Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward No Bidders for President’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Letter Opposing Louis Brandeis Court Nod
LOS ANGELES — A letter from former President William Howard Taft attacking the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court in thinly veiled anti-Semitic terms may be of historic value, but apparently not $15,000 worth. That sum was the opening bid set by the Nate D. Sanders auction house in Los Angeles for…
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Fast Forward Canadian Jewish Groups Aid Alberta Fire Victims
— Jewish groups in Canada’s Alberta province have joined the efforts to support victims of the wildfires that have been raging in the area for a week and forced the evacuation of an entire city. The Calgary Jewish Federation announced it will donate $25,000 from its emergency relief fund to assist the citizens of Fort…
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Fast Forward Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Indicted Over TV Interview
JERUSALEM — Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for disclosing Israeli nuclear secrets, was indicted for violating the terms of his parole over an interview he gave to an Israeli television station. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court handed down the indictment on Sunday for the September interview on Channel 2, the station [reported](http://www.mako.co.il/news-law/legal-q2_2016/Article-a6efbdaf9319451004.htm?sCh=31750a2610f26110&pId=2100566639%20 …
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Fast Forward London’s Muslim Mayor Attends Holocaust Commemoration as First Act
— The newly elected mayor of London, the first Muslim to hold the position, attended a community program commemorating the Holocaust as his first official public engagement. Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party, who was elected Thursday, joined thousands of members of the Jewish community and its supporters for the Yom Hashoah program on Sunday…
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Fast Forward U.S. Plans Harsher Language Against Israel in Settlements Report
— The United States reportedly will approve harsher language against Israel in a report set to be released by the Middle East Quartet dealing with Israeli settlements and other actions in the West Bank. The focus of the report by the Quartet, the body comprising the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank’s Copy of ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’ Bought for $50K
— A Boston museum has acquired Anne Frank’s personal copy of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” Anne Frank wrote her name and the name of her sister, Margot, on the title page of the 1925 German edition of the book. The book, which sold at Swann Auction Galleries in New York City on Friday for $50,000, is…
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Fast Forward Steve Gutow Named to J Street Political Post
— Rabbi Steve Gutow, a long-time Jewish communal activist who last served as head of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, will serve as a senior political advisor for the political arm of J Street. In his newly announced position for the 2016 election cycle, Gutow will work with Congressional candidates endorsed by JStreetPAC to…
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Fast Forward UN Official Snubs Israeli Seminar on Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — A United Nations official in the Middle East turned down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to host a seminar on the Jews’ connection to the Temple Mount. The UN’s special Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, told the French news agency AFP that the “UN staff in Jerusalem know the history of the region,…
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