Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward Is Tarik Cohen Of The Chicago Bears Jewish?
(JTA) — Jewish football fans may be looking for a new player to root for since Jewish star player Julian Edelman is out for the entire 2017-18 NFL season. On Sunday, during the league’s first full slate of games, a possible candidate emerged: Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen. Cohen, a rookie who was drafted…
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Fast Forward Johnny Cash’s Family ‘Sickened’ By Neo-Nazi Fan In Charlottesville
(JTA) — Johnny Cash’s children took to social media to denounce a neo-Nazi who wore a T-shirt with the singer’s name on it during the Charlottesville far-right rally last weekend. In a Facebook post Wednesday, Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, Tara and John Carter Cash pointed out that their late father had received humanitarian awards from, among…
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Fast Forward How Curious George’s Creators Saved The Beloved Monkey From The Nazis
(JTA) — Curious George — that curious little monkey — is beloved by millions of readers around the world. His adventures with the Man With the Yellow Hat impart important life lessons amidst silliness and mayhem. But many people probably don’t know that the children’s book character was actually born during very dark times. His…
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Fast Forward Glen Campbell Was A Practicing Messianic Jew For Over Two Decades
(JTA) — Glen Campbell, the country music star who died at 81 on Tuesday from Alzheimer’s, grew up in rural Arkansas. The man who sang hits such as “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “By the Time I Get To Phoenix” was raised a Baptist in a family of 12. But as the Jewish Journal pointed out, Reuters…
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Fast Forward Former NBA Star Ray Allen Writes Moving Account Of His Auschwitz Visit
(JTA) — Until recently, Ray Allen was known for being the NBA’s all-time leader in made three-pointers. Then last December, President Obama appointed the former All-Star as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. It was a surprising announcement to those who didn’t know Allen had been taking his teammates to the U.S. Holocaust…
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News Three Italian Brothers Try To Find The Cave They Lived In During The Holocaust
(JTA) — (JTA) — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they come. For the three Anati brothers, however, such a trip is a reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. Yet the brothers — Bubi, 77; Andrea, 85; and Emmanuel, 88…
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Fast Forward Ashton Kutcher Wishes Instagram Followers ‘Shabbat Shalom’
(JTA) — Is Ashton Kutcher looking to get more in touch with Judaism? On Friday, the actor posted an image of candles with the Shabbat blessing in Hebrew on his Instagram page. His caption was “SS,” a shorter way of saying “Shabbat Shalom.” The post garnered nearly 4,000 likes in under an hour — and…
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Food How A Chinese-Jewish Chef In North Dakota Became A National Cooking Sensation
(JTA) — Not much could have prepared Molly Yeh for moving from New York City to Grand Forks, North Dakota — a city of a little over 50,000 residents near the state’s eastern border with Minnesota. At the time of her move in 2013, Yeh (pronounced “yay,” as her website explains with several exclamation points)…
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