Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Claims Anti-Semitism From Democrats Who Want Him Fired For His White Nationalist Views
JTA — White House senior adviser Stephen Miller hit back at accusations that he is a white supremacist. An investigation by the Southern Poverty Law Center based on hundreds of leaked emails from Miller showed that he pushed the conservative news website Breitbart to spread ideas from white nationalist websites. Left-wing Jewish groups have since…
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Fast Forward Illinois Republicans Are Trying To Make Sure A Neo-Nazi Candidate Doesn’t Get Any Primary Votes
JTA — The Illinois Republican Party is ramping up efforts to make voters aware that a man who identifies as a neo-Nazi is running for a Chicago-area congressional seat. Arthur Jones, a former leader of the American Nazi Party, ran for the same seat in 2018. He was the Republican nominee after running unopposed in…
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Fast Forward Man Injured In Poway Synagogue Shooting Sues Chabad Over Lax Security
(JTA) — A man who was injured in the shooting attack at the Chabad of Poway is suing the Jewish center for not protecting its worshippers. Almog Peretz was shot in the leg in the April 27 attack. His 8-year-old niece also was injured. Peretz was shot while gathering children in the synagogue and ushering…
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Fast Forward Over 30 West Virginia Prison Guard Trainees Suspended Over Nazi Salute Photo
(JTA) — More than 30 employees of West Virginia’s Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended over a photo showing trainees making a Nazi salute. The photo of dozens of participants in a basic training class reads “Hail Byrd!” at the top, a reference to a training instructor for the class. Two correctional academy…
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Fast Forward Biden Says Sanders’s Plan To Withdraw Aid To Israel Is ‘Bizarre’
(JTA) — Joe Biden told voters in Iowa that support for withdrawing military aid from Israel over its interactions with the Palestinians is “bizarre.” Biden was attacking Sen. Bernie Sanders, a fellow Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential nomination in 2020, and others. “In terms of Bernie and others who talk about dealing with Zionism,…
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Fast Forward Florida Naval Station Shooter Called U.S. ‘Evil’ For Supporting Israel
(JTA) — A military student from Saudi Arabia who killed three people during a shooting attack at a Navy flight school in Florida reportedly posted a message slamming the United States for supporting Israel. The gunman in the Friday attack at the Naval Air Station Pensacola was identified as Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, 21, a second…
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Fast Forward Sanders Staffer Leaves Campaign Over Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Tweets
(JTA) — A newly hired staff member on Bernie Sander’s 2020 presidential campaign left his job after reports surfaced about past anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets. Darius Khalil Gordon announced on Wednesday that he had joined the Sanders campaign team as deputy director of constituency organizing. The following day, the conservative news website the Washington Free…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Rabbi Sentenced To 20 Years In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Student
(JTA) — A rabbi in Connecticut was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a former student at his yeshiva. Rabbi Daniel Greer, 79, the founding rabbi of the Yeshiva of New Haven, was sentenced on Monday. He is appealing the verdict. Judge Jon Alander ordered Greer to begin…
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