Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Is a unity government nearing in Israel?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — As his Blue and White party was on the verge of breaking up, its leader, Benny Gantz, was elected speaker of the Israeli Knesset on Thursday evening. The split in his party is over a debate about joining a unity government led at first by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. What does it…
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Fast Forward Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel approve use of video conference for seder
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel have approved the use of a video conference program such as Zoom to bring families together for a Passover seder. The letter in Hebrew issued on Wednesday was signed by 14 rabbis, all Sephardic. According to the rabbis, the video conference must be operating before the start…
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Fast Forward London Rabbinical Court allowing some not kosher for Passover products due to coronavirus
(JTA) — Why will this Passover be different from all others? This year, the London Beth Din, or religious court, has created a list of permissible products not made under special supervision for Passover due to difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. The Kashrut Division of the court developed the list, titled “Product guidelines in…
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Fast Forward Last Yad Vashem “Righteous Gentile” in Germany dies
(JTA) — The last surviving German recognized as a righteous gentile for saving Jews during the Holocaust died on Monday. Gertrud Steinl, who was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1979 as a Righteous Among the Nations, died a day before her 98th birthday. Steinl’s death was confirmed to the German news agency dpa by Andre Freund,…
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Fast Forward At least 65 yeshiva students returning to Israel from Brooklyn have coronavirus
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than half of a group of 114 students who returned to Israel from a yeshiva near the Chabad world headquarters in New York have tested positive for coronavirus. The Hasidic students returned after the headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn was closed for the first…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Union: Plenty of kosher for Passover food available
(JTA) — The supply chain for kosher for Passover food has not been disrupted by the coronavirus crisis, the Orthodox Union kosher certification agency said. “Despite the long lines and panic shopping taking place at grocery stores around the country, there is an abundance of kosher food available for the upcoming holiday,” both in the…
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Fast Forward N.J. police arrest two for hosting Jewish weddings despite social distancing rules
(JTA) — Police in Lakewood, New Jersey, have arrested at least two Jewish men for hosting weddings with more than 50 people present, in violation of state rules designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last week banned gatherings of more than 50 people, and on Saturday morning he…
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Fast Forward Washington man arrested for anti-Semitic threats against neighbor
(JTA) — A Washington state man was arrested on suspicion of making anti-Semitic threats against a neighbor who took in his 13-year-old child when the teen needed a place to live. According to the criminal complaint against Matthew Douglas Kane, he posted personal information about his neighbor online and threatened to harm her on multiple…
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