Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Jewish Candidate For Seattle City Council Faces Violent Anti-Semitic Threats
(JTA) — A Jewish candidate for Seattle City Council has been subjected to anti-Semitic threats on the online message board 8Chan and on social media. Ari Hoffman, a married father of three, is one of nearly 50 candidates for seven of the nine council seats. The primary is scheduled for Aug. 6 and the general…
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Fast Forward Toronto Raptors Will Visit Israel If Team Wins NBA Title, Jewish Co-Owner Says
(JTA) — The Toronto Raptors are one win away from the NBA championship — and a free trip to Israel. The team’s Jewish billionaire co-owner, Larry Tanenbaum, said he will bring the club to visit if it wins the title. The Raptors are up 3 games to 1 in the best-of-7 Finals over the two-time…
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Fast Forward Explosive Balloons From Gaza Ignite Fires In Southern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Incendiary balloons ignited three fires Tuesday in the Kissufim forest on the border with the Gaza Strip. A day earlier, incendiary balloons ignited four fires — several in the same forest and another in a wheat field — that burned dozens of acres. The balloons, carrying flammable materials, are lit and sent…
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Fast Forward Iran Accuses Israel Of Threatening To Destroy It
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Iran’s foreign minister accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of threatening to destroy the Islamic Republic and warned that Tehran would not remain passive. “You should ask a regime possessing nuclear weapons about how Netanyahu stands next to the Dimona (reactor), a nuclear weapons site, and says Iran should be destroyed,” Mohammad…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Protesters Demonstrate At DC Dyke March Over Ban On Jewish Pride Flag
(JTA) — A handful of protesters demonstrated at the DC Dyke March over a ban on the Jewish Pride flag, a rainbow stripped flag with a white Star of David in the middle. The flag looks too much like the flag of Israel, organizers had said before the march, which banned the flags of countries…
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Fast Forward Neighbors Of San Francisco Holocaust Memorial Receive Anti-Semitic Hate Mail
(JTA) — Residents of San Francisco that live on the same street as a Holocaust memorial received anti-Semitic hate mail including a reading list of Holocaust denial titles. The letters arrived at every home on San Francisco’s 34th Avenue in late May, J. The Jewish News of Northern California reported. “It is hoped that you…
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Fast Forward Police Detain 2 Over Plans To Disrupt Jerusalem Pride Parade
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Police detained two people on suspicion of plans to disrupt the Jerusalem Pride Parade. They were arrested on Thursday morning, several hours before the scheduled start of the annual parade through the streets of Jerusalem. Some 30,000 are expected to participate in the parade. More than 2,500 uniformed and plainclothes policemen…
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Fast Forward Israel Has Its First Gay Government Minister. He’s Loyal To Netanyahu.
(JTA) — Israel will have its first openly gay government minister. Amir Ohana was appointed Israel’s Justice Minister on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office announced. His appointment comes days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the acting Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who had continued in her position despite not earning a spot in the 21st…
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