Amanda Rozon
By Amanda Rozon
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Culture Sitting shiva and los nueve días: the parallels between Jewish and Latino Catholic mourning
Jews are far from the only group to practice consecutive days of prayer and mourning following a death
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News ‘Make a difference’: Lipstadt decries racism, antisemitism at YU commencement
“Too many people who fight antisemitism do so with a patch on their eye,” Lipstadt told the crowd. “They see antisemitism very clearly but only see it coming from one direction, the political direction which they oppose.”
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Fast Forward France’s newly-appointed prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor
Her father fled Nazis in Poland in 1939. Today, Élisabeth Borne joins the short list of female EU prime ministers.
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Fast Forward Ahead of a New York state deadline, Jewish groups weigh in on oversight of yeshivas
The state will accept comments through May 31 on a proposal to set standards for secular studies at private schools
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News 10 Jews who died of COVID-19
As the number of American deaths from COVID-19 reaches the 1 million mark, a sample of Jewish lives lost
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Fast Forward Babyn Yar announces creation of Russian war crimes investigation unit
The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center announced Tuesday that they will begin a joint investigation into allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. BYHMC has paired with Yahad In Unum (meaning “together” in Hebrew and Latin) — a French non-governmental organization that has been identifying and documenting mass crimes like the Holocaust and other genocides…
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Fast Forward Israeli universities give Ukrainians a chance to resume their educations
Israeli universities are raising the Ukrainian flag in a show of solidarity, but some are backing up the symbolic gesture by offering Ukrainian students and academics spots in their classrooms and opportunities on their campuses. Hebrew University, the public research university based in Jerusalem, announced early this week that it will offer emergency aid to…
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Fast Forward US antisemitism official expresses concern for Ukrainian religious sites
The top State Department official on antisemitism told American Jewish leaders Wednesday that he is worried about religious sites in Ukraine. “Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion now may include destruction to religious and cultural sites in Ukraine,” said Aaron Keyak, the deputy envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, on a Zoom call hosted by the…
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