Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward UAW Rejects Israel Boycott Vote by NYU Grad Student Union
— The United Auto Workers union struck down a vote by the graduate student union at New York University to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Last week’s decision came two months after the resolution to support the BDS movement was approved by two-thirds of the 600 union members who cast ballots…
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Fast Forward 6-Year-Old Orthodox Brooklyn Child Showered by Glass After Rock Attack on Car
— A teenage boy hurled a rock into the car of an Orthodox Jewish woman in Brooklyn, shattering the back window and covering her 6-year-old child in glass. The teen, who was not identified, had shouted an anti-Semitic remark at the woman in the car before throwing the rock and fleeing the scene, the New…
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Fast Forward British Jews Condemn Hate Crimes After Brexit Vote
— Jewish groups in Britain condemned the uptick in racist harassment and other hate crimes in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the European Union. There has been a 57 percent rise in reported hate crimes and racial incidents since the June 23 referendum, according to reports. The Community Security Trust, the security…
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Fast Forward Tunnel Used by LIthuania Jews To Escape Nazi Ponary Massacre Is Uncovered
JERUSALEM — A tunnel in Lithuania used by Jews to escape the Nazis during World War II has been uncovered by an international research team. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery on Wednesday in a statement. The tunnel used by the prisoners of Ponar to escape from the Nazis was located using the new…
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Fast Forward Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone Accuses Israel of Ethnic Cleansing
— Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone told a Parliament committee that he does not believe Zionism or the policies of the Israeli government are at all analogous to Nazism. Livingstone also reiterated that he regretted saying Adolf Hitler supported Zionism because of the furor his remarks sparked, not because he disavows them. “I therefore do regret…
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Fast Forward 73-Year-Old Jewish Woman Struck by Rock While Praying at Western Wall
JERUSALEM — A 73-year-old Jewish woman praying at the Western Wall was struck in the head by a rock thrown from the Temple Mount above by Palestinian rioters. The woman suffered a light head injury in the attack on Tuesday, the first such attack on worshippers at the Western Wall in several years. Tuesday was…
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Fast Forward German Museum Plans Walk-Through Model of Albert Einstein’s Brain
BERLIN — The German branch of Friends of Hebrew University is working to ensure that a model of Einstein’s brain that is big enough to walk through will be created at a local museum. The Senckenberg Museum for Natural Sciences in Frankfurt is seeking public input for its brain project. People can vote online until Wednesday,…
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Fast Forward British Law Student Wins $1,300 Payment for Anti-Semitic Abuse
— A Jewish law student in Britain will receive a public apology and about $1,300 from the student union of York University for anti-Semitic abuse. The payment is reported to be the first of its kind for a British university. The apology comes from the university’s student union and reportedly will be published on line….
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