Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Israel News All 3 Democrats vying for top foreign affairs chair support Israel aid restrictions
(JTA) — All three of the Democrats seeking to become the next head of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee have said they do not want U.S. money to aid Israel’s potential annexation of parts of the West Bank. Reps. Brad Sherman of California, Joaquin Castro of Texas and Gregory Meeks of New York…
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Fast Forward Former Major Leaguer Cody Decker: Anti-Semitism ‘rampant’ in pro baseball
(JTA) – Former pro baseball player Cody Decker said that anti-Semitism is “rampant throughout baseball” and that an Oakland Athletics coach should be suspended for making a Nazi salute after a game. Decker, who played briefly for the San Diego Padres and for Israel’s national team in the World Baseball Classic, spoke candidly on the…
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Fast Forward A Jewish guide to Biden’s VP short list
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to name his running mate in the next two weeks, and while the list of contenders has changed constantly for months, most reports have now whittled the group of front-runners down to Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Susan Rice, Karen Bass, Tammy Duckworth and Keisha Lance…
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Fast Forward British pop stars condemn anti-Semitism after rapper Wiley’s tweets
(JTA) — Hundreds of British musicians and music industry leaders have signed an open letter condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hate in the wake of the scandal involving English rapper Wiley, who was banned from Twitter for posting anti-Semitic tweets. Among the letter’s signers are former One Direction member Niall Horan, pop rockers The…
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Fast Forward ‘Teach me, fix me’: Nick Cannon opens up to rabbi
(JTA) — Nick Cannon wants to make it clear — he’s ready to repent. SWC officials continued dialogue with actor, comedian, rapper & TV host @NickCannon during a visit to Simon Wiesenthal Center & @musoftolerance. Pictured looking at The Hitler Letter, seated, Nick Cannon & SWC’s Rabbi Marvin Hier, standing, Rabbi Abraham Cooper & Richard…
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Fast Forward David Beckham’s son, ‘Transformers’ actress planning a ‘big Jewish wedding’
(JTA) — The marriage of Brooklyn Beckham, son of David and Victoria, to actress Nicola Peltz apparently will be a Jewish affair. The Daily Mirror British tabloid reported Saturday that “Brooklyn, who announced his engagement last week, has told pals the pair are likely to follow traditions such as marrying under a chuppah – wedding…
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Fast Forward 2 Ohio Little Caesars employees fired for making pepperoni-swastika pizza
(JTA) — A Little Caesars restaurant in Brook Park, Ohio, has fired two employees who made a swastika out of pepperoni slices on a couple’s pizza. So my husband stopped at #LittleCaesars for a quick bite, husband brings this home! I’m truly disappointed. This is truly saddening and disturbing and not funny at all! These…
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Fast Forward Jenny Slate to stop voicing half-Black ‘Big Mouth’ character
(JTA) — Jenny Slate is leaving the cast of Netflix’s “Big Mouth” because she says playing a half-Black, half-Jewish character as a white woman is “an act of erasure of Black people.” “At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play ‘Missy’ because her mom is…
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