Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Pokemon Go Warning Issued in Israel
JERUSALEM — The Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom warned about the dangers of playing Pokemon Go after several Israelis were injured in accidents while playing the mobile search game on their cellphones. MDA’s general-director, Eli Bain, in his warning to the Israeli public called the game “a dangerous phenomenon that is gaining momentum,” Ynet…
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Fast Forward 2 Muslim Temple Mount Officials Arrested for Attack on Jews
JERUSALEM — Two members of the Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian body that oversees the Temple Mount, were arrested after allegedly attacking a group of Israeli archaeologists visiting the site. On Thursday, a day after the arrests by Israeli police, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extended their custody while the incident is investigated. A group of six…
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Fast Forward 6 Suspects Arrested in Gang Rape of Israeli Backpacker in India
— All six suspects in connection with the gang rape of a 25-year-old Israeli tourist have been arrested, police in India announced. The remaining four suspects were arrested Wednesday. Two had been arrested hours after the early Sunday morning attack in the northern Himalayan resort town of Manali. Three of those arrested are minors, according…
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Fast Forward Jewish Week Takes Over New Jersey Jewish News
— The New York-based Jewish Week Media Group will soon begin publishing the New Jersey Jewish News. The agreement for a subsidiary of The Jewish Week to assume editorial sales and administrative responsibilities for the weekly newspaper was reached between the Jewish Week Media Group and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest in New Jersey…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Avi Weiss Asks Pope Francis To Move Church From Auschwitz
— One the eve of Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz, a U.S. rabbi has called on him to remove a Catholic church from the premises of the Nazi death camp. The letter sent from Rabbi Avi Weiss, national president of AMCHA-Coalition for Jewish Concerns, was first reported by The Algemeiner on Wednesday. Francis arrived in…
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Fast Forward U.S. ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans
— The U.S. State Department said it was “deeply concerned” over construction plans in eastern Jerusalem. The Israeli government on Wednesday announced the approval of tenders for 323 apartments in eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods, on top of plans for 770 units in the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo, which has a population of 40,000 and also is…
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Fast Forward SodaStream Hires 300 Workers at Israel Plant After Quitting West Bank
JERUSALEM — Southern Israel-based SodaStream has hired 300 new employees for its production plant in the Negev Desert. The company now has 1,400 employees in the Idan Hanegev industrial park near Lehavim, one-third of them Bedouin Arabs from the surrounding area, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. The company, one of the largest employers in…
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Fast Forward ‘Wonder Woman’ Star Gal Gadot Attacked as ‘Zionist’
— Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who will star in the upcoming “Wonder Woman” feature film, is being attacked on Twitter for being a “Zionist.” Gadot, who was a fashion model and actress in Israel, and was Miss Israel 2004 before she broke into films, performed two years of compulsory service in the Israel Defense Forces….
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