Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a copy editor, reporter and Bintel Brief columnist from 2022 to 2025. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press.
Beth HarpazSenior Reporter
By Beth Harpaz
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Fast Forward An anti-circumcision activist’s lawsuit sheds light on concerns over antisemitism in the movement
Filmmaker sues Jewish group Bruchim, whose leaders have criticized him as 'extremist'
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FIRST PERSON I fast on Yom Kippur but don’t go to synagogue. And there are many Jews like me
Here’s why we fast on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar — but we don’t pray, repent or ask forgiveness
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Fast Forward The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ unpublished works to be digitized
Sefaria, the Jewish digital library, is adding to its online archive of the former UK chief rabbi's teachings
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Fast Forward This city wants to make antisemitic flyers illegal as ‘hate litter’
A San Diego proposal wouldn’t be the first such law. Florida has one, too
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Books A Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery
The JCC cited the state’s ‘political climate’ in canceling a talk about Rachel Beanland’s book, set in 1811 in Virginia
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Fast Forward An anti-ADL campaign is erupting on Twitter and Elon Musk endorsed it
More than 89,000 #BantheADL posts flooded Twitter as part of an ongoing effort by the far right to defame the organization
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Culture Why all the bagel talk at the US Open? Here’s why they use ‘bagels’ to keep score in tennis
Meet Jewish tennis champ Harold Solomon, the man behind all those tennis 'bagels'
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Fast Forward Detroit’s only free-standing synagogue reopens
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue reopens, another sign of the city’s comeback
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