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.
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By Beth Harpaz
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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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BINTEL BRIEF Readers respond to our advice on bullying, sluttiness, retirement, Nazi memorabilia and more
Your turn: Here's what you thought of recent Bintel columns, including one from a woman who sat shiva for a living sister and another on interrupting
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Culture What do you do with a Jewish cemetery in a town without Jews?
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, once had a thriving Jewish community. What happened when their dead were left in one woman’s care?
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Culture This massive collection of 11 million postage stamps represents every life lost in the Holocaust
The stamps, collected by children, are on display at the American Philatelic Society with letters from survivors and victims
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg’s Star Wars bar mitzvah, Yom Kippur apology and other Jewish things about the Meta CEO
With his new app Threads, the tech titan is in the news again. Here a few things to know about his background and what he’s said about being Jewish
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Fast Forward USS Carl Levin is the latest US Navy ship to honor a Jewish American
Ship named for the late US senator from Michigan who was a staunch supporter of the military
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Fast Forward NYC mayor compared 84-year-old Holocaust survivor to a ‘plantation’-owner
The woman, a tenant activist, complained about rising rents. Critics say the mayor was wrong to accuse her of racism
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Fast Forward Kanye’s Jewish ex-business partner alleges more antisemitic remarks
'You're exactly like the other Jews,' Alex Klein claims Kanye said
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