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Marcy Oster

Marcy Oster

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews is seen in Melbourne, Australia, on October 10, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
October 13, 2020, 7:03 pm
Melbourne residents confront Hasidim for allegedly breaking lockdown
Videos show locals yelling at ultra-Orthodox Jews leaving a school in the Australian city; Victoria state police says no violation of virus rules
By Marcy Oster
ILLUSTRATIVE -- A man walks through a cemetery in Jerusalem (Nati Shohat /Flash90)
October 13, 2020, 8:41 am
Man said to be Israel’s oldest dies at 117
Shlomo Sulayman, who his family says was born in 1903, immigrated from Yemen; grandson says pandemic-caused isolation and not going to synagogue damaged his health
By Marcy Oster
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (AP Photo, Nova Scotia Tourism and Culture, HO)
October 8, 2020, 3:42 pm
Stickers apparently blaming Jews for virus posted in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Message plastered throughout downtown and on college campuses features Star of David and symbol of Freemasons; Canadian Jewish group denounces ‘blood libel’
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: A Jewish wedding with chuppah in Vienna 2007. (CC BY SA 2.5 Gryffindor)
October 7, 2020, 2:06 pm
UK liberal rabbis allow interfaith couples to marry under a traditional canopy
Becoming first Jewish movement in Britain to permit interfaith nuptials beneath a chuppah, group says move aims to recognize and celebrate the diversity of Jewish life in 2020
By Marcy Oster
Shore Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn. (JTA)
October 7, 2020, 11:40 am
Man arrested in vandalism of Brooklyn synagogue
Osman Butt, 25, charged with burglary and criminal mischief for damage to Shore Parkway Jewish Center, including allegedly using a flagpole to break windows
By Marcy Oster
Aaron Coleman. (Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas via JTA)
October 5, 2020, 8:39 pm
Report: Jewish candidate for Kansas state House arrested for gun threat as teen
Kansas City paper reports that Aaron Coleman was charged with felony for making a criminal threat, and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of harassment
By Marcy Oster
Workers from 'Hevra Kadisha,' Israel's official Jewish burial society, prepare a body before a funeral at a special morgue for COVID-19 victims in Holon, Sept. 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 3, 2020, 12:45 pm
8 months into pandemic, Israel is readying makeshift morgues. How did it happen?
Political wrangling and a distracted PM, quick reopenings of economy and schools, ultra-Orthodox continuing to gather — all combined with Israelis’ desire not to be suckers
By Marcy Oster and Gabe Friedman
Redwood High School in Larkspur, California. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 11:22 pm
California Jewish students push district to act against anti-Semitism
More than 5,600 sign petition addressed to superintendent after Instagram account associated with local school called on followers to identify Jewish students
By Marcy Oster
Screen capture from video of the TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater Township. (YouTube)
September 30, 2020, 8:31 pm
1,000 attend Yom Kippur service at ballpark in New Jersey
Worshipers from Temple Har Shalom, a reform congregation, reportedly able to maintain social distancing in the 6,100 capacity arena
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: A protester holds up a skateboard with the Black Lives Matter initials in London, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
September 30, 2020, 10:55 am
University of Illinois students pass resolution urging divestment from Israel
Nonbinding BDS move was bundled with vote in support of Black Lives Matter movement; Jewish student group slams ‘attempt to paint Israel and Jews as the obstacle to racial equity’
By Marcy Oster
Berman Hebrew Academy Head of School Dr. Rabbi Yossi Kastan donated his bone marrow to a 2-year-old girl, undated (Courtesy of Berman Hebrew Academy via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 9:23 am
US Jewish principal donates bone marrow to 2-year-old
Rabbi Yossi Kastan, head of Berman Hebrew Academy in suburban Baltimore, gets a call after signing up as potential donor in 2018
By Marcy Oster
Wiley performs at O2 Academy Brixton, March 2, 2018. (Ollie Millington/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
September 27, 2020, 6:16 pm
UK police drop investigation into rapper Wiley’s anti-Semitic tirade
British authorities say they cannot prosecute musician because he was abroad during anti-Jewish Twitter spree; nonprofit vows to press ahead with charges
By Marcy Oster
President Harry Truman poses with a committee from the American Association of English-Jewish newspapers in Washington, on Feb. 21, 1949 including fourth from right, Dr. Alexander Brin of the Boston Jewish Advocate (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
September 24, 2020, 2:58 pm
Boston’s 118-year-old Jewish Advocate suspends publication
Weekly founded by Herzl says declining advertising revenue, worsened by pandemic, hasn’t been offset by contributions and organizational support; says it plans a digital edition
By Marcy Oster
Capsules for up to 20 women to worship, a measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, sit empty on Sept. 18, 2020, on the first day of a nationwide three-week lockdown in reaction to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
September 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
Western Wall stays shut to most, but notes can still be sent
Jewish Agency begins campaign to collect prayers from those around the world unable to visit the Jerusalem holy site due to the pandemic
By Marcy Oster
A United Airlines jet prepares touches down at Newark Liberty International Airport on Jan. 23, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
September 24, 2020, 2:24 am
After Jewish woman writes CEO, United changes Israel flight to avoid Yom Kippur
Passenger noted that observant people will not be able to make Monday’s 8:05 p.m. flight out of Newark, because the fast only ends at around 7:30
By Marcy Oster
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