Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a reporter and now manages the Bintel Brief advice column. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press. Email: harpaz@forward.com.
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By Beth Harpaz
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Culture He walked every block of the Bronx and found traces of a vanished Jewish world
William Helmreich died of COVID-19 before his book, ‘The Bronx Nobody Knows,’ was published. His wife is keeping his work alive
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Fast Forward Antisemites’ new tactic: Create chaos at city council meetings
An extremist group is encouraging members to disrupt government meetings. The ADL has advice on responding
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Fast Forward When the Auschwitz Memorial complains about tweets from Holocaust deniers, Twitter shrugs
Twitter won’t sanction users who spread hate. At the same time, Musk says he’s removing a feature that lets users block harassers
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Fast Forward Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn blamed Jews for boarding trains to Auschwitz — here’s all the offensive comments he’s made about Jews
Flynn, a Christian nationalist who told Trump to suspend the Constitution, has a history of repeating antisemitic tropes
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Culture The Jewish world champion of Scrabble shares his secrets on how to win the game
David Eldar went to Jewish day school in Australia and can spell 'schlep' four ways
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News A neo-Nazi is building a compound in rural Maine for his ‘Blood Tribe’
On the acres he bought in the nation’s whitest state, Christopher Pohlhaus aims to ‘rebrand the swastika’
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News Man who allegedly fired shots at Jewish school shared grievances against it, flashbacks of father’s violent death
His father was fatally shot by Memphis police 20 years ago
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Fast Forward Kylie Jenner gave her son a ‘Hebrew name.’ But it’s gibberish
She says the new name means ‘lion of God.’ In Hebrew, it appears to be a typo
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