Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Roof of Milwaukee Jewish Day School Collapses One Week Before Classes Begin
(JTA) — The roof of the Milwaukee Jewish Day school collapsed, sending steel beams and debris crashing down into a classroom, a week before the start of school. Two staff members were in the classroom on Friday preparing for the start of school, but left when they heard creaking noises, according to local reports. Moments…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Synagogue Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the exterior walls of a synagogue in Connecticut. The graffiti on the Congregation Adath Israel synagogue building in Newtown was discovered at 7:30 Saturday morning. The graffiti was removed and painted over prior to the start of scheduled Shabbat services with the assistance of the town’s Public Works…
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Fast Forward Lawsuit Accuses Longtime Former Congressman Of Being A Sexual Predator
(JTA) — A former camper at an upstate New York Boy Scout camp is accusing former Rep. Gary Ackerman of being a sexual predator. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court accuses Ackerman, who served for 15 terms as a New York City congressman until his retirement in 2012, of trying to touch and fondle…
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Fast Forward Israeli Supreme Court Bars 2 Far-Right Candidates From Running For Knesset
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Leaders of the far-right Jewish Power or Otzma Yehudit Party cannot run in the upcoming national elections, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled. The court ruled late Sunday evening that Baruch Marzel and Bentzi Gopstein can not run Knesset in the September 17 elections over statements they have made against Arabs that are considered…
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Fast Forward US Army Commander Suspended After Using Phrase ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ In Memo
(JTA) — A U.S. Army commander of a recruiting company in Houston was suspended after he distributed a memo in which he used the phrase “Arbeit Macht Frie.” The phrase, which means “Work Will Set You Free,” was displayed on the gate of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The commander, whose name and unit have…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Arab Parties Might Join A Government Coalition — With Conditions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The leader of the Joint List of Arab parties said he would join a center-left government after Israeli elections in September, under certain conditions — a move that would prove historic. No majority-Arab party has ever joined a governing coalition in Israel, though they have backed left-wing governments from the sidelines in…
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Fast Forward Tree Of Life Synagogue Will Use Pittsburgh Church Sanctuary For High Holidays
(JTA) — Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation will hold its High Holiday services in an Episcopal church located just down the street. The Calvary Episcopal Church reached out to the congregation just days after the Oct. 27 attack that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, offering its building for any of the congregation’s needs, the Episcopal…
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Fast Forward NAACP Chapter President Fired Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts
(JTA) — A New Jersey state employee who is also head of a local NAACP chapter was fired over several anti-Semitic and racist social media posts. Jeffrey Dye, president of the Passaic NAACP chapter, was fired Tuesday from his job as a state Labor Relations representative. He was hired in February by Democratic Gov. Phil…
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