Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Tik Tok removes channel of Jewish extremist group Lehava
(JTA) — The video-sharing social network Tik Tok removed the channel of Lehava, a far-right Israeli group that opposes Jewish-Arab coexistence and gay relationships. The group is led by Benzi Gopstein, who was banned from running in Israeli elections last year as head of the right-wing Jewish Power party due to anti-Arab statements considered incitement…
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Fast Forward Son of Jewish same-sex couple is US citizen, federal appeals court rules
(JTA) — The son of a Jewish same-sex couple should be granted U.S. citizenship, a federal appeals court ruled. The ruling on Friday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an earlier district court decision recognizing the citizenship from birth of Ethan Dvash-Banks, who was born by surrogacy in Canada to Andrew and Elad…
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Fast Forward Paul Milgrom shares Nobel Prize in Economics for auction theory discoveries
(JTA) — Jewish American economist Paul Milgrom will share the Nobel Prize in economics with American economist Robert Wilson for their work in auction theory, the the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday. The laureates’ theoretical discoveries in their studies of how auctions work have improved auctions in practice, according to the prize committee….
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Fast Forward Thousands attend Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Israel, leading to clashes with police
(JTA) — A funeral that had gotten special permission to include hundreds of people instead drew thousands to the Israeli city of Ashdod, resulting in clashes between mourners and police who attempted to disperse them. The funeral was for Rabbi Mordechai Leifer, 65, known as the Rebbe of Pittsburgh, who died of the coronavirus amid…
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Fast Forward Jewish researcher shares Nobel Prize in medicine for identifying Hepatitis C virus
(JTA) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists who identified the hepatitis C virus. The prize was awarded Monday to Harvey Alter of the National Institutes of Health, Michael Houghton of the University of Alberta, and Charles Rice of Rockefeller University. “The Nobel Laureates’ discovery of Hepatitis C virus is a…
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Fast Forward Rabbis pray at Western Wall for Trump’s recovery
(JTA) — Leading Israeli rabbis prayed at the Western Wall for President Donald Trump’s recovery from the coronavirus. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the Western Wall, recited a traditional Jewish prayer for healing on Trump’s behalf on Monday morning, days after the American president announced he had contracted the virus. Israel’s two chief rabbis…
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Fast Forward Jewish Kansas state House candidate was arrested as teenager for threatening to shoot female student
(JTA) — Aaron Coleman, the 20-year-old Jewish student and Democratic nominee for a state House seat in Kansas, was arrested in 2015 for threatening to shoot a female student at a local high school. The revelations about the arrest further detail Coleman’s history of harassing woman. This summer, Coleman admitted to calling a girl fat…
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Fast Forward New York City plans to shut down 9 hotspot areas, including Orthodox hubs, over virus spikes
(JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that the city will re-impose a COVID lockdown, which will include the closing of schools and nonessential businesses, in several neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations. The lockdown will last two to four weeks in parts of Far Rockaway, Queens and Kew Gardens in…
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