Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward Folk band Big Thief won’t play in member’s native Israel, days after defending concerts there
The Tel Aviv venue where the band was slated to play called them “spineless.”
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Fast Forward Netflix releases photos of Bradley Cooper wearing prosthetic nose to portray Leonard Bernstein, reigniting Jewish representation debate
Cooper’s Bernstein biopic is adding fuel to the “Jewface” debate fire.
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Fast Forward LeBron James attends Jewish NYC wedding — holding hands with a notorious rabbi
The basketball superstar has long had ties to Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, a well-known Moroccan-Israeli Kabbalist rabbi who once served a year in prison.
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Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire clarifies why he’s leaving his Brooklyn Nets job: Shabbat observance issues
The Jewish former All-Star said he has not been able to 'grow in the coaching space because I don't work on Shabbat'
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Fast Forward Ukraine Holocaust survivors land in Israel on eve of Holocaust remembrance day
“I was a refugee in 1941 and now I’ve become a refugee again,” one said.
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News What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users — and antisemitism — on the platform
Some are wary that his emphasis on unfettered free speech could allow antisemitism to proliferate unchecked.
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Fast Forward Temple Mount closes to Jews after weeks of Jewish visits and police clashes
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Israel “is committed to the status quo” that strictly limits Jewish worship.
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Fast Forward Ezra Furman’s new song is inspired by her experience ‘as a Jew and as a trans woman’
(JTA) — Ezra Furman’s latest song title, “Book Of Our Names,” might sound familiar — that’s because the indie rocker’s newest song is inspired by the Hebrew title for the Bible’s Book of Exodus. Furman said the track, released Monday, is “a protest song intended for use by any movement for collective survival and freedom.”…
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