Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Minor league ballpark turns into synagogue for Yom Kippur
A minor league ballpark in New Jersey was transformed into a large synagogue for Yom Kippur. About 1,000 congregants from Temple Har Shalom, a Reform congregation in Warren, spread throughout the TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater Township for Yom Kippur services, WABC-TV reported. The worshippers were able to sit socially distanced but also see each…
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Fast Forward Toddler gets bone marrow from Jewish day school principal after his school’s registry drive
Rabbi Yossi Kastan, the head of a Jewish day school in suburban Baltimore, says he’s “always wanted to change the world.” Last week, he did precisely that for an ailing 2-year-old girl. On Sept. 21, the day after Rosh Hashanah as well as the Fast of Gedaliah, Kastan donated his bone marrow to the girl,…
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Fast Forward Editor resigns at Miami Herald’s Spanish newspaper over anti-Semitic, racist column
(JTA) — The managing editor of The Miami Herald’s Spanish-language publication el Nuevo Herald has resigned after the publication of an anti-Semitic and racist column in an advertising insert. Nancy San Martin, El Nuevo Herald’s managing editor, resigned and Aminda Marqués González, the executive editor and publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald,…
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Fast Forward Kibitz is the Oxford English Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Day’ — but their definition will surprise you
The Oxford English Dictionary’s online word of the day is kibitz. However, the dictionary’s first definition is a bit jarring for Americans who are accustomed to the using the word as a colloquialism for warm, friendly chatter. Instead, the OED defines it as “To watch (a card game or card player) as a spectator, typically…
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Fast Forward More restrictive lockdown set for Israel as Coronavirus cases soar
(JTA) — Israelis are facing a much more restrictive general lockdown, including the closure of synagogues, to prevent the record spread of the coronavirus. The stricter measures approved early Thursday would go into effect hours before Yom Kippur, which starts on Sunday evening. The full Knesset was set to vote on the new restrictions later in…
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Fast Forward This United passenger had a Yom Kippur predicament. The CEO changed the flight time.
A Jewish passenger who couldn’t make a United Airlines flight to Israel because of Yom Kippur went right to the top for an accommodation — and it worked. The woman, identified as Miriam W. by DansDeals, wrote an email directly to the airline’s CEO and chairman, Scott Kirby and Oscar Munoz, to explain her situation:…
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Fast Forward Jews attacked in 3 incidents in Canada’s Ontario province over Rosh Hashanah
(JTA) — Three incidents described by a Jewish defense agency as anti-Semitic took place in the Canadian province of Ontario over Rosh Hashanah. On Friday evening, a man verbally attacked a Jewish father and his son outside a synagogue in Thornhill, a community north of Toronto with Canada’s largest concentration of Jewish residents. The man…
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Fast Forward Israel hits daily record of nearly 7,000 new Coronavirus cases
(JTA) — As Israel racked up a record nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, the government met to consider tightening restrictions, including banning synagogue prayer and public protests. The coronavirus cabinet met Tuesday for several hours but failed to make any decisions about further restrictions to stop the spread of the deadly virus….
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