David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
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By David Ian Klein
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News After fight with city council, Riga’s Holocaust museum lives to see another day
A Riga Holocaust museum has survived an attempt by developers to force it out of the city’s chic warehouse district, but must sign onto a compromise in which it gives up some land and might have to forego a planned renovation. “In this sense, the decision on the fate of the museum is symbolic, it…
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Fast Forward Muslim Public Affairs Council: Cuomo’s COVID-19 ‘red zones’ are ‘scapegoating’ Jews
The Muslim Public Affairs Council filed an amicus brief Tuesday morning in support of Agudath Israel of America’s lawsuit challenging policies of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo which have imposed harsh restrictions on several predominantly Orthodox neighborhoods in response to spiking coronavirus cases. On Friday, Agudath Israel of America, brought a case to the U.S….
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Fast Forward ‘She chose China:’ Navy vet Elaine Luria’s opponent goes negative, trying to take seat back
It’s round two in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, as Scott Taylor, the Navy veteran who lost the seat in 2018 to Elaine Luria, tries to win it back from her. Luria is ahead by 7 points, according to a poll by Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Public Policy, and Taylor is attacking her patriotism….
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Fast Forward Giuliani: It was ‘nice Jewish people’ who staged pro-Trump rally that ended in arrests
Eleven demonstrators were arrested on Sunday in Manhattan when a rally, organized by a group called “Jews for Trump,” clashed with an anti-Trump group in Times Square. According to the Associated Press, two caravans of cars, decked out with pro-Trump paraphernalia, including “Make America great again” flags and bumpers tickers, set out from Coney Island…
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Fast Forward Contestant’s Nazi facial tattoos force British broadcaster to suspend woodworking competition
The U.K.’s Sky network suspended its game show, “The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker,” pending an investigation, after viewers recognized several Neo-Nazi and white supremacist tattoos on the face of one its contestants in a promotional video. WHAT THE FUCK, @HISTORYUK? I can see at least 5 recognised Nazi/white power tattoos on this guy’s face. Get…
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News This school principal refuses to call the Holocaust a fact. A Jewish youth group is fighting back.
In Boca Raton, Fla., an Orthodox youth group is providing high school students with a new Holocaust education program in response to a school district’s rehiring of William Latson, an administrator accused of Holocaust denial. “Southern NCSY is determined not to allow Holocaust denial to become acceptable,” said the group, the youth outreach arm of…
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Fast Forward 37 states have a Jewish school — and more from the latest schools survey
A foundation that has surveyed American-Jewish education every five years for the past two decades has just released its latest report, which shows that there’s been growth in Jewish education, but only among the Orthodox. The current census is based on data from the 2018-2019 school year and therefore does not take into account the…
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Fast Forward JDC announces its first female CEO after a tumultuous search process
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee announced on Sunday the appointment of Ariel Zwang as their new CEO, who will be the first woman to lead the global Jewish nonprofit in its more than 100-year history. We’re thrilled to share that Ariel Zwang, the noted American nonprofit executive and Jewish leader, has been named the…
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