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Marcy Oster

Marcy Oster

Israel-based JTA correspondent

The front page of the final edition of The Jewish Advocate.
Posted inU.S.

Boston’s 118-year-old Jewish Advocate ceases publication

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Israeli Police at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2020, to help enforce a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel has nearly 7,000 violations of national lockdown over Rosh Hashanah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 22, 2020
Three of the main characters of "Shtisel."
Posted inTV & Film

‘Shtisel’ season 3 trailer released, ‘Fauda’ season 4 announced

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 17, 2020
From left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Israel officially signs peace treaties with UAE and Bahrain in White House ceremony

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 15, 2020September 15, 2020
Israeli police officers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in the religious neighborhood of Meah Shearim, April 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israelis prepare for a second national lockdown to prevent spread of the coronavirus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 15, 2020
President Trump announces the Israel-UAE agreement with (from left) senior adviser Jared Kushner, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Aug. 13, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Brendan Smialowski-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering Israel-UAE agreement

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
A haredi Orthodox man wearing a protective mask crosses a street in the religious Israeli city of Bnei Brak amid the coronavirus pandemic crisis, April 6, 2020 (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

40 Israeli cities placed under coronavirus curfew along with neighborhoods in Jerusalem and elsewhere

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
Chairs commemorating the Israeli deaths from the coronavirus set up in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Sept. 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel logs more than 1,000 Covid dead and world’s highest infection rate

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 7, 2020September 7, 2020
A view of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2015. (Photo/Wikimedia-giggel CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael

World Zionist Organization sending permanent emissaries to Dubai Jewish community for first time

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 4, 2020September 4, 2020
Bags of marijuana litter the street in Tel Aviv. (Photo/JTA-Israel Police)
Posted inIsrael

Drone drops hundreds of bags of marijuana over Tel Aviv

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 3, 2020

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