Adam Kovac is a staff reporter at the Forward, covering breaking news. He can be reached at kovac@forward.com or on Twitter as @AdamJKovac.
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By Adam Kovac
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Fast Forward Russia bombs Ukrainian city of Uman, a pilgrimage site for Haredi Jews
The city is home to the gravesite for Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, which in the past has attracted thousands of visitors every Rosh Hashanah
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Fast Forward Dana Bash, Jewish host of CNN’s special on antisemitism, takes over as anchor on flagship political show
Bash, daughter of a Judaic studies scholar, succeeds ex-husband John King at the desk of ‘Inside Politics’
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News This Jewish disease wreaks havoc. But it may have an upside.
The disorder — debilitating if untreated — may also offer protection against deadly tuberculosis
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Fast Forward Is a Texas bill requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools bad for the state’s Jews?
An organization dedicated to the separation of church and state says yes
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Fast Forward It’s Hitler’s birthday. Here’s why so few antisemites are celebrating
While some still look up to the Nazi leader, appreciation among many far-right extremists is steeped in irony
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Fast Forward Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. This foundation wants to help
For some survivors, basic needs like heat and food are hard to come by
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Fast Forward Risk of hate crimes against Jews and others could rise as 2024 election nears, report says
The authors called on social media companies to deplatform extremists and for Congress to mandate reporting hate crime data
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Fast Forward ADL: As antisemitic incidents skyrocketed in US, other countries saw a decline in 2022
A new ADL report paints a complicated, at times incomplete picture of global antisemitism
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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