David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
David Ian Klein
By David Ian Klein
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News As Mosul recovers from ISIS rule, a native of the city is fighting to revive its Jewish past
According to Jewish scripture, after the prophet Jonah suffered his ordeal in the belly of the whale, he found himself in what is today called Mosul, in modern-day Iraq. Jews lived there in Biblical times, and continued to do so for nearly three millennia until the 1950s. Today, none remain. There is, however, one Iraqi,…
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Fast Forward After wedding controversy, Satmar community cancels annual dinner
Just days after an insular ultra-Orthodox community in New York City was widely criticized for hosting a wedding with several thousand maskless guests, the community’s leadership has announced it is canceling an annual event in honor of the rescue of the group’s leader during the Holocaust. The annual event, scheduled for Dec. 6, celebrates the…
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Fast Forward Ossoff thanks Sanders for endorsement, but won’t reciprocate
During a CNN interview Sunday, Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff thanked Sen. Bernie Sanders for supporting him in his run-off race against Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue — but wouldn’t return the favor. “I appreciate the senator’s support, and Iook forward to working with him to fight for a $15 minimum wage, to put the…
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Fast Forward ‘Europe is Soros’ gas chamber:’ Hungarian minister compares Soros to Hitler
In an op-ed in Hungary’s pro-government outlet Origo, a Hungarian minister compared George Soros to Hitler on Saturday, calling the Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist and Holocaust survivor “the liberal Führer” before retracting his comment and deleting his Facebook page. “Europe is George Soros’ gas chamber,” wrote Szilard Demeter, ministerial commissioner and head of the Petofi Literary…
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Fast Forward Kyle Rittenhouse wore a shirt with a coffee company’s name on it. Now its Jewish owner is being harassed by antisemites.
Antisemites are attacking the Jewish owners of Black Rifle Coffee Co. online after they publicly distanced themselves from 17-year-old Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, who was pictured wearing their merchandise in a now-deleted tweet by a reporter from the right-wing news outlet Blaze Media, Elijah Schaefer. The tweet displayed a photo of Rittenhouse with the caption…
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper is tweeting about Torah with … Lenny Dykstra?
In what may be one of Jake Tapper’s Jewiest tweets ever, CNN host Jake Tapper and former Mets and Phillies player Lenny Dykstra got into a discussion of the weekly Torah portion on the social media network. Just the common occurrence of a former star member of the @Phillies telling me that this week’s parsha…
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News ‘Not just about Crown Heights:’ A Zionist, an educator and an activist pay tribute to David Dinkins
David Dinkins, New York City’s 106th mayor but its first Black one, died at the age of 93 on Monday. A lifelong Harlem Democrat who spent his career in government and politics, Dinkins became mayor in 1989, defeating three-term incumbent Ed Koch. To many, his name is associated with the 1991 Crown Heights riots, in…
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Fast Forward In Florida, a Holocaust museum’s George Floyd inspired exhibit spurs debate about its mission
A Florida Holocaust museum that also explores modern social problems as part of its mission is attracting criticism for a new exhibit inspired by the police killing of George Floyd, and the unrest that followed. The Holocaust Memorial and Education Resource Center of Florida’s Uprooting Prejudice: Faces of Change Exhibit, features portraits taken by a…
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