Andrew Esensten
By Andrew Esensten
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Fast Forward Latest rap beef wraps in Drake, rhinoplasty and pastrami
The beef finds Jewish rapper Drake at the center of a rather unprecedented pile-on that some observers believe has antisemitic overtones
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Fast Forward To protest Israel, 7 anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of California Jewish museum’s exhibit
The Contemporary Jewish Museum will have empty space where the works, which the artists were surprised to see accepted, would have gone
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News Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor
Asher will be one of only two Black cantors in the country
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Fast Forward ‘Can You Dig It?’: New podcast traces how a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx
Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets, a flourishing of public art and, ultimately, the birth of hip-hop
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Fast Forward From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop
Many Jewish rappers, managers and industry executives from different backgrounds and nationalities have left their mark on hip-hop culture
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Fast Forward The 10 most influential Jewish rappers of the past 50 years
Some are household names, others are long-forgotten pioneers
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Fast Forward NBA star Domantas Sabonis is converting to Judaism
“He loves [Judaism] and really wants to be a part of it," his wife said in an interview
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Culture There’s a Grammy for Christian music. These musicians want Jewish music to get one, too.
'We get lost, or are ineligible, in existing categories,' said Sarah Aroeste, who performs in Ladino.
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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Fast Forward White House condemns student takeover of Columbia U building and protesters’ use of ‘intifada’
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Fast Forward Citing antisemitism, House Republicans take aim at universities’ funding, tax exemptions and visas
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Fast Forward Police raid Columbia University building occupied by anti-Israel protesters, arresting dozens
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