Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Israel News Spencer Tunick Photographs Nude Models To Battle Dead Sea ‘Disaster’
JERUSALEM — International photographic artist Spencer Tunick photographed 15 nude Israeli men and women at the Dead Sea to raise awareness of its deterioration. Tunick announced the project on Monday, two days after taking the photograph. He returned with the models to the same place on the shores of the Dead Sea, called Mineral Beach,…
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Fast Forward World’s Oldest Man Will Celebrate Bar Mitzvah — 100 Years Late
JERUSALEM — The world’s oldest man, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, will celebrate his bar mitzvah. Kristal’s daughter, Shulimath Kristal Kuperstoch, told the DPA news agency that about 100 family members will gather in Kristal’s home city of Haifa in the coming weeks to mark the rite. “We will bless him,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Spy Satellite ‘Not Behaving as Expected’
JERUSALEM — Israel successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit, but said it was not performing as intended. On Tuesday, the Ofek 11 reconnaissance satellite was launched from the Palmachim Air Base south of Tel Aviv. Ofek means horizon in Hebrew. The satellite entered its orbit correctly and is circling the Earth every 90 minutes,…
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Fast Forward Newsweek Editor Attacks ‘Zionist Trolls’ After Criticism of ‘Where Is Palestine’ Piece
— An editor for Newsweek Middle East magazine posted classic anti-Semitic expressions on Twitter in response to pro-Israel critics of a magazine feature titled “Where is Palestine?” The article, accompanied by a video, appeared on the magazine’s website on Aug. 24 and was written by Ben White, described by the HonestReporting watchdog website as “a well-known…
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Fast Forward Israel Education Minister Says Judaism More Important Than Math and Science
JERUSALEM — Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett said studying Judaism is more important than studying math and science. “Studying Judaism and excelling in it is more important to me than studying math and sciences,” Bennett said Monday night. “Even as a high-tech power that exports knowledge and innovations to the world, we must be a…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres’ Son Says Family ‘Will Have to Make Decisions’
JERUSALEM — The son of former Israeli President Shimon Peres gave a sober assessment of his father’s condition following a massive stroke and said the family “will have to make decisions.” Shortly after 11 p.m., several hours after Peres, 93, was admitted to Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer near Tel Aviv, hospital officials said the…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence Won’t Take Bait on Branding David Duke ‘Deplorable’
— Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence reiterated that he and Donald Trump have repeatedly denounced white supremacist leader David Duke following criticism over an interview in which he declined to label Duke “deplorable.” During an interview Monday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Pence if he would consider Duke deplorable. Duke, a former grand wizard of…
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Fast Forward Chicago Bulls Owner Jerry Reinsdorf Named to Basketball Hall of Fame
— Jerry Reinsdorf, who as owner of the Chicago Bulls has won six NBA championships, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Reinsdorf was officially enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Thursday, alongside players including Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes and Shaquille O’Neal, as well as others. Led…
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