Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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	Fast Forward U of Michigan fires DEI official over purported antisemitic comments
The incident came as the university has faced questions about its ability to protect Jewish students and personnel
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	Fast Forward Bucking Israel’s far right, several large American Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza
The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country come as a number of Israeli government ministers call for resettling the Palestinian enclave.
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	Fast Forward Cornell president’s leaked criticism of Gaza class prompts new row over academic freedom
After JTA published the president’s correspondence, faculty accused him of inappropriate scrutiny.
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	News Deportations, lawsuits, increased scrutiny: How the Trump administration could handle campus antisemitism
While the president-elect’s education agenda has alarmed defenders of academic freedom and the separation of church and state, some see a renewed opportunity to defend Jews on campus
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	Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
Ursula Haverbeck spent years in prison for publicly insisting Auschwitz was not a death camp, among other lies
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	Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art wasn’t the first museum to bury remains of Holocaust victims in its collection
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	Fast Forward ‘A sense of wariness’ for many Jews when they see keffiyehs in public
Many Jews say they experience the garment as an unmistakable sign of the wearer’s antipathy toward Israel and anyone who supports it
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	Fast Forward Top Canadian book prize to be awarded amid a flurry of protest over its sponsor’s ties to Israel
Among those protesting the Giller Prize was last year’s Jewish winner, Sarah Bernstein
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
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	Fast Forward What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements
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	BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
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	Fast Forward Why Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Zohran Mamdani is fueling antisemitism fears
 
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