Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward A provocative ‘Hitler truck’ inflames tensions in Berkeley amid ‘Jew-free zones’ accusation
The UC campus community recoiled from an outside group’s attempt to capitalize on claims Berkeley’s law school was discriminating against Jews
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Fast Forward Trader Joe’s drops the ‘Israeli’ for its pearl couscous, citing change in supply chain
The company says the product is now being made in the United States
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish women sue to block Kentucky’s abortion restrictions on religious grounds
The lawsuit follows others filed by Jews in Florida and Indiana, which also constrained abortion rights following Dobbs v. Jackson
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Fast Forward Yom Kippur student absences could cost Michigan schools state funding
The holiday falls this year on student “count day,” when attendance determines how much state funding schools will get
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Fast Forward Nazi sympathizer who stormed Capitol on Jan. 6 sentenced to 4 years in prison
The judge cited Timothy Hale-Cusanelli’s history of antisemitic comments in handing down the sentence
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Fast Forward New Hollywood production company will make Jewish stories for film and TV
Leviathan Productions, from Ben Cosgrove and Josh Foer, has already acquired projects about a Jewish scientist, Israel’s founding and King David
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Fast Forward New security measures for Orthodox synagogues will alert them to threats, even on Shabbat
The Secure Community Network also announced a new online database where Orthodox Jews can report antisemitic incidents
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Fast Forward University of Vermont ‘vigorously denies’ fostering an antisemitic environment on campus, amid federal investigation
The school’s president, in a forceful statement, rejected the main tenets of the antisemitism complaint
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