Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Anti-Terror Grants That Benefit Jewish Groups Rise by 55%
— In a program that has benefited Jewish institutions, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $20 million in security preparedness grants to nonprofit agencies at high risk of attacks. The allocations for fiscal year 2016, which were announced Wednesday by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, represent a 55 percent increase over last year….
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Fast Forward Palestinian Stabs 2 in Netanya — Shot Dead by Civilian
JERUSALEM — An Israeli man and woman were injured in a stabbing attack in the coastal Israeli city of Netanya. The man, reportedly in his 40s, and the woman, reportedly in her 60s, were moderately to severely injured in the Thursday afternoon attack near the city’s market, according to Israeli reports citing Magen David Adom,…
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Fast Forward German Museum Won’t Create Walk-Through Model of Albert Einstein’s Brain
— A German museum will not feature a walk-through model of Albert Einstein’s brain after visitors to its website voted to make the brain of German soccer star Karl-Heinz “Charly” Körbel the centerpiece of its exhibit. The Senckenberg Museum for Natural Sciences sought public input for a modernization and expansion that will include a giant brain that…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Maurice Lamm, Author and Brother of Ex-Y.U. Chief, Dies at 86
— Rabbi Maurice Lamm, the author of “The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning” and several other notable Jewish books, has died. Lamm died Wednesday night “surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren singing him to the heavens,” his granddaughter Lisa Lamm Pasternak said in a Facebook post. He was 86. His son Rabbi David…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Who Murdered 13-Year-Old Jewish Girl Hoped To Die a Martyr
JERUSALEM — The teenage Palestinian attacker who killed a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bed while she was asleep wanted to die a martyr, according to months of Facebook posts. Muhammad Nasser Tarayrah, 17, of the village of Bani Naim, adjacent to Kiryat Arba where he perpetrated Thursday’s attack, repeatedly posted about his wish to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Rio Olympics Boss Prays for Calm During Games
RIO DE JANEIRO — Sidney Levy, the Jewish chief executive officer of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, called for divine intervention to prevent national political turmoil during the upcoming Olympic Games. Levy said he hoped the upcoming vote to impeach suspended President Dilma Rousseff would not take place in August causing the social turmoil that…
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Fast Forward Meet Israel’s Second Controversial Envoy to Brazil No. 2
RIO DE JANEIRO — Less than one year after Brazil’s unprecedented rejection of former settler leader Dani Dayan as Israeli ambassador, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering sending another polemic candidate to represent the Jewish state in Latin America’s largest nation. Yossi Sheli has no diplomatic experience or state advocacy credentials, reported Ynet news on Wednesday. Therefore,…
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Fast Forward Will Arab-Israeli Lawmaker Be Ousted for ‘Murderers’ Jibe?
JERUSALEM — An Arab-Israeli lawmaker called Israeli soldiers “murderers” on the floor of the Knesset, spurring talk of impeachment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The lawmaker, Hanin Zoabi, also demanded in her remarks Wednesday afternoon that the Knesset apologize for the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident in which Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish citizens in clashes on a…
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