Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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News In Oregon, a small Christian university with few Jews grapples with accusations of antisemitism
(JTA) — When the new president of his small Oregon university made a remark about Jewish noses, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner was unnerved. But Pollack-Pelzner, a professor at the school, was willing to assume that the president had merely made a tactless mistake. “At the time, I thought this is messed up,” he said of the 2018…
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Fast Forward Senate passes legislation to improve hate crime reporting
(JTA) — The Senate passed a bill to help law enforcement respond to hate crimes and report them to the federal government, alongside legislation that specifically combats anti-Asian hate crimes. As anti-Semitism has risen in recent years, national Jewish organizations have urged the government to improve the hate crime reporting process. Passed Thursday by an…
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Fast Forward Windows broken at four synagogues in Bronx Jewish neighborhood
NEW YORK (JTA) — Four synagogues in the New York City neighborhood of Riverdale were vandalized as rocks were hurled through their windows and glass doors. The vandalism in the Bronx neighborhood, which has a large Jewish population, occurred overnight on Saturday. The vandalized synagogues are the Riverdale Jewish Center, Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of…
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News Conservatives are more likely than liberals to hold antisemitic views, survey finds
(JTA) — Is anti-Semitism more of a problem on the left or the right? Should Jews concentrate their energy on combating the far right? Or should they focus on fighting anti-Israel bias on campus? How do questions of race relations in the United States play into anti-Jewish bigotry? As anti-Semitism has risen in the United…
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Fast Forward Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey accused of rape
(JTA) — Blake Bailey, the author of a bestselling biography of Philip Roth, has been accused of grooming former middle-school students for sex, with one woman accusing him of rape. Bailey acknowledged that he had sex with former students but has denied doing anything illegal. In the wake of the allegations, which were reported Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf says Anthony Fauci ‘doesn’t work for us’ after getting $1 million from Israel
(JTA) — Conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci is beholden to Israel rather than serving the United States. Wolf, an anti-vaccine activist who has also promoted conspiracy theories about ebola and ISIS, appeared Monday on Fox News to criticize pandemic restrictions promoted by Fauci. The one-time Democratic consultant said Fauci was “so…
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Fast Forward ‘Relieved but disappointed’: How America’s Jewish refugee aid agency is doing 3 months after Trump
(JTA) — Three weeks after taking office, Joe Biden announced that he would quadruple the number of refugees allowed into the United States. For HIAS, it seemed like an answered prayer, as the Jewish refugee aid agency had endured a rough four years under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump. HIAS, which once focused on resettling refugees,…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated the Jewish world, dies in prison at 82
(JTA) — Bernie Madoff, the fraudster who ran a $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme ensnaring thousands of investors, including a long list of Jewish organizations and families, has died at 82. The Associated Press reported Madoff’s death Wednesday at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina. Madoff was known as a selective money manager who made…
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