Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Sale Halted Of Ledger With Eyewitness Accounts Of Holocaust Deaths
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The auction of a rabbinical court ledger that documents eyewitness accounts of the deaths of Jews in Nazi camps has been put on hold. The auction of the Bergen-Belsen ledger was scheduled to start on Tuesday night at the Kedem auction house in Jerusalem. But the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court put a…
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Fast Forward University Removes Professor For Assigning Question On Whether Holocaust Happened
(JTA) — A university in Chicago has removed a faculty member from a course after a marketing assignment included a question on whether the Holocaust happened. National Louis University is investigating the incident, NBC Chicago reported. The assignment was designed to spot bad survey questions and to fix them, according to Inside Higher Education. The…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teens Attacked By Group Of Men In Brooklyn
A gang of five men attacked two identifiably Jewish teens on the street in Brooklyn. The boys were not injured in the Nov. 11 attack in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Police reported the incident on Wednesday, according to the New York Post. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime. Crown Heights and other…
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Fast Forward This Lebanese-Swiss Businessman Bought Hitler’s Top Hat— So Neo-Nazis Couldn’t
A Lebanese-Swiss businessman purchased ten items belonging to Adolf Hitler that were sold at an auction last week so that they didn’t “fall into the wrong hands.” Abdallah Chatila, a Geneva businessman who made his fortune in diamonds and real estate, purchased items including Hitler’s top hat, cigar box and typewriter, and a silver-plated copy…
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Fast Forward Jewish candidate for British Labour Party bombarded with death threats
A Jewish candidate for Britain’s Labour Party said she is being bombarded with death threats and that nearly half of them are anti-Semitic. Ruth Smeeth told the local news website StokeonTrentLive that she is afraid to leave her home due to the constant threats. When she does leave, she carries a panic button in case…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Want Stephen Miller Fired Over White Nationalist Views
(JTA) — Jewish groups joined a coalition of national civil rights organizations in demanding that President Donald Trump remove Stephen Miller as his senior policy advisor over his support for white supremacists. The Anti-Defamation League, Bend the Arc, and the Union for Reform Judaism signed a letter sent earlier this week to Trump on behalf…
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Fast Forward Gantz Says He Can’t Form A Government, Paving Way For Third Israeli Election
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Blue and White party head Benny Gantz told Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that he is unable to form a government. Gantz made the announcement on Wednesday evening, about four hours before his mandate to form a government was scheduled to expire at midnight. Gantz spent the last 28 days trying to cobble…
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Fast Forward U.S. Embassy In Jerusalem Issues Travel Warning Over Settlements Announcement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem issued a travel warning for visiting Americans, warning that they could be targets of “individuals and groups opposed to the Secretary of State’s recent announcement.” The warning was issued on Monday, the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. government does not…
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