Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward A South Carolina school district removed ‘The Fixer,’ a classic novel about antisemitism with its own history of school controversies
Bernard Malamud’s 1966 novel about a blood libel won the Pulitzer Prize and sparked a Supreme Court case with parallels to modern book bans
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis picket Jewish center outside Toledo after first protesting LGBTQ event
No Jews were present at the time.
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Fast Forward A New Jersey mayor apologizes for removing Pride flags at 2 synagogues’ request
The city of Highland Park has reinstated four Pride flags two rabbis had asked the mayor to take down
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Fast Forward Moms For Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in its newsletter
An Indiana branch of the “parents rights” group said it should not have quoted Hitler
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News BBYO’s Orlando convention plans pose a Florida conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and their allies
The Jewish youth group is planning a mammoth centennial celebration in Orlando, amid the state’s new restrictions on queer youth
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Fast Forward ‘You’re on the path to sin’: A Florida rabbi faced antisemitic harassment after speaking up at a school board vote
A superintendent vote in Naples, Florida, unearthed simmering tensions between the school board, its supporters, and local Jews
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Fast Forward A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about whether it is ‘explicit sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, the Holocaust memoir’s author, is advocating against the possible ban and the movement it fits into
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Books A new version of the Holocaust’s most famous diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’ and getting banned from schools
Parents have challenged ‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’ in multiple states, with some success
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