Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson criticized for being a Zionist after supporting jailed human rights workers in Egypt
(JTA) — Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson’s recent intervention on behalf of civil rights in Egypt is prompting a mixed response there, ranging from gratitude to anti-Semitism. Johansson, who is Jewish, was one of several celebrities to weigh in earlier this month against the arrest of four employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a…
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Fast Forward Prince Charles calls Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ‘a light unto this nation’ at ceremony marking 30 days since chief rabbi’s death
(JTA) — Prince Charles of the United Kingdom called former British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks a “light unto this nation” at a tribute marking the end of Judaism’s 30 days of mourning since Sacks’ death. Charles, whose title is the Prince of Wales, eulogized Sacks, who died at 72 on Nov. 7, on a prerecorded…
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Fast Forward A new Jewish streaming service, launched in London, aims to connect Jews and make them proud
A Jewish group based in London has launched Europe’s first Jewish streaming service, with the goal of “connecting all sorts of Jews to their culture and history.” JEWZY.tv, which is currently available only in the United States — or to a computer connecting via a US-based server — on Friday announced its launch as “chicken…
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Fast Forward Rapper Lord Jamar says 500,000 Jews at most died in the Holocaust
(JTA) — Lorenzo Dechalus, a well-known rapper whose stage name is Lord Jamar, said that at most only 500,000 Jews died in the Holocaust. Dechalus, a New York City-born producer and former cast member of the television show “Oz,” made the comment during an with Rizza Islam, a member of the Nation of Islam. “Check…
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Fast Forward New synagogue will open on Nazi killing grounds of Babyn Yar in Ukraine
(JTA) — A new synagogue is planned to open in Babyn Yar, the park in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv commemorating a ravine where the Nazis and their collaborators murdered more than 30,000 Jews. The new synagogue will open in 2021, the state news agency Ukrinform reported last week, ahead of the 80th anniversary of…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tests positive for COVID-19
(JTA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Zelensky, who is Jewish, made the announcement Monday on Twitter, adding that he is feeling well and continuing to work in confinement. “There are no lucky people for whom #COVID19 does not pose a threat,” Zelensky wrote. “Despite all the quarantine measures,…
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Fast Forward Jewish poet given Christian burial in Belarus
(JTA) — The remains of a Jewish poet were reburied in Belarus under a crucifix in a ceremony that featured prayers by priests. The reburial of Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik, better known by his pen name Zmitrok Byaduli, took place on Tuesday at a Christian cemetery in Minsk, promoting critics to complain that it erased the…
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News Corbyn suspended from Labour after report finds the British party committed ‘unlawful harassment’ against Jews
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from Britain’s Labour party after he disputed a report released Thursday that found that the party under his leadership was responsible for “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination” against Jews. The report was published Thursday by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the British government’s watchdog on racism. It…
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