Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Michigan GOP candidate says he’s ‘not antisemitic’ but won’t apologize for antisemitic Facebook posts
(JTA) — After being condemned by his party, the Republican nominee for a Michigan state House seat said he is “not antisemitic” despite sharing several Facebook posts that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories. Robert Regan, a Grand Rapids resident who recently won his party’s nomination for an upcoming special election in the heavily conservative 74th district,…
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Fast Forward Birthright Israel to lower its age limit back to 26
(JTA) – Five years after raising the age limit for Israel tour participants, Birthright Israel is reverting to a policy of funding free trips only to young adults 26 and under. This summer will be the last chance for Jews aged 27 to 32 to participate in Birthright, with the exception of anyone older who…
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Fast Forward Michigan state House candidate has shared antisemitic posts, including one calling feminism ‘a Jewish program to degrade white men’
(JTA) — Robert Regan, the Republican nominee for a safely conservative state House seat in Michigan, has frequently re-posted antisemitic content and shared his own extreme views on Jews. Regan is in a good position to win a May 3 special election for a vacant seat representing Kent County, Michigan’s 74th state district, after winning…
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Fast Forward Simeon Maslin, influential Philadelphia rabbi who brought tradition back to Reform Jews, dies at 90
(Philadelphia Jewish Exponent via JTA) – Rabbi Simeon “Shim” Maslin, a national leader in the Reform movement who pushed Reform Jews to embrace lifecycle traditions and a more substantive interpretation of mitzvah, died from cancer on Jan. 29. He was 90. Maslin was the senior rabbi at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania,…
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Fast Forward ‘The Boy In The Striped Pajamas,’ decried for its Holocaust inaccuracies, is getting a sequel
(JTA) — A best-selling children’s novel that the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has said “should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches about the history of the Holocaust” is getting a sequel. John Boyne, the Irish author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” announced Wednesday that he would be publishing a follow-up to…
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Fast Forward Israel Studies at U of Washington will remain despite return of $5 million gift, school says
(JTA) – The University of Washington won’t actually have to curb its Israel studies program after giving back a $5 million gift to a donor who was unhappy about the program’s direction. In fact, the university says, rescinding the gift — an unusual move in academia — is actually safeguarding the program’s future. “The university…
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Fast Forward Following outcry, Duke University student government recognizes campus Zionist group
(JTA) — Duke University’s student government granted recognition to a Zionist student group, reversing an earlier decision that had provoked the ire of some national Jewish organizations and a legal threat to the university administration. In 2021, Duke’s student body president had vetoed a request for recognition by the Duke chapter of Students Supporting Israel…
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Fast Forward In Miami, a selective new Jewish school hopes to attract top students
(JTA) – A brand-new, $50 million campus. A month in Israel every year. And a program to help students turn their social-service ideas into fully fledged nonprofits. These are just some of the perks offered by the Jewish Leadership Academy, a new Jewish day school in Miami that aims to merge traditional Jewish learning with…
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