Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Nazi Gold Train Treasure Hunters Come up Empty
— Treasure hunters in Poland said they failed to find a hidden train long rumored to be filled with Nazi gold. The search led by Andreas Richter and Piotr Koper, who a year ago said they had located the train using ground-penetrating radar, also could not locate the tunnel in which the train was believed to…
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Fast Forward U.S. ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Hebron Settlement Expansion
— The U.S. State Department called Israeli government approval for the planning of new housing for Jews in the predominantly Arab West Bank city of Hebron “a deeply concerning step of settlement expansion.” “We strongly oppose all settlement activity, which is corrosive to the cause of peace. And we’ve said repeatedly such moves are not…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Matisyahu Plays Surprise Concert at Jewish Summer Camp
— Reggae star Matisyahu gave a surprise concert to campers and staff at a religious Zionist summer camp in Pennsylvania. Matisyahu showed up at the Bnei Akiva Camp Moshava in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, on Monday, where his children are campers, the Arutz-7 news website reported. Among the songs Matisyahu performed were his hits “One Day,” “Sunshine,”…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Group Disavows Anti-BDS ‘Jew Haters’ Poster Campaign
— A Jewish group founded by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and other Jewish donors to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel on campus said it regrets that a grant it provided funded a poster campaign that targeted pro-Palestinian student activists as “Jew haters” and terrorists’ allies. The Maccabee Task Force issued its…
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Fast Forward Boxer Dustin Fleischer Has Bar Mitzvah No. 2 on Masada
— Undefeated boxer Dustin Fleischer had a second bar mitzvah on Masada during a Birthright Israel trip. Fleischer, nicknamed “The White Tiger,” was part of an Aug. 10-21 Birthright Israel trip sponsored by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, based in the central part of the state. He is the grandson of a…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Group Rescued After Unauthorized Visit to Joseph’s Tomb
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops rescued a group of haredi Orthodox Jews who attempted to visit Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus. Two of the some 60 Jewish pilgrims who visited the holy site overnight Tuesday were injured by Palestinian rock throwers. Half of the Jewish visitors, members of the Breslover movement of…
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Fast Forward London’s Muslim Mayor Barraged by Anti-Semites for Opposing Jeremy Corbyn
— London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city, has been bombarded with anti-Semitic messages since he said he would not support Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership election. Several of the messages suggested that he had been influenced by Jews, the London-based news website Jewishnews.uk reported. The mayor…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Scrawled in Washington Chinatown — for Fifth Time
— Anti-Semitic graffiti has appeared for the fifth time this month at one of the busiest intersections in the Chinatown section of Washington, DC. Earlier this month, vandals repeatedly painted the word “Jew” on the images of rats appearing on an outdoor Chinese Zodiac public art display. On Monday, swastikas were discovered painted on the…
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