Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick, says she’ll fight antisemitism — but offers few specifics
McMahon’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday explored her vision for a department Trump may seek to eliminate
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Fast Forward A grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI,’ Ted Cruz says
The senator’s attack on the National Science Foundation included seven grants intended to boost US-Israeli research partnerships
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News A century-old Zionist group is being rebooted with a new motto: ‘Jews fight back’
Betar US is going after pro-Palestinian activists — and also pro-Israel advocates whose tactics it deems overly timid
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News Strong resolve, weakened means: Jews try to keep focus on immigration and refugees under Trump 2.0
HIAS, Jewish Family Services, synagogues and activist groups share how they’re dealing with the new administration
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Fast Forward Trump directs Health and Human Services to investigate medical schools for antisemitism
Medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins are being investigated for pro-Palestinian commencement activities
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Fast Forward Trump administration opens antisemitism investigations at 5 universities, including Columbia and Berkeley
The Department of Education is joining at least two other federal departments, Justice and Health and Human Services, to form a new antisemitism task force under Trump
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Fast Forward South Carolina’s Holocaust council is divided after chair cuts rabbi’s ‘political’ remarks from Auschwitz memorial broadcast
The speech, cut from TV airings of the event, had sought to tie the Holocaust to refugee and LGBTQ issues
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Fast Forward A South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech was pulled from public TV for being too ‘political’
Rabbi Sam Rose had used his speech to inveigh against refugee, LGBTQ and book-ban policies
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