Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh City Council Approves Gun-Control Bills Following Synagogue Attack
(JTA) — The Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval to gun-control legislation proposed in the wake of the deadly attack on the Tree of Life synagogue building. The council voted 6-3 to send a package of gun-control and anti-violence bills to the desk of Mayor Bill Peduto, who said he would sign them, the Pittsburgh…
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Fast Forward Members Of Los Angeles Youth Hockey Team Suspended Over Hitler Salute
(JTA) — Three coaches and 15 players from a youth hockey team in Los Angeles have been suspended over a video posted on social media showing a player making a Nazi salute as other players make anti-Semitic remarks. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings announced the suspensions of coaches and players from the 14U Bantam AAA…
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Fast Forward Israel Partially Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A plan to partially decriminalize marijuana possession went into effect in Israel. Under the plan, which went into effect at midnight on Monday, use and possession of marijuana in small amounts in personal homes is not an offense. Possession in public of amounts for personal use will result in a fine of…
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Fast Forward Jewish Camps Get Grants To Better Integrate Campers And Staff With Disabilities
(JTA) — Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities. The grants are part of the $12 million Yashar Initiative, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Camp funded by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. The Yashar Initiative was designed to address the…
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Fast Forward Fake Social Media Accounts Working To Help Netanyahu Reelection Bid
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of social media accounts, many of them fake, are working together to help the reelection efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party, an Israeli watchdog group has found. The watchdog group, called the Big Bots Project, found no links between the network of social media accounts and…
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Fast Forward Visitor To Auschwitz-Birkenau Caught Trying To Steal Piece Of Rail Tracks
(JTA) — A visitor to the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp was caught trying to steal a piece of the camp’s iconic rail tracks. The American visitor, 37, who was apprehended by police in Oswiecim in southern Poland, was charged with attempted theft of an item of cultural importance, the Associated Press reported. The…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet Video Shows The Sun Rise On Earth
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has sent home a video of a sunrise from the spacecraft’s point of view before it enters the moon’s orbit. The Beresheet camera also caught some selfie images with earth from 81,400 miles and nearly 165,000 miles away. It also sent back a short selfie video.. The spacecraft…
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Fast Forward Health Food Store Employee Arrested After Harassing Jewish Co-Worker
(JTA) — A former employee of a health food store in New York who was fired for anti-Semitic comments and actions against a Jewish co-worker was arrested for the hate crime. William Sullivan, 21, of Saugerties in southeast New York, was charged with second degree aggravated harassment. He is scheduled to appear in court on…
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