Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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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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News Boston Jews say a pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs’ is a guide to antisemitism
“This project plays directly into #antisemitic myths of Jewish power and control,” said the ADL.
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Film & TV A lesbian Orthodox horror movie and other Jewish highlights of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
A Leonard Cohen documentary, an Israeli comedy and a chat between Jewish comedy writers are among the festival’s offerings.
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman, ‘Jewface’ critic, joins non-Jewish actor Bradley Cooper in Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein movie
Silverman is likely to be playing Leonard Bernstein’s sister, according to Deadline.
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Film & TV British poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same.
A conscientious objector to WWI, Sassoon became an activist through his poetry – while living as a closeted gay man.
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Fast Forward Boycott advocates claim victory as General Mills divests its Israeli dough operation
The company is selling its stake in an East Jerusalem dough factory, in a move carrying echoes of Ben & Jerry’s 2021 divestment.
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