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Marcy Oster

Marcy Oster

Israel-based JTA correspondent

Marchers holding Jewish pride flags debate with marshals of the 2019 DC Dyke March. The marchers were allowed in after being blocked. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inNews

Jewish Pride flags allowed into DC Dyke March after standoff

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 11, 2019
Rachel Chavkin won best director of a musical at the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, June 9, 2019. (Photo/JTS-Bruce Glikas-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inTheater

Jewish directors dominate at Tony Awards

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 11, 2019
Posted inNews

Why is Israel holding new elections?

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster May 30, 2019May 30, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks to Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, Feb. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Pool)
Posted inNews

New Israeli elections loom with Netanyahu still unable to form a coalition

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 29, 2019
A fire rages in the Ben Shemen Forest in central Israel, May 23, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Fire devastates Israeli community founded by Shlomo Carlebach

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 23, 2019
A Jewish emergency crew and police officers at the site of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S., News

Legislation would grant additional funds to synagogues for security

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster May 20, 2019
Posted inNews

Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, shielded rabbi from bullets

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster April 28, 2019April 28, 2019
Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 7, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

9 takeaways from Israel’s historic election

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster April 10, 2019April 10, 2019
A Likud party supporter holds a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 7, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90
Posted inNews

The final polls are in and Israel’s election is a nail-biter

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster April 8, 2019April 8, 2019
David Yazbek, left, and Dean Sharenow, winners of Best Musical Theater Album for "The Band's Visit," pose in the press room at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Alberto E. Rodriguez-Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Posted inCulture

‘The Band’s Visit,’ Drake win Grammy Awards

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster February 11, 2019

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