Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Jews Are World’s Most Educated but Orthodox Drag Figure Down: Study
— Jews are the world’s most-educated religious group, with an average of more than 13 years of formal schooling, according to a new study. The Pew Research Center study published Tuesday found that Jews worldwide have four years more of schooling on average than the next-most educated group, Christians, who average about nine years of schooling….
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Fast Forward As BDS ‘Wave’ Ebbs, Students on Both Sides of Israel Debate Shift Tactics
(JTA) — When Northwestern University’s student Senate passed a resolution in February 2015 asking the university to divest from six corporations they said contributed to the violation of Palestinians’ human rights, freshman Ross Krasner was hurt and surprised. The rhetoric of the measure, portraying Israel as an oppressor, was more extreme than what he had…
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The Schmooze I Celebrate Hanukkah — but Here’s Why I’m in Love With Christmas
(JTA) — All I want for Hanukkah is Christmas. I grew up in suburban Chicago surrounded by my fellow Jews — at school, at camp, on the weekends, at my parents’ friends’ houses, in the streets and parks of my neighborhood. Even then, I knew that Jews made up less than 2 percent of America’s…
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News Why World’s Largest Menorah Can’t Be Called ‘World’s Largest Menorah’
(JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world. But he’s not allowed to call it that anymore. By decree of a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical court, Hecht must cede the title of “World’s Largest Menorah” to another candelabra, this one also erected…
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Fast Forward Steve Bannon Doesn’t Show at ZOA Dinner Following Protests
NEW YORK — Stephen Bannon, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, did not attend a dinner hosted by the Zionist Organization of America, which had publicized his intention to attend. The ZOA had publicized that Bannon would attend the Sunday evening dinner in New York, which was attended by politicians from Israel and the United States…
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Fast Forward ADL President Says U.S. Anti-Semitism Worst Since ‘30’s
— At the opening to the Anti-Defamation League’s conference on anti-Semitism, the organization’s national director said anti-Jewish hatred in America is worse than at any point since the 1930s. Jonathan Greenblatt, speaking Thursday at the opening of the ADL’s “Never Is Now” summit in New York, said currents on both the far right and far left…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. Officially Names Ari Berman as President
NEW YORK — Yeshiva University’s board of trustees has officially selected Rabbi Ari Berman as the school’s next president. Berman, whose appointment was announced Wednesday, will assume the position in July, according to a news release. As JTA first reported in September, Berman had emerged as the top candidate in the search to succeed Richard Joel,…
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Fast Forward David Duke Leads Chorus of Racists and Neo-Nazis Cheering Steve Bannon Pick
— Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was among the prominent white supremacists who celebrated President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Bannon, the former head of a so-called alt-right news site, as his chief strategist. “I think that’s excellent,” Duke said, according to CNN. “I think that anyone that helps complete the program and the…
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