Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Ontario Police apologize for treating vandalized Nazi monument a hate crime
(JTA) — Police in Ontario, Canada, have apologized for treating the vandalism of a monument commemorating a World War II Ukrainian army unit that worked for the Nazis as a hate crime. On June 22, someone spray-painted the words “Nazi war monument” on a monument honoring the 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army,…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to vandalizing Wisconsin synagogue
(JTA) — A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to federal charges that he vandalized a synagogue as part of his involvement in a white supremacist and neo-Nazi group. Yousef Barasneh was arrested in January as part of a nationwide investigation into The Base, which planned to carry out coordinated vandalism of synagogues across the country in…
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Fast Forward News outlets covering Israel found, once again, to have run ‘deepfake’ op-eds
(JTA) — For the second time in a month, news outlets reporting on Israel and the Jewish community were found to have published opinion pieces by fictitious authors. Publications including Israel National News, The Jerusalem Post, The Algemeiner and the Times of Israel published pieces by a writer identified as Oliver Taylor, who does not…
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Fast Forward Arab Israeli tahini company faces boycott after LGBT donation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab Israeli-owned tahini company is facing a backlash after its owner donated to an Israeli LGBT rights group. Julia Zaher, who owns Al Arz tahini, made a “significant” donation to a rights group called Aguda to create a hotline for Arabic-speaking LGBT Israelis. After Aguda, tweeted appreciation in Arabic and in…
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Fast Forward Portland rabbis call on DHS to withdraw federal agents
(JTA) — Seven rabbis from the Portland, Oregon, area are pushing back against the Department of Homeland Security’s covert activity against protesters in their city. Portland has been the site of protests against racial inequality and police brutality for the past 50 nights, in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands…
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Fast Forward Israeli kindergarten teacher who begged parents to follow quarantine rules dies of COVID-19
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli kindergarten teacher has died of the coronavirus, two weeks after she made an emotional appeal for parents to keep home children who had been exposed to the deadly virus. After Shalva Zalfreund, 64, died Friday, the mayor of her city posted on Facebook the message that she had sent to…
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Fast Forward Two synagogues vandalized on same day in Sarasota, Florida
(JTA) — Two Reform synagogues in Sarasota, Florida, were vandalized with swastikas and other unspecified hateful messages. The incidents at Temple Sinai and Temple Emanu-El reportedly took place early on Wednesday morning, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. The Temple Sinai campus was extensively vandalized, including many walls made of porous Jerusalem stone, making the removal of…
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Fast Forward Ice Cube slams Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for calling out anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Rapper Ice Cube slammed NBA legend and columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for calling him out in a piece taking celebrities to task for posting anti-Semitic statements on social media. Abdul-Jabbar’s latest column in The Hollywood Reporter named Ice Cube among various figures from the entertainment world he cited for perpetuating anti-Semitic canards. Shame on…
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