Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Producer Brian Eno Tells Israeli Dance Troupe To Stop Using His Music
— British composer and producer Brian Eno, a longtime supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, has ordered an Israeli dance company to stop using his music. The Batsheva company has been using an Eno composition in its dance routine titled “Humus” since 2013, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. It was scheduled to perform the…
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Fast Forward San Francisco College Admits It Bungled Protest of Jerusalem Mayor
— San Francisco State University did not have the proper protocol in place to handle a protest against the mayor of Jerusalem during his speech on campus, an investigation found. In a letter accompanying the university’s report into the spring incident released Friday, the school’s president said there was significant work to be done to…
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Fast Forward Bay Area Jewish High School Students Threatened on Social Media
— At least one arrest has been made after threats to Jewish students at a high school in the San Francisco Bay Area were posted on social media. Extra security surrounded the Fremont High campus in Sunnyvale, California, when students returned to school after the long holiday weekend, the local NBC affiliate reported. The threat…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Can’t Block Shabbat Railroad Work: Court
JERUSALEM — Israel Railways can do repair and construction work on Shabbat, at least temporarily, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled. The interim ruling issued Tuesday prevents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from ordering a halt to the Saturday work, according to reports. Lawmaker Zahava Galon, head of the left-wing Meretz party, had filed a petition to have…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Faces Police Probe for Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
— A British lawmaker who was suspended from the Labour party for anti-Semitic comments posted on social media is being investigated by police. Naz Shah, who was readmitted to the party in July, could be charged with inciting religious hatred, an offense punishable by up to seven years in prison, the Daily Mail reported Monday….
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Fast Forward Lena Dunham Quiet on Social Media After Apology to Football Star Odell Beckham Jr.
— The social media sites of Hollywood actress and writer Lena Dunham have not been updated since she apologized on them to football star Odell Beckham Jr. for making “narcissistic assumptions” about how he acted when seated with her at a dinner. Dunham, the creator and star of the HBO series “Girls,” issued the apology on…
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Fast Forward Death Toll Rises to 3 in Tel Aviv Construction Collapse
JERUSALEM — The body of a worker was pulled from the rubble of the collapse of a four-level underground parking structure under construction in Tel Aviv, bringing the death toll to three. Four other workers, two Israeli and two Palestinian, are believed to still be trapped under the rubble, more than 24 hours after the collapse…
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Fast Forward Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone Again Claims Hitler Backed Zionism
— Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone reiterated his claims that Hitler supported Zionism, claims that got him suspended from Britain’s beleaguered Labour Party. Livingstone on Monday returned to the BBC London morning radio show where he made the original remarks five months ago, in defense of Labour lawmaker Naz Shah, who was suspended a day…
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