Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’
The university did not specify whether the suspensions affected protesters or counter-protesters
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Books Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’
The bestselling author says he felt an "obligation" as a Jewish writer to tell the story
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Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
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Fast Forward Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage
Critics of Israel had decried the screening, organized by Gal Gadot and other Hollywood insiders, as a “Zionist trap"
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protester interrupts Jewish Cornell student’s recounting of antisemitic death threats during House hearing on campus speech
The hearing focused on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses, with some Republicans questioning whether pro-Hamas speech should be punished
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Fast Forward Palestinian man who plotted to kill Jews in Houston arrested on federal firearms charges
Sohaib Abuyyash’s case was referenced by the FBI’s director in a recent Senate hearing
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Fast Forward UMass student arrested for punching Jewish student at Hillel vigil
The incident is the latest example of campus antisemitism leading to a law enforcement response during the war between Israel and Hamas
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Fast Forward Some Jews are taking down their mezuzahs due to antisemitism. Some non-Jews are putting them up.
"To me it felt like the precursor to ‘We’ll hide you when you’re in our attic,'" one Los Angeles Jew said about his neighbors' offer to mount their own mezuzahs
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Fast Forward Donald Trump says US will distribute food in Gaza, where he says there is ‘real starvation’
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Fast Forward Regina Spektor responds to pro-Palestinian protester at concert: ‘You’re just yelling at a Jew’
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