Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Minn. GOP’s nominee for governor says comparing COVID policies to the Holocaust is ‘legitimate’
Scott Jensen doubled down after linking mask mandate policies to Kristallnacht
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Fast Forward Texas school district reinstates an adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary amid firestorm of controversy
Outside groups, including a kosher hot dog company, said they would send more copies of the diary to the district
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Fast Forward Amid outcry, Texas superintendent says Anne Frank adaptation will be back on shelves ‘very soon’
The 2018 graphic reimagining of the famous Holocaust diary was caught up in a conservative-led push to remove “pornographic” material from the school. Jewish groups have been furious
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Fast Forward Texas school district orders librarians to remove a version of Anne Frank’s diary from shelves
The Fort Worth-area district said “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” and dozens of other books, including the Bible, must be removed following parental challenges
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Fast Forward Johnny Depp, fresh off his defamation trial, is directing a film about Jewish Italian painter Modigliani
Al Pacino is producing the film about the artist, who occasionally explored his Jewishness in his art
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Fast Forward Amy Spitalnick will go from fighting Charlottesville neo-Nazis to leading Bend the Arc
Integrity First For America, Spitalnick’s legal nonprofit that won $25m from the Charlottesville march’s organizers, will shut down
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar, one of Israel’s fiercest critics in Congress, ekes out primary victory in Minnesota
Unlike in 2020, national pro-Israel funders had skipped the race, despite AIPAC’s creation of a super PAC this year
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s fears its new Israeli owner could sell ‘Judea and Samaria’ ice cream in latest court hearing
The ice cream maker is suing its parent company to stop its Israeli affiliate from procuring its branding and intellectual property
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