Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Thousands join 48-hour Twitter boycott to protest anti-Semitism
(JTA) — After their vocal calls for Twitter to take down rapper Wiley’s spree of anti-Semitic tweets went unanswered, Jews in the United Kingdom are taking another approach: silence. British Jewish activists and their allies — including high-profile celebrities, both Jewish and non-Jewish — are staging a 48-hour boycott of Twitter to protest the platform’s…
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Fast Forward Debate ensues after Metropolitan Museum of Art labels tefillin as Egyptian amulet
(JTA) — The first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art tweeted a picture that appeared unmistakably to Jewish followers to be a ritual object used in Jewish prayer with the label “amulet,” a single follower responded with a correction. “That is not an Amulet it is a Jewish tefillin,” wrote an account from a New…
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Fast Forward Outcry after Philadelphia NAACP head posts anti-Semitic meme on Facebook
(JTA) — Jewish groups in Philadelphia have called for the firing of the head of the local NAACP, Rodney Muhammad, who posted a known anti-Semitic meme on his public Facebook page. The meme, known as “the Happy Merchant,” is an anti-Semitic image used by extremists that the Anti-Defamation League says is commonly used by white…
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Fast Forward British lecturer fired for racist, anti-Semitic comments
(JTA) — A British university lecturer was fired for making racist claims, including that “Jewish people are the cleverest in the world.” Stephen Lamonby, 73, of Solent University in Southampton, also said that “Germans are good at engineering” and that he “had a soft spot” for young Black men because they are “underprivileged” and “need…
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Israel News Israeli diplomats buy 600 pounds of tahini to back boycotted Arab-Israeli businesswoman
(JTA) — The Arab-Israeli owner of a popular tahini brand facing a boycott for donating to an Israeli LGBTQ rights group has some friends in the Israeli diplomatic community. Dozens of Israeli diplomats in Israel and around the world have purchased more than 600 pounds of the tasty sesame paste to support Julia Zaher, who…
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Fast Forward Twitter says it accidentally closed accounts of users posting Star Of David
(JTA) – Twitter acknowledged that it accidentally closed the accounts of some users for posting the Star of David. Several Twitter users reported to a British anti-Semitism watchdog that their accounts were locked after they posted the Jewish symbol, the watchdog said. Twitter informed the users that they violated the social media platform’s rules against…
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Fast Forward Israel’s government coalition teeters after gay conversion therapy vote
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Backed by the Blue and White party of Benny Gantz, Israel’s Knesset voted Wednesday to approve a ban on gay conversion therapy, which appears to be part of a crisis in the government coalition. Later in the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided not to pass the 2020 budget, as specified in…
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Fast Forward Thousands protest Netanyahu in Jerusalem — including a topless woman
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands gathered in Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of his government, including a woman who removed her shirt and sat topless at the top of a menorah sculpture. Some 34 demonstrators were arrested in clashes with police when the protest Tuesday night moved from the Knesset to…
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