Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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Fast Forward Miriam Adelson slashed her philanthropy as casinos closed due to Covid. Now, her business empire is recuperating
The family’s charitable trust, which funnels money into the Adelson Family Foundation, dropped from more than $200 million before the pandemic to $37 million in 2021
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv art museum implicated in ‘conflict of interest’ involving Nazi-linked jewelry auction
Meanwhile, the Claims Conference says it rejected a donation offer from Christie’s, warning the auction house about being ‘on the wrong side of history'
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Fast Forward James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash
He was the scion of the Crown family, who are known as prominent backers of various Chicago charities, Jewish institutions and Democratic politics
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Fast Forward Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age
The figure reflected a recognition that, even as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles with each passing year, the needs of the remaining survivors are increasing as they age
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Fast Forward Lecture on Holocaust in Poland canceled after far-right lawmaker storms podium
'Nothing like this has ever happened to me,' said the Holocaust scholar whose lecture was interrupted
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Fast Forward Wikipedia disciplines editors in Holocaust distortion dispute but sidesteps debate over Polish complicity
The online encyclopedia didn’t take a position on the underlying dispute over Polish antisemitism and complicity with the Nazis, instead focused on whether editors adhered to the community’s code of conduct
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Fast Forward Conservative Ziegler rabbinical school to relocate to ‘heart of Jewish life’ in Los Angeles
American Jewish University is renting space for Ziegler in a commercial building in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood
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News The historian who uncovered the ADL’s secret plot against the far-right John Birch Society
The Birchers’ mission to defend Christianity and capitalism morphed into a radical anti-civil rights agenda that groups like the ADL saw as an existential threat
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