Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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News How these 29 last names became a cheat code for researchers surveying American Jews
Can you guess which names make the list of distinctive Jewish last names used by researchers?
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Fast Forward In a first, Oregon’s Jewish federations pull investments from fossil fuels
Federation leaders concluded that fossil fuel divestment aligned with their financial goals as well as their values
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Fast Forward Jews have always been prolific writers. Has AI wound up with too much of their work?
'What we are seeing is going to be bad for everyone. It just might be especially bad for Jews.'
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Fast Forward 2 investigations underway following complaints of sexism at Ziegler rabbinical seminary
“I want a future where women and people of all genders are able to study at Ziegler without a culture of misogyny,” said Shayna Dollinger, who recently left the Conservative seminary for another rabbinical school
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Fast Forward The man sending $800M in post-Oct. 7 donations to Israel on where the money goes
“If the government is going to be too slow, or the government decides it’s not in their coverage agenda, we’re going to step in and do what’s needed"
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Fast Forward A new competition will grant a $1 million prize for technology to fight antisemitism
The ADIR Challenge aims to bring the energy and mindset of Israeli startups to nonprofits’ struggle against antisemitism
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Fast Forward Charlie Biton, co-founder of Israeli Black Panthers and first Israeli to meet Arafat, dies at 76
Biton was a member of parliament for 15 years, serving as a symbol of persistent Mizrahi claims against Israel’s Ashkenazi-dominated ruling class
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Fast Forward 2 years into war, major Jewish fundraising for Ukraine has slowed to a trickle
Donor fatigue set in as the war dragged on. Then Oct. 7 happened
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