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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Fast Forward Running out of lethal injection drugs, Arizona turns to Zyklon B
In a push to restart its execution program, the state of Arizona is dusting off its gas chamber and stocking up on hydrogen cyanide gas, a compound better known by the name the Nazis called it when they used it at Auschwitz — Zyklon B. According to documents found by the UK-based Guardian, the state…
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News For Turkey’s Sephardic Jews, Spanish passports provide a pathway for vaccination
When Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Jews of the Iberian peninsula, the Ottoman Sultan Beyazid II sent ships to Spain to ferry them to what is today Turkey and welcome them into his empire. More than 500 years later, the descendants of these Sephardic Turkish Jews have embarked on another potentially life saving…
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Fast Forward 4 arrested after 2 antisemitic attacks outside Brooklyn synagogues
Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly attacking Jews and shouting antisemitic slurs outside two Brooklyn synagogues during the past week. In Borough Park, three men reportedly leapt out of their car in front of a synagogue to harass and assault Jewish men attending Shabbat services. They allegedly punched the victims and chased them with…
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Fast Forward The Jewish relationship with catfish goes far beyond the U.S. south, Israeli archaeologists find
It turns out that Jews have had a complicated relationship with kosher laws far longer than one might imagine. A recent study published by Israeli archaeologists in the journal called Tel Aviv, examined why the bones of seemingly non-kosher fish such as catfish, shark and skate keep showing up in the remains of the ancient…
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Fast Forward Amid Arab-Israeli violence, coexistence activists fight to change the narrative
Barely a year ago, Shir Nosatzki, gushed with pride over the popularity of a video she had helped produce as co-founder of “Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?” — an NGO devoted to promoting Jewish-Arab coexistence in Israel. The video, which went viral and garnered over 2 million views, highlighted the heroic efforts of Arab…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s son accuses Gal Gadot of being neutral ‘as if she was from Switzerland’
The son of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lashed out at actress Gal Gadot in a tweet on Friday, and accused her of squandering her star power with a neutral tweet about the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Yair Netanyahu compared the Israeli actress, who stars in the 2017 and 2020 hit Wonder Woman films,…
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Fast Forward Jon Ossoff leads group of 29 senators urging ceasefire
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is heading up a group of 29 senators — a majority of the Democratic caucus — who are calling for an immediate ceasefire as the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages into a second week. Joint Statement Urging Ceasefire in Middle East pic.twitter.com/nkTNFqH7re — Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) May 16, 2021 “To…
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Fast Forward The remains of a Holocaust survivor are lost in the mail — and she’s not the only one
Eugenia Yuspeh, one of the oldest remaining Holocaust survivors, passed away last month at the age of 97. Nearly a month later, her remains still haven’t made it to her final resting place, and it seems the United States Postal Service is at fault. Traditionally, Jewish burial is encouraged to take place as soon as…
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