mob himself. By Monday morning, four people had been arrested in the attack, including a minor and two teens. The soldier from the Golani Brigade stationed at a military post in Hebron…
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Fast Forward London man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of rabbi on city street
(JTA) — A London man was charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a rabbi on a city street. The suspect in custody was identified as Stanley Frances of Stoke Newington, located in northeast London. He is scheduled to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the London-based Jewish Times reported. He also was…
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