Asaf Shalev
By Asaf Shalev
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Fast Forward American Jews prepare for a Shabbat in the shadow of Colleyville
(JTA) — As she began to think about what she would tell her congregants on the Shabbat after the hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Rabbi Jennifer Lader of Temple Israel in suburban Detroit realized she had already prepared. Grotesquely, Colleyville was far from the first time she would face concerned congregants after…
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Fast Forward Workers push to unionize at the Jewish Museum in New York
If the effort succeeds, it would be the second New York Jewish museum to unionize during the pandemic
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Fast Forward Jewish charities among top funders of Islamophobia, says report by Muslim civil rights group
(JTA) – Charitable foundations with ties to Jewish federations and Jewish families feature prominently in a new report about the flow of tax-deductible donations to organizations that a leading Muslim civil rights lobby has identified as “anti-Muslim groups.” Titled “Islamophobia in the Mainstream,” the report was published Tuesday by CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil…
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Fast Forward National Museum of American Jewish History buys back building it lost in bankruptcy with gift from donor
(JTA) — Footwear entrepreneur Stuart Weitzman has come to the rescue of the financially beleaguered National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The museum had racked up $30 million in construction debt and lost ownership of its new building, emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September. Now, a gift from Weitzman will allow the museum…
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Fast Forward Florida Jewish federation says its anti-hate ad was rejected by Facebook algorithm
(JTA) — Just ahead of Hanukkah, the Jewish Federation of Broward County in Florida tried to purchase an ad on Facebook, a simple post calling attention to the problem of antisemitism as a part of a new nationwide campaign called “Shine a Light.” But Facebook’s automated system rejected the ad without explanation, leading federation officials to suspect the post…
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Fast Forward Sally Rooney’s boycott of Israel publishers gets backing of 70 writers
(JTA) — Seventy notable writers and publishers including Rachel Kushner, Francisco Goldman and Eileen Myles have signed a letter supporting Irish novelist Sally Rooney in her refusal to have her third novel translated into Hebrew by an Israeli publisher. The letter calls Rooney’s boycott of Israeli publishers “an exemplary response to the mounting injustices inflicted…
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Fast Forward National survey on youth and religion raises concern about Gen-Z Jews — and questions about how to understand them
(JTA) — A massive survey conducted over the past year found that even as young Americans are rejecting traditional organized religion, they are still embracing faith and spirituality, broadly defined. The pollsters behind the Spring Research Institute, a new nonprofit dedicated to research about the “inner and outer lives” of young people, say their poll, of…
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Fast Forward Backlash mounts against Orthodox children’s book author accused of abusing minors, surprising many
(JTA) — In what some are heralding as a watershed moment in the Orthodox world, reports of sexual abuse by a prolific author of children’s books have now led multiple booksellers to stop making his work available. Meanwhile, advocates and at least one leading rabbi are urging Orthodox parents to remove books by Chaim Walder…
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