Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israeli soldier dies after being hit in head with rock during West Bank raid
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier died after being struck in the head with a large rock during a raid in a Palestinian village in the West Bank. Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal, 21, was wearing a helmet when he was struck early Tuesday morning in the village of Yabed, the Israel Defense Forces said in a…
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Fast Forward San Diego shopper asked to remove Nazi face mask
(JTA) — A shopper at a suburban San Diego supermarket was asked to remove a face mask decorated with a swastika. It’s another incident of stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus crisis being conflated with Nazi Germany. .@kroger Looks like you have the opportunity to respond better @Vons to a customer signaling hatred in your #Santee…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn synagogue that sparked De Blasio’s outburst warned by Health Department
(JTA) — The New York Health Department has sent a warning to the Brooklyn synagogue whose funeral for their spiritual leader two weeks ago led Mayor Bill de Blasio to lash out at the entire Jewish community. A cease-and-desist order was served Friday as Congregation Kahal Tolaas Yaakov, located in the Williamsburg neighborhood, continued to…
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Fast Forward Jerry Stiller, longtime comic who won fame on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 92
(JTA) — Jerry Stiller, the longtime Jewish comic who became best known for playing the belligerent character Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld,” has died. Stiller died of natural causes, his son, the comic actor Ben Stiller, announced in a tweet Monday. He was 92. Jerry Stiller was a classically trained actor who met and married Anne…
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Fast Forward 2 arrested for allegedly ripping face masks off Jews in Brooklyn
(JTA) — Two people were arrested for allegedly ripping face masks off of identifiably Jewish people in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The suspects have not yet been identified or been charged, NBC New York reported Monday morning. Video posted on Twitter by Belaaz shows police and crowds gathering late Sunday…
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Fast Forward Ohio lawmakers aim to limit reach of health department dir. whose restrictions have been compared to Nazis
(JTA) — The director of the Health Department in Ohio has taken heat for her stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, with comparisons to Nazi Germany and protests at her home referencing a New Testament passage about the Jews plotting Jesus’ death. Now the state’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that limits the…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg home from hospital
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back home after being discharged from the hospital following nonsurgical treatment of a gallstone infection. Ginsburg, 87, returned home on Wednesday, after participating in the court’s oral arguments by teleconference from her hospital room. She spent one night at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for…
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Fast Forward Jewish grave markers used as paving stones in Prague
(JTA) — Dozens of paving stones cut from Jewish headstones were unearthed during redevelopment work in Prague’s tourist district. The discovery, confirming Jewish community suspicions that communist authorities in the 1980s used Jewish grave markers for building materials, came Tuesday in Wenceslas Square, an iconic pedestrian public square and the site of demonstrations, celebrations and…
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