Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward High School Jewish Club’s Sign Vandalized With Swastika
(JTA)– The Jewish Student Union sign at a Boston-area high school was vandalized with a swastika. The swastika was discovered Friday at Brookline High School, a public high school in a near Boston suburb, the CBS affiliate in Boston reported. “Anti-Semitic vandalism like this is a scary reminder that our work on fostering an inclusive,…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Arrested For Spitting On Elderly Jews
(JTA) — A jogger was arrested for allegedly verbally threatening and spitting on elderly Jews in Florida as they walked home from synagogue. Daniel Valerivich Starikov, 33, of Hollywood, Florida and who is originally from Britain, was arrested on Wednesday on two charges of battery on persons 65 years or older, and three charges of…
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Fast Forward Teen Reporter Scoops De Blasio’s Presidential Candidacy Announcement
(JTA) — A St. Louis teen who writes a daily politics newsletter scooped New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s presidential candidacy announcement. De Blasio officially made the announcement early Thursday morning in a 3-minute video posted on YouTube, and followed it up with an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” But Gabe Fleisher, had already…
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Fast Forward Teen Turns Himself In For Attack On Jewish Man In Brooklyn
(JTA) — A teenager has turned himself in for punching an identifiably Jewish man in the head in Brooklyn. It was one of two attacks on haredi Orthodox men in the largely haredi Williamsburg neighborhood in less than two weeks. Police are withholding the 16-year-old’s name because he is a minor. He turned himself in on…
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Fast Forward Israel’s National Broadcaster Accuses Hamas Of Hacking Eurovision Webcast
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s webcast of the first Eurovision Song Contest semifinal was hacked for several minutes with images of bombs exploding in Tel Aviv set to ominous music. The Kan national broadcaster, which is hosting Eurovision in Tel Aviv through Saturday, blamed the terror group Hamas for the hack, according to reports. It did not…
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Fast Forward Earthquake Centered Near Haifa Rocks Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was felt throughout Israel. The temblor at about 8 p.m. Wednesday was centered about 125 miles off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the northern Israeli cities of Haifa and Hadera, according to Israel’s Geophysical Institute. No injuries or damage have been reported….
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Fast Forward Accused Poway Gunman Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Hate Crime Charges
(JTA) — The accused gunman in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges. John T. Earnest appeared in federal court in San Diego on Tuesday. He was shackled at his wrists and ankles while in court. Federal prosecutors on Thursday announcing 109 hate crime and other…
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Fast Forward Daughter Of Las Vegas Rabbi Targeted With Anti-Semitic Notes At Middle School
(JTA) — The daughter of a rabbi in Las Vegas found anti-Semitic and threatening notes left on her middle school desk. One note discovered earlier this week contained a large swastika and the words “You don’t belong here.” The second was a drawing of Adolf Hitler with his hand in the air, a Nazi salute…
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