Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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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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Fast Forward N.Y. Times hires opinion editor from The Intercept, a site that’s a big critic of Israel
(JTA) — Weeks after The New York Times drew a barrage of criticism after publishing an op-ed calling for the military to be deployed in American cities, the newspaper has hired the editor of a progressive news site that is harshly critical of Israel to help lead its opinion efforts. Charlotte Greensit has been the…
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Fast Forward Read the account of a Jewish ‘Dreamer’ who will benefit from the Supreme Court’s decision
(JTA) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump cannot immediately shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, protecting 700,000 or so immigrants brought to the United States with their parents from likely deportation. Liberal immigration reform advocates celebrated the decision, a setback for the Trump team that includes…
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Fast Forward House Dems push new letter against West Bank annexation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — House Democrats have put together a letter that they hope will unite their entire caucus in warning Israel against annexation of part of the West Bank. The letter, now circulating among the party’s House caucus and obtained exclusively by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, warns Israel about the dangers annexation would pose to…
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Fast Forward Patriots’ Julian Edelman is helping raise money for Holocaust survivors
(JTA) — New England Patriots star Julian Edelman is raising money for Holocaust survivors during the pandemic by doing something he does well: working out. As reported by TMZ and the New York Post, Edelman joined other celebrities in teaching online workout classes on Tuesday to raise funds for the UJA Federation of New York,…
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Fast Forward The first image of Seth Rogen as a Jewish pickle maker is extremely accurate
(JTA) — The Seth Rogen Jewish immigrant pickle movie is still happening, and we now have some striking photo evidence. If you missed the news from a year and a half ago, Rogen plays a Jewish immigrant in 1920s New York City who gets trapped inside a pickle vat for a century in the upcoming…
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News Steve Steiner, 75, was public relations director for the Orthodox Union
(JTA) — For many New York-area Jewish journalists, Steve Steiner was the name attached to press releases for the Orthodox Union for over a decade. But to his colleagues, he was the kind and friendly man who arrived at the office each day wearing his trademark New York Yankees cap and toting a doorstop of…
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News Young Jews away from home are trying to figure out how to have Passover by themselves
(JTA) — Randi Bergman isn’t sure of her Passover plans yet, but there’s a good chance she’ll be spending the holiday alone. Bergman, a 34-year-old freelance fashion writer, lives alone in what she calls a junior one-bedroom apartment in downtown Toronto. The setup — desk, bed, couch, TV, kitchenette but no dining table — fits…
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