Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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News Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities
The shuttering of federal agencies that support museums and arts organizations could cause a ripple effect in lost funding, Jewish arts administers say
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Fast Forward Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels deliveries
The Department of Health and Human Services says that 'critical services' will not be impacted amid mass layoffs and a sweeping reorganization.
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Fast Forward Digital breadcrumbs lead to the team behind Jewish Onliner, the AI-powered website that got a Yale scholar suspended
The people behind Jewish Onliner don’t see themselves as journalists reporting the news, even if they are pleased to be making it.
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Fast Forward Three more New York City yeshivas lose status and funding over secular education standards
Parents are being told to find another school for their children next year
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Fast Forward Miami Beach mayor moves to evict theater operator for showing Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’
O Cinema initially agreed to cancel the screening of the film about Palestinian displacement in the West Bank but reversed course
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Fast Forward Breaking with recent consensus, Trump makes ‘anti-Semitism’ hyphenated again
Advocates had pushed in recent years for the term to be spelled “antisemitism,” saying it would clarify the fight against hatred of Jews
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Fast Forward Antisemitic terror plot in Australia was fake and staged by a crime boss, police say
Australian Jews were facing violent incidents for months but authorities say there hasn’t been a significant attack since early February
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Fast Forward Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake
The election allows any Jew around the world who agrees to Zionist principles to vote for body with influence over Israeli immigration, and land use, and religious freedom
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