Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Vandalizing Indiana Synagogue
(JTA) — An Indiana man sympathetic to Nazism and white supremacy was sentenced to three years in prison for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on the property of a suburban Indianapolis synagogue. Nolan Brewer, 21, of Eminence, was sentenced Monday for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. He pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime, the…
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Fast Forward Mother Of 4-Year-Old Terror Victim Gives Birth On Late Daughter’s Birthday
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of 4-year-old terror victim Adele Biton gave birth to a baby girl on the birthday of her late daughter. Adele was severely injured in a Palestinian rock attack in the West Bank in 2013 and died two years later after never regaining consciousness. “It’s not a matter of filling a…
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Fast Forward Remains Of 1,200 Holocaust Victims Uncovered During Construction Work Reburied
(JTA) — Volunteers in Belarus reburied the remains of more than 1,000 Holocaust victims whose bodies recently were discovered during construction work in the city of Brest. The burial Tuesday was conducted by volunteers from the ZAKA Jewish search and rescue organization and overseen by a local Chabad rabbi, the news website Jewish.ru reported. The…
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Fast Forward Israeli Group Distributing Aid To Venezuelan Refugees
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli NGO IsraAID is distributing relief materials in Colombia to thousands of Venezuelans escaping harsh conditions in their country. An IsraAID emergency response team is on the ground in Cucuta, on the Colombian border with Venezuela, where thousands of Venezuelans are crossing daily seeking relief from the economic and political crisis…
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Fast Forward Chicago Synagogue Targeted With Firebombs
(JTA) — An unknown arsonist attempted twice to set on fire a synagogue building in downtown Chicago, while vandals smashed the windows of cars parked outside of a synagogue on the far north side of the city. Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told reporters on Sunday that Chicago Police Deputy Superintendent Anthony Ricci ordered that…
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Fast Forward Palestinians To Boycott Kushner’s Peace Plan Launch: ‘We Were Not Consulted’
(JTA) — Palestinian leaders rejected a plan for an economic workshop announced as the first part of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan. The Palestinians say they were not consulted on the plan to hold the conference next month in Bahrain. Finance ministers and global and regional business leaders will meet June 25-26 in Manama…
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Fast Forward Ukraine’s New Jewish President: We Must Defend Our Land Like Israelis
(JTA) — Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish actor and comedian, was sworn in Monday as president of Ukraine and said his nation must defend their land like Israelis. Zelensky took the oath of office reportedly on a copy of the country’s constitution and a 16th-century manuscript of the New Testament. “We must become Icelanders in football,…
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Fast Forward Netflix Drops Australian Comedian Who Joked About Nazi Gas Chambers
(JTA) — Netflix has dropped an Australian comedian who made jokes about the Holocaust and insulted a Jewish audience member who later complained in an email. Last month, Isaac Butterfield asked his audience at the Melbourne Comedy Festival to “imagine the joy of people when they heard the Jews were sent to the gas chambers,”…
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