Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Orrin Hatch wrote a Hanukkah song and wore a mezuzah around his neck for 4 decades
The long-serving Mormon Republican styled himself a friend of the Jews and of Israel.
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Fast Forward American University Muslim student group withdraws from interfaith seder with Hillel over its Israel support
“Hillel’s continued support for the state of Israel after this attack contradicts our values of human rights and justice," the group stated.
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Fast Forward E-commerce site Redbubble restricts ‘Schindler’s List’ design after leggings go viral
The design had been for sale on many other products, including skirts, shower curtains and iPhone cases.
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Fast Forward ‘Schindler’s List’ leggings? Clothes with images from the Holocaust movie go viral on social media
An artist-made poster of the film became an unlikely thrift-store fashion choice.
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Fast Forward University that fired Jewish professor who reported antisemitic incidents violated his academic freedom, panel finds
(JTA) – A university in Oregon that fired a Jewish professor last year after he accused the school’s president of making antisemitic comments violated the professor’s academic freedom, according to a new report by a group that represents university professors.The American Association of University Professors concluded that Linfield University, a private school in McMinnville, violated…
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Fast Forward Liev Schreiber will play Anne Frank’s father in new Disney+ series
(JTA) — Jewish actor Liev Schreiber will play Anne Frank’s father Otto in a new Disney+ limited series, the latest dramatization of the Frank family’s harrowing life in hiding from the Nazis. The eight-episode miniseries, “A Small Light,” is being produced by the National Geographic Channel, which is owned by Disney. It will follow Miep…
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Fast Forward Boston is getting a Holocaust museum, thanks to a couple with a passion for Holocaust education
(JTA) — A new Boston-based foundation dedicated to Holocaust memory plans to build the city’s first Holocaust museum. The Holocaust Legacy Foundation, which couple Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman founded after a 2018 March of the Living trip to Auschwitz, announced Thursday that it had purchased a 15,000-square-foot building near Boston Common, on the city’s…
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Fast Forward Hebrew Union College to end Cincinnati rabbinical program after board backs controversial plan
(JTA) – Hebrew Union College will officially stop ordaining rabbis in Cincinnati, the Ohio city where the Reform seminary was founded in 1875. The seminary’s board of governors voted Monday in New York City to approve a strategic plan that centers on enrolling all rabbinical students at HUC’s campuses in New York and Los Angeles….
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