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: [email protected].
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By Beth Harpaz
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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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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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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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