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 Prominent professors urge Columbia University to move ahead with Tel Aviv outpost
The university's Global Centers are research hubs and not political, argue big-name faculty in open letter
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Fast Forward When you’re the only Jew in the statehouse, nobody gets your jokes
Esther Panitch on being Jewish in the South, the pressure of being Georgia’s only Jewish legislator and her bill on antisemitism
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Fast Forward ‘Inundated with antisemites’: White supremacists are flooding the propaganda marketplace
While the amount of propaganda skyrocketed, in most areas of the U.S. it’s ‘a small number of people that’s doing a lot’
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Fast Forward A Jewish Georgia legislator named Esther helped pass a law on antisemitism on the eve of Purim
Opponents criticized the bill on free speech grounds before it was passed with an overwhelming majority
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Fast Forward Biden administration to reverse Betsy DeVos-era rule on campus religious clubs
The free inquiry rule was touted as a defense of religious freedom but critics said it promoted discrimination
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Fast Forward Survey finds Orthodox Jews are concerned about issues of abuse in their community
The survey also found slightly more progressive views on women in the clergy and Israeli politics than in the past
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Fast Forward New hope for Gaucher disease as experimental treatment begins trials
The genetic disease predominantly affects Ashkenazi Jews
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Fast Forward The spelling changed but the meaning is the same: Dictionary.com formally adopts ‘antisemitic’
Many organizations have dropped the hyphen and capital S in recent years, citing the need for clarity when it comes to hate
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