Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s cash-strapped, lawsuit-plagued Jewish federation announces dissolution
"We are almost out of money," the federation's newly elected president announced. "We have no employees. Critical insurance has been canceled. We cannot fulfill the purposes for which the organization was founded."
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Fast Forward ‘Now that Elon is taking over’: Online antisemites see opening as Twitter is handed over to Musk
A hashtag campaign launched by online extremists has led lead to wave of hateful content as Elon Musk's reign at Twitter begins
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Fast Forward Stanford U discriminated against Jewish applicants in the 1950s, task force confirms
Stanford’s president apologized for the discrimination and vowed to improve conditions for Jewish students today
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Fast Forward Chinese censors ban printing of Hasidic woman’s memoir due to ‘anti-communist’ content
'The Queen of Cleveland,' by a Jewish woman who lived in the Soviet Union, triggered extra caution among censors amid Russia’s war on Ukraine
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Fast Forward Progressive Jewish group launches think tank to counter spread of right-wing ideas
Known as Emor, the think tank will draw on Jewish and teachings to influence public discourse and policy around issues such as racism, immigration and LGBTQ rights
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s Jewish federation is on brink of collapse with no staff or funding for programs
“I do not know what here is mismanagement and what is fraud,” said one federation board member
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Fast Forward Israel gets back looted coin created by Jewish rebels during revolt against Roman Empire
Worth as much as $1 million, the silver quarter shekel is among the rarest coins remaining from the Great Revolt 2,000 years ago
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Fast Forward Israel to measure inequality between Mizrahi and Ashkenazi Jews with new statistics
The idea that ethnic difference among Jews would disappear in the Israeli melting pot has not been borne out, experts say
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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