Asaf Shalev
By Asaf Shalev
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Fast Forward Financial firm Morningstar admits to errors on Israel in bid to quell boycott controversy
Pro-Israel activists are declaring a victory against the Israel boycott movement after the firm released a report into allegations of bias at the company
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Books A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers
“The book is about trying to figure out why [conspiracies latched onto] this wealthy Jewish family and not another wealthy Jewish family. Or why not the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Waltons?”
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Fast Forward Israeli-Russian philanthropist billionaire Yuri Milner pledges $100 million for Ukrainian refugee relief
Milner’s donation serves to further distance him from the Kremlin to which he owes early support as he became a Silicon Valley investor.
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Fast Forward Does getting arrested at a climate protest help reduce emissions? A Jewish expert weighs in.
(JTA) – Our chances of averting climate catastrophe are narrowing to the point of no return, top scientists said last week in a series of landmark reports put out by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The emission of greenhouse gasses must start winding down and the switch to a low carbon economy must happen…
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Fast Forward Rebuffed privately, influential rabbis go public with plea to cut off American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists
(JTA) – In the wake of last year’s round of deadly fighting in Gaza, a group of prominent rabbis in the New York area came to believe that a major American Jewish charity had indirectly fueled the violence. In a letter to the charity, the 19 rabbis, including ones with national renown such as Angela Buchdahl, Sharon…
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s Jewish community fears ‘implosion’ as lawsuits allege harassment and mismanagement
(JTA) – With his livelihood on the line, Rob Lennick texted the wrong Deborah. The CEO of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, Lennick sent a message asking for support of an extension to his contract. He was also asking for a $30,000 forgivable loan from the federation to pay for the repair of a…
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Fast Forward Michael Steinhardt’s looted antiquities are being returned to Israel, but some are missing
(JTA) – Eight of the looted artifacts that billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt must return to Israel as part of a deal with prosecutors in New York are still missing. That’s according to a press release on Tuesday from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announcing that $5 million in stolen antiquities previously belonging to Steinhardt are…
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Fast Forward MacKenzie Scott gives $10 million to Jewish nonprofit HIAS for Ukraine refugee relief
(JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $10 million to the Jewish humanitarian group HIAS for its work aiding refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. HIAS announced the gift Wednesday as Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, revealed her latest multi-billion-dollar round of charitable giving. She gave $3.8 billion to 465 organizations in this…
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