Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward The Vatican will release WWII-era ‘Jewish files’ online, including unanswered pleas to the pope
Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Pius XII’s archives, including thousands of requests for help from Jews, to be published digitally.
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Fast Forward A new book explores abusive rabbis and the Jewish institutional culture that protects them
Author Elana Sztokman interviewed 84 survivors of alleged abuse and included around 200 additional survivor testimonies from various Jewish archives for “When Rabbis Abuse.”
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Fast Forward Michigan pension fund sues Ben & Jerry’s owner over ice cream maker’s Israel policy
The suit alleges that the policy was improperly disclosed to shareholders, and is the latest in a new round of Israel-related developments for the ice cream maker.
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Film & TV Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?
A new dramedy starring Dakota Johnson tells the story of a “motivational dancer” for bar/bat mitzvah parties.
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Fast Forward Head of campus pro-Israel group loses Republican Congressional primary in Nevada
David Brog, a protege of the Adelsons, lost to a former military colonel.
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Fast Forward Two Ivy League presidents are stepping down. They leave different legacies on campus Israel speech and antisemitism.
Lawrence Bacow, at Harvard, and Lee Bollinger, at Columbia, will exit their posts in 2023
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Fast Forward The former Kutz Camp will be a set for Ben Platt’s new movie, ‘Theater Camp’
The filmmakers have also promised to fund improvements to the camp.
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Fast Forward Massachusetts Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley, condemn pro-Palestinian project mapping Boston Jewish groups
Members of Congress, including one critical of Israel, speak out against the project’s goal of mapping “Zionist leaders”
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