Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Boris Schnaiderman, Brazil’s Pioneering Russian Literature Translator, Dies at 99
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s greatest promoter of Russian literature, Boris Schnaiderman, has died. Schnaiderman died Thursday from pneumonia in Sao Paulo. He was 99. An Ukrainian-born Jew, he was the first person to translate classical Russian literature directly from the Russian language to Portuguese. A translator, writer and essayist, Schnaiderman translated great Russian authors…
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Fast Forward Nelson Peltz Throws $2M Bar Mitzvah Bash for Twin Sons
— Businessman Nelson Peltz reportedly threw a bar mitzvah party for his twin sons that cost an estimated $2 million. Hundreds of guests attended the May 14 bash for Zachary and Gregory Peltz at the Pierre, a luxury hotel on tony Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the New York Post’s Page Six reported. Among the activities…
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Fast Forward American Kills Himself on Birthright Trip to Israel
JERUSALEM — An American man on a Birthright Israel trip killed himself, the Birthright Israel organization said. The visitor to Israel was found dead in a hotel room Wednesday morning, Birthright Israel said. The group was preparing to spend the day at Masada. A Birthright spokeswoman said it would not provide details about the dead…
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Fast Forward Belgium Snubs Israeli Teens Whose Parents Were Killed in Jewish Museum Rampage
— Belgium has turned down a request for financial assistance from the daughters of an Israeli couple killed in an attack a year ago on the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Shira and Ayelet Riva were 15 and 17 at the time of the attack in May 2015. Mira and Emmanuel Riva were on vacation and…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Victim’s Gold Jewelry Unearthed in False Bottom of Mug
WARSAW, Poland — Staffers at the Auschwitz museum found a gold ring hidden in a false bottom of one of the cups on display in the main exhibition. During conservation work on one of the enamel mugs, a double, or false, bottom was discovered, the museum said in a statement this week. Inside the false…
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Fast Forward Barred From Canada, Anti-Semitic Comic Dieudonne Performs in Montreal Via Video
MONTREAL —After being barred from entering Canada, controversial French comic Dieudonne M’bala M’bala still managed to present a show in Montreal — via video link. Some 600 tickets reportedly were bought up by loyal fans of the man convicted multiple times in France and Belgium for hate speech, anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and defending terrorism. They…
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Fast Forward Accused Florida Synagogue Bomb Plotter Pleads Not Guilty
— A South Florida man pleaded not guilty to the charge that he plotted to bomb a Miami-area synagogue. The plea was entered Monday in federal court by the court-appointed attorney for James Medina, The Associated Press reported. Medina, 40, a convert to Islam from Hollywood, was arrested by the FBI on April 29 while…
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Fast Forward Heeding Hillary Clinton Plea, United Methodist Church Rejects BDS Push
— The United Methodist Church rejected four resolutions calling for the church to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s control of the West Bank. The votes took place over the weekend at the quadrennial United Methodist Church General Conference that began May 10 in Portland, Oregon. The resolutions called for divesting from three companies…
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