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Marcy Oster

Marcy Oster

Israel-based JTA correspondent

Protest outside of the Prime MInister's residence in Jerusalem on the first day of Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial on May 24, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Hundreds protest outside of court as Netanyahu corruption trial opens

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 25, 2020
The empty Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 17, 2020. The market could be bustling again with the Israeli government allowing certain public places to reopen. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Restaurants and bars to reopen in Israel, chief rabbi calls for synagogues to do the same

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 19, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the halls of the Knesset after the swearing-in of the new government on May 17, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alex Kolomoisky-Pool)
Posted inNews

After more than a year and 3 elections, Israel swears in a new government — its largest ever

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
There are at least eight cannabis-growing companies operating in Israel, along with several others involved in production, marketing and distribution. (Photo/JTA-Eyal Basson-Israel Ministry of Health)
Posted inIsrael

Israel gives final OK for export of medical cannabis

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 15, 2020
Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center in New York City, Nov. 17, 2004. (Photo/JTA-Fernando Leon-Getty Images)
Posted inComedy

Jerry Stiller, longtime comic who won fame on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 92

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 11, 2020
Benny Gantz (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament, Nov. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel gets ‘emergency national unity government,’ its first stable government in over a year

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 7, 2020
Rockets are fired from Gaza toward southern Israel, May 5, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mahmoud Issa-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Rocket fired from Gaza on Israel for first time in over a month

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 6, 2020
Syrian air defense batteries respond to Israeli airstrikes on military targets on the southern outskirts of Damascus early on Nov. 20, 2019. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Airstrikes blamed on Israel hit Iranian targets in Syria, killing 14

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 5, 2020
The empty Carmel market in Tel Aviv on March 23, 2020, following the government's orders to keep all bars, restaurants, malls, and markets closed in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel eases coronavirus rules: It’s back to the malls and visits with the grandkids (but no hugs)

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
A demonstrator protesting stay-at-home orders in Michigan carries a sign depicting state Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as Adolf Hitler on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 30, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kowalsky-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Holocaust imagery continues at stay-at-home protests in state capitols

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

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