Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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News American rabbis, wrestling with Israel’s behavior, weigh different approaches from the pulpit
Critiquing Israel in front of a congregation has an informal name, one rabbi said: 'Death by Israel sermon.'
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Fast Forward Feds arrest Michigan man who plotted to kill Jewish elected officials in the state
The former University of Michigan employee was in possession of several firearms and had tweeted threats directed at Jews
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Fast Forward Cleveland rabbi sentenced to prison for soliciting underage sex had a prominent Conservative rabbi as his character witness
Stephen Weiss, a Cleveland rabbi who pleaded guilty to attempted unlawful sexual conduct, had a character witness in a former Rabbinical School dean
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Fast Forward Catholic school soccer team that brawled with Miami Jewish school forfeits state semifinal
The fight was thought to have been fueled by antisemitic language
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Fast Forward Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Arkansas state law prohibiting contractors from boycotting Israel
The court declined to hear an appeal in the case, keeping on the books an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign an anti-boycott pledge
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Fast Forward A Miami brawl between Jewish and Catholic high school athletes may have been fueled by antisemitic language
Witnesses to a fight involving Scheck Hillel Community School said the Catholic students had yelled antisemitic phrases
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Fast Forward Rabbi arrested, banned from Cleveland universities over his anti-Palestinian activism
Alexander Popivker, who also violated a student’s order of protection, said he was committing 'civil disobedience'
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Fast Forward Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew
Lena Epstein, who is running for chair of the state GOP, said in a video that she has been 'baptized' and is now a 'Jewish Messianic believer of Christ'
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