Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Says Paper Set Him Up in New Sexting Scandal
( — Disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner says the New York Post set him up for another online sex scandal. On a radio show Sunday in Miami, Weiner said he was a “target” of the newspaper after his admitted suggestive online messaging to someone he thought was a female college student was first reported by the Post…
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Fast Forward Jeb Bush’s Son Urges Support for Israel on Visit
— The son of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush led a group of Texas businessmen on a three-day visit to Israel, then wrote that “America has no better ally and no truer friend in the world.” George P. Bush, the land commissioner in Texas, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his trip last week to discuss Texas-Israel…
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Fast Forward Lou Pearlman, Founder of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, Dies in Prison
— Lou Pearlman, who formed and managed the boy bands Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, died while serving a 25-year prison sentence for a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Pearlman, who suffered a stroke in prison in 2010, died Friday in the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas. He was 62. He had been projected to be released in 2029 after…
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Fast Forward Did Joseph Goebbels Have Jewish Father-in-Law?
— The wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels had a Jewish father, according to a new document discovered in the Berlin archives. The document was published in the German newspaper Bild, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. It shows that the father of Magda Goebbels was a Jewish businessman named Richard Friedlander, who married Magda’s…
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Fast Forward ‘Pillar of Orthodox’ Community Killed in Houston House Fire — Husband Critical
— A fire that destroyed the house of an Orthodox Jewish couple in Houston left one dead and one in critical condition in the hospital. Firefighters were called to the house of Eva Lou and Julius Chapman by neighbors at about 7:45 p.m. Friday, and found it engulfed in flames. The badly burned body of…
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Fast Forward Lutherans Demand End To Aid for Israel Over Settlement Building
— The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a resolution calling on the U.S. government to end all aid to Israel if Israel does not stop building settlements and “enable an independent Palestinian state.” Voting at its triennial assembly in New Orleans that ended Saturday, the church also sought a halt to all investment in…
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Fast Forward Thousands Mark Tisha b’Av at Western Wall
JERUSALEM — Thousands of worshippers marked the fast of Tisha b’Av at the Western Wall. Tisha b’Av, a 25-hour fast, commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history. Beginning on Saturday night and continuing throughout Sunday, the worshippers read the Book of Lamentations and other lamentations dealing with the…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Woman Sues Dallas County for Pulling Job Offer Over Shabbat Observance
— An Orthodox Jewish woman has sued Dallas County for allegedly rescinding a job offer over her Shabbat observance. Isabel Balderas filed her lawsuit Wednesday in district court, the Dallas Morning News reported, and is seeking $100,000 to $1 million in damages. Balderas said she told the sheriff’s office that because of her observance, she…
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