Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Kanye West, back on X again, says he is ‘not under Jewish control anymore’
Ye also defended selling swastika shirts on his website
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Fast Forward Montreal synagogue defaced with swastika on Shabbat
“With how the world is right now, it was a matter more of when, rather than if, something like this would happen,” the synagogue’s rabbi said in a message
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Fast Forward Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israelis he thought were Palestinians
The man, Mordechai Brafman, opened fire on the two men Saturday night, firing 17 shots. They were lightly injured
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Fast Forward Israeli diaspora minister tells US Jewish leaders he opposes advancing ceasefire and hostage deal
Israel is currently negotiating the second stage of the ceasefire, in which all remaining living Israeli hostages are meant to be released while Israel fully withdraws from Gaza
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Fast Forward 3 hostages released from Gaza, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen
The release happened after a week when the Israel-Hamas ceasefire appeared to be on the verge of falling apart
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Fast Forward Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s best friend, dies at 96
Van Maarsen dedicated the last decades of her life to lecturing about the Holocaust and Frank
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Fast Forward JD Vance tells German leaders to abandon their ‘firewall’ against the far-right
Vance’s comments came one day after he visited the site of Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp, alongside a Holocaust survivor
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Fast Forward Joaquin Phoenix, Ilana Glazer and hundreds of Jewish celebrities and rabbis ‘say no to ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza in full-page NYT ad
The brief text of the ad on page A7 reads, “Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!"
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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