Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Israel is only country where the majority approves of Trump’s foreign policies
(JTA) — Israel is the only one of 33 non-U.S. countries where a majority expresses net approval of President Donald Trump’s major foreign policies, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Some 55 percent of Israelis in the spring 2019 poll expressed net approval of the policies – meaning they back more of the policies…
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Fast Forward ‘Christian Birthright’ brings thousands of college students to Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — As evening descended on Jerusalem one Friday last month, 1,000 students gathered at the Western Wall for the traditional prayers to welcome the Jewish Sabbath. They joined the throngs who dance and sing at the holiest site in Judaism as Shabbat begins. When it was over, they repaired to the homes of…
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Fast Forward Former U.K House of Commons speaker says he experienced anti-Semitism
(JTA) — John Bercow, the British House of Commons speaker who resigned in late October, said he experienced anti-Semitism in his own Conservative Party. In 22 years in the House of Commons, he never faced anti-Semitism from the beleaguered Labour Party, Bercow said in an interview with the Sunday Times magazine. “Unspeakable,” a memoir by…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg tells tech conference he has ‘become more religious’
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience at a tech conference that he has “become more religious” in recent years. Zuckerberg was interviewed Friday evening at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. “The last few years have been really humbling for me,” Zuckerberg said. “I’ve become more religious.” He attributed his religious evolution…
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Fast Forward Arab League unanimously rejects Trump peace plan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab League, meeting in an emergency session in Cairo, unanimously voted to reject President Donald Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, calling it “unfair.” Arab foreign ministers voted on a resolution Saturday saying the plan, which Trump unveiled Tuesday at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “does not satisfy…
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Fast Forward Orthodox couple asked to leave plane because of alleged body odor, sues airline
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish couple from Detroit who were asked to exit an American Airlines plane because the pilot said they had offensive body odor have filed a federal lawsuit against the airline. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in district court in Houston five days after Yehuda Yosef and Jennie Adler and their 19-month-old…
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Fast Forward 2 gunmen thwarted in Friday night robbery attempt inside Baltimore synagogue
(JTA) — Two gunmen who tried to hold up a worshipper inside a Baltimore synagogue after Sabbath services were forced to flee after the intended victim fought back. The men entered the Khal Chassidim Synagogue in the Park Heights neighborhood on Friday evening. One of the suspects pointed a handgun at a congregant and tried…
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Fast Forward Woman charged with hate crime for throwing pork chops at upstate NY synagogue
(JTA) — An upstate New York woman has been charged with a hate crime for throwing pieces of pork at a local synagogue. Tara Rios, 47, of Hudson, was arraigned in Livingston Town Court on Saturday and charged with first-degree harassment as a hate crime, according to local reports. Rios went to Congregation Anshe Emeth…
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