Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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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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Fast Forward Colorado invokes a pro-Israel state law to divest its pension fund from Ben & Jerry’s
(JTA) — In 2016, Colorado’s state pension fund passed a law pledging economic loyalty to Israel. That law is now being invoked as the state becomes the seventh to punish ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s over the company’s 2021 pledge to stop selling ice cream in “occupied Palestinian territories.” The board of Colorado’s Public Employees’…
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Fast Forward Hebrew Union College could stop ordaining Reform rabbis in Cincinnati after 147 years
(JTA) — Since 1875, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati has been minting Reform rabbis — but it may not for much longer. The board of directors for Reform Judaism’s historic seminary is set to vote next month in New York City on a proposal to stop enrolling rabbinical students in Cincinnati, citing sharply declining enrollment…
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Fast Forward A Jewish Google employee says her activism against an Israel contract got her job moved to Brazil
(JTA) — A Jewish Google employee who has tried to pressure the company to end a contract to build cloud-based data centers for the Israeli government says the tech giant has retaliated against her activism — by asking her to relocate to Brazil. Ariel Koren told the Los Angeles Times that after she criticized and…
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Fast Forward ‘Advancement of … anti-Semitism’? Error in U of Michigan diversity officer’s campus-wide email draws scorn
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (JTA) — Like many American universities today, the University of Michigan wants its community to know that it is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI. But for Jews, an email its chief diversity officer sent today inadvertently communicated the opposite effect. In a letter to all students, staff and…
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