Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Dad Gets 2 Life Sentences for Murders of his American-Israeli Children
— An Israeli man convicted of murdering his two American-Israeli children in 2014 was sentenced to back-to-back life sentences. The sentence against Avi Levy was announced Sunday in Lod District Court. He was convicted last month despite his plea of temporary insanity, the Times of Israel reported. Levy refused to testify during his trial in the killings…
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Fast Forward New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Signs Anti-BDS Order
— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The order signed Sunday, hours before the start of New York’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade, will require state agencies to divest themselves of companies and organizations aligned with the BDS movement. Cuomo said at the signing at…
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Fast Forward Warsaw Jewish Theatre Building Shut Over Dangerous Condition
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw was closed at the request of the district construction supervisor office. The official reason given for the on Friday night is the poor physical condition of the building. For the past several months, however, a private developer who wants to build an office skyscraper in the building’s…
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Fast Forward McGill Student Union Calls BDS Violation of Group’s Constitution
MONTREAL — Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions that “actively campaign” against Israel run counter to the McGill University’s undergraduate student union constitution, the union’s judicial board agreed. While the board decision, called a “reference,” still faces ratification by the Student Society of McGill University’s board of directors, the move on Wednesday is being hailed as…
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Fast Forward British Jews Want Labor Lawmaker Suspended for Israel ‘Nazi’ Jibe
— British Jewish groups and British lawmakers have called on the Labour Party to suspend a Member of Parliament who compared Israel to the Nazis. The Labour Party said last week that Afzal Khan had been “reminded of his responsibilities as a Labour representative,” but that he would face no disciplinary action, the Jewish Chronicle…
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The Schmooze Holocaust Survivor Belts Out National Anthem at Detroit Tigers Game
— A Holocaust survivor sang the national anthem before a Major League Baseball Game between the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay. Hermina Hirsch, 89, performed the national anthem on Saturday at Comerica Park in Detroit, fulfilling a long-time dream. Hirsch told local television station WWJ in an interview in April in which she called on…
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Fast Forward Georgia Candidate Sorry for Jewish ‘Thumbs Down’ in Campaign Flyers
— An attorney who is running against a sitting Jewish-Hispanic judge in Georgia apologized for turning religion into a criterion for the office. Roderick Bridges apologized on Saturday to DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax Lopez for campaign literature that listed Bridges as Christian with a thumbs up sign, and Lopez as Jewish with a…
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Fast Forward Programs for Intermarried Jews Win $3.3M Genesis Grants
— Some 28 projects to increase outreach to intermarried families will receive funding under a matching grants program between the Jewish Funders Network and the Genesis Prize. The $3.3 million in grants for the Avenues to Jewish Engagement for Intermarried Couples and their Families program were announced Sunday in New York at the Jerusalem Post Conference….
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