Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Pictures of Brandeis Students, Professors Uploaded To White Nationalist Website
(JTA) — Photos of several students and professors from Brandeis University, which has Jewish roots, were posted to a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website. The photos were posted on the Vanguard News Network Forum, in a thread that mocked Jews’ for their appearance, the Associated Press reported. There are hundreds of other images posted in…
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Fast Forward Police Arrest Suspect In Shooting Of Elderly Man Outside Miami Synagogue
(JTA) — Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of an elderly man outside a synagogue in Miami, Florida. Miami-Dade Police took Carlints St. Louis, 30, into custody a day after he filled out a report with a nearby police department claiming that a firearm had been stolen from his black Chevy Impala —…
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Fast Forward Amazon Launches Operations In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Amazon announced the launch of operations in Israel. The company set up a website in Hebrew, which talks about its local delivery services, in order to attract vendors. Amazon also is asking overseas businesses to warehouse their inventory in Israel and make arrangements with international shippers to deliver their products through local…
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Fast Forward California School District Re-Opens Investigation Into Team Making Nazi Salute
(JTA) — A southern California school district is reopening its investigation into an incident in which students made a Nazi salute and sang a Nazi marching song at the start of an awards ceremony. The Garden Grove Unified School District and officials at the Pacifica High School said in a statement that the district and the…
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Fast Forward US Task Force: Ashkenazi Jewish Women Should Test For Breast Cancer Genes
(JTA) — Ashkenazi Jewish women should be screened for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes linked to breast cancer. That’s the recommendation by a U.S. task force announced in an editorial this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. One in 40 Ashkenazi Jews have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, compared with one in…
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Fast Forward New York Rabbi Drowns After Jumping In Lake To Save His Child
(JTA) — The body of a New York rabbi was found a day after he jumped into an upstate lake to save one of his children from drowning. The child was wearing a life jacket and was returned safely to the rented pontoon boat on Greenwood Lake in Orange County on Sunday afternoon. But Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Dermer’s Boss Claims He Didn’t Consult Before Saying Congresswomen Could Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer did not consult with Israeli leaders before he announced last month that Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar would be allowed in to the country, the country’s foreign minister said. “It was not with the prime minister’s blessing; it was not a decision of…
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Fast Forward Ohio Man Pleads Not Guilty Of Threat Against Youngstown Jewish Community Center
(JTA) — An Ohio man who identifies with the white nationalist movement pleaded not guilty to charges related to threatening a local Jewish community center in a video posted on social media. James P. Reardon Jr., 20, appeared in court on Monday after being arrested early Saturday in connection with the threat on the Youngstown…
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