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Fast Forward Did One Man Cause A Spike In Anti-Semitism At The University Of Wisconsin?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a huge spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in 2016, according to a report released by the school last month. The report was released by the university to comply with federal law mandating such reports annually. It noted 20 reported hate crimes in 2016, with 14 motivated by bias against religion—with…
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Fast Forward Founding Rabbi Retires From Yeshiva That Trains Female Religious Judges
A prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi is retiring from the Israeli religious school network he founded that broke new ground in the religious education of Jewish women. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin is stepping down as chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone network, which he founded when he moved to Israel in 1983. Riskin, 77, will be replaced…
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Fast Forward Justin Trudeau Keeps Forgetting That Jews Were In The Holocaust
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a plaque last week to inaugurate the country’s new National Holocaust Monument. There was just one problem—the plaque did not mention anti-Semitism or the Jewish people. “The National Holocaust Monument commemorates the millions of men, women, and children murdered during the Holocaust and honours the survivors who persevered and…
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Fast Forward Amazon Sells Halloween-Themed Anti-Circumcision T-Shirts
Just in time for Halloween, Amazon is selling outfits designed to scare you with…circumcision? The popular online retailer posted a link on Monday to buy T-shirts with the words “cut pumpkins not babies” circling a snarling jack-o-lantern. The shirts are available in men’s and women’s sizes and five different colors for $16.99. Unlike a mohel,…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Who Backs Trump Announces GOP Run For Congress
Political campaigns often attract candidates with extraordinary biographies, but none may be as unique as that of Dr. Yona Barash, who announced last month that he was running as a Republican challenger in a Sacramento swing district. Barash was born in Romania in 1945, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. His family made it…
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Fast Forward UCLA Jewish Studies Center To Honor Rabbi Elliot Dorff
The Jewish studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles will honor Rabbi Elliot Dorff later this month. Dorff, the rector and distinguished service professor at American Jewish University, will be the first-ever recipient of the Leve Award, given by the school’s Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. Dorff is also the chair…
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Fast Forward Jewish Mom Creates App For College Students Needing Emergency Services
After her college-age daughter needed to go to the emergency room but didn’t have a way to contact her, a Jewish mother helped to create an app that stores such information and also provides other services college students may need in a serious situation. Gail Schenbaum Lawton was inspired to develop the app, called Umergency,…
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Fast Forward CBS Fires Exec For Saying Las Vegas Shooting Victims Don’t Deserve Sympathy
A top lawyer at CBS has been fired after she wrote on Facebook that she is “not even sympathetic” to victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing,” CBS vice president and senior counsel Hayley…
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