Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Biden campaign platform for Arab Americans reiterates opposition to BDS movement
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign condemns boycotts against Israel in its new platform geared toward the Arab American community. In “Joe Biden and the Arab American Community: A Plan for Partnership,” released Saturday, the candidate pledges to include Arab Americans “across his administration,” combat anti-Arab bigotry in the United States and reverse…
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Fast Forward National NAACP takes control of Philly chapter after antisemitic post
(JTA) — The national leadership of the NAACP will take over the Philadelphia chapter following an outcry over an anti-Semitic social media post by the chapter’s president. The executive committee of the Philadelphia chapter voted on Aug. 20 to give the national office of the NAACP full control over the chapter and to transition to…
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Fast Forward UK union expels member after Jewish applicant rejected for ‘zionism’
(JTA) — A renters’ union in England has expelled a member of the organization after a Jewish applicant was rejected with an Instagram message that said “sorry, no time for Zionists.” A second message told the rejected renter that “we are a pro-Palestine organization.” The Acorn union opened an internal investigation after learning of the…
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Fast Forward ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted at Kenosha synagogue amid protests
(JTA) — “Free Palestine” was spray-painted in the driveway of the Wisconsin city’s historic synagogue amid the ongoing protests there. A reporter for the conservative news website Townhall said he filmed a protester painting the words in black in the driveway of Beth Hillel Temple on Wednesday night. Someone from the BLM crowd spray-painted “Free…
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Fast Forward Australia Uber passenger films himself leaving car after learning driver is Jewish
(JTA) — An Uber passenger in Melbourne, Australia, ordered his driver to pull over and let him out of the vehicle after finding out the driver was Jewish. And he filmed it. “So you’re Jewish?” the passenger asked the driver from the backseat on Tuesday. “All right. Just stop on the left, man. Just stop…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner will fly on first commercial flight between Israel and UAE
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jared Kushner will be aboard when the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates takes off next week. Monday’s flight will carry an Israeli delegation as well as Kushner, the White House senio- r adviser; U.S. Middle East peace negotiator Avi Berkowitz; and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, according…
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Israel News Jewish man, 39, killed in Palestinian stabbing attack in Tel Aviv suburb
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A 39-year-old Jewish man was killed in a stabbing attack Wednesday afternoon in suburban Tel Aviv allegedly by a Palestinian assailant. Police video from the suspected stabbing attack in Petah Tikva. 39 y/o Israeli killed, Palestinian suspect arrested. pic.twitter.com/e7vkLtj5cj — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 26, 2020 The incident took place at…
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Fast Forward British rapper Wiley repeats tropes about Jewish power and money in new interview
(JTA) — The British rapper Wiley in a new interview repeated tropes about Jewish power and money that saw him removed from social media platforms. Wiley doubled down on many of his remarks, including that Jews “run the Earth,” are very rich and “stick together,” in an interview with the “1 Po Show” on the…
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