Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Ohio’s attorney general and synagogues across the country fiercely debate Hebrew Union College’s downsizing plan
(JTA) – Rabbi Jonathan Blake has fond memories of his time at Hebrew Union College’s Cincinnati campus. Not only was Cincinnati where he was ordained, but it was also where he met his wife, actress and singer Kelly McCormick — who converted to Judaism after spending time in the community’s Shabbat musical ensemble. Today, Blake…
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Fast Forward A Jewish doctor takes on Santa Claus — and Sarah Palin — in Alaska House race
(JTA) — It’s Jew vs. Santa Claus — and 48 others — in Alaska’s carnivalesque special House election. Al Gross, a physician who was raised in the Last Frontier’s close-knit Jewish community, is one of 50 candidates who will be vying for the state’s lone House seat in a special election to replace Don Young,…
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Fast Forward The chair a Texas rabbi threw at his captor is headed to the American Jewish museum
(JTA) – When the rabbi at the center of January’s synagogue hostage standoff first encountered the stranger who would soon hold him at gunpoint, he served him a cup of tea. Eleven hours later, as part of a daring escape, the rabbi threw a chair at him. The teacup and the chair, items that together…
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Fast Forward A Jewish art exhibit at Princeton was canceled over ties to the Confederacy. Jewish scholars are outraged.
(JTA) — Princeton University spent months planning an exhibit of 19th-century American Jewish art before cancelling the show because two of its featured artists had supported the Confederacy. The cancellation has drawn criticism from the exhibit’s Jewish donors and consulting historians. They say the decision “rewrites art history.” “I was really stunned by the university…
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Fast Forward Iowa governor signs antisemitism, Israel boycott bills
(JTA) – Iowa’s governor signed bills into law this week codifying a definition of antisemitism for the state and restricting state business with companies that boycott Israel. One of the two bills signed by Republican Kim Reynolds on Wednesday calls for the state to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in discrimination…
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Fast Forward Ohio lawmaker draws backlash after suggesting schools should teach the Holocaust ‘from the perspective of a German soldier’
(JTA) – A Jewish lawmaker in Ohio is deriding legislation to restrict race education in the state’s schools as the “draconian Holocaust censorship bill” after one of the bill’s Republican sponsors suggested that it is appropriate to teach about the Holocaust from the perspective of the Nazis. State Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur, who co-sponsored the…
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Fast Forward Jewish stories were excluded from a new movie museum. Is Hollywood’s push for diversity leaving them behind?
(JTA) – A new museum about the history of Hollywood will have a permanent exhibition devoted to the contributions of Jews after early criticism that Jews were omitted. The change was announced this week in the lead-up to this year’s Academy Awards, which features a slate of nominees more diverse than in the past. It…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Middle East scholars sign resolution endorsing boycott of Israel
(JTA) – An academic professional organization devoted to international study of the Arab world and Israel has voted to endorse boycotting Israel, in a resolution signed by thousands of professors and scholars worldwide. Members of the Middle East Studies Association signed off on a resolution “endorsing the Palestinian call for solidarity in the form of…
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