Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Colleyville synagogue cofounder, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, sees reasons for optimism following hostage crisis
(JTA) — Jews around the world reacted with horror to last weekend’s hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. But Anna Salton Eisen had a deeper connection to it than most. Eisen was a founding member and first president of the congregation, and when her fellow congregants told her what was happening on…
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Fast Forward University of Michigan’s Judaic Studies center gets $1 million grant
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (JTA) — The University of Michigan’s Frankel Center for Judaic Studies announced that it had received a new gift in excess of $1 million from local benefactors. The money will primarily be used to create a new full-time endowed professorship on the faculty. The gift comes from the estate of Stuart and…
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Fast Forward Cleveland Jewish News expands into Akron with acquisition of community paper
(JTA) – At a time when many local Jewish news outlets are scaling back or shuttering operations altogether, the Cleveland Jewish News is expanding its footprint for the second time in three years. CJN’s publisher, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, announced Dec. 21 its plans to begin serving the Jewish population of Akron, Ohio, after…
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Fast Forward The new owner of a San Diego Jewish news site has no qualms about blurring journalism and PR
(JTA) — Jacob Kamaras got the San Diego Jewish World for an absolute steal — $1, to be exact. The journalist and public relations executive bought the publication for that ceremonial price from its previous owner-publisher, Don Harrison, who founded the online outlet in 2009 and was looking to step down from day-to-day operations; Harrison…
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Fast Forward Cartman converts to Judaism on ‘South Park,’ after decades of tormenting Jews
(JTA) — One of television’s most notorious cartoon antisemites is now an Orthodox rabbi. Eric Cartman, the egomaniacal, hate speech-spouting grade schooler on Comedy Central’s long-running adult animated series “South Park,” has had a change of heart in a new hour-long special of the show, which is set 40 years in the future. In “South…
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Fast Forward Sex, lies, videotape — and antisemitism: Indie film uses shock value to discuss Jewish persecution in Romania
(JTA) — It begins with a hardcore sex scene. It ends with a debate about Holocaust education. This is the strange and — for better and worse — unforgettable world of “Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn,” an oddball Romanian arthouse film that is seeing a U.S. release this week after winning the prestigious Golden…
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Fast Forward Susie Essman, TV’s most outrageous Jewish mother, talks ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and cancel culture
(JTA) — On the wall of Susie Essman’s powder room hangs a giant portrait of herself. Actually, the portrait is of Susie Green, Essman’s beloved, foul-mouthed character on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” HBO’s long-running improvisational sitcom exploring the social rules that govern all of our lives, and especially those of the one percent. It comes from…
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Fast Forward On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming
(JTA) — Some of Netflix’s biggest international hits of the last few years — from “Fauda” to “Shtisel” — have been Israeli imports. Now, the streaming giant is spotlighting Palestinian entertainment, as well. Last week, Netflix released a “Palestinian Stories” collection consisting of what it said was 32 films, although only 27 films were listed…
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