Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward Interactive Map Documents 300 Anti-Semitic Incidents
(JTA) — The investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica has produced an interactive map that chronicles over 300 anti-Semitic crimes across the United States from the past few months. The graphic, which was published Wednesday, is a companion to an article ProPublica ran last week, “In an Angry and Fearful Nation, an Outbreak of Anti-Semitism,” which found…
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Fast Forward Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Author Of Heartbreaking Goodbye To Husband, Dies At 51
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”)) — Amy Krouse Rosenthal published more than 30 works in her too-short lifetime, including a few best-selling children’s books. But she has perhaps become best known for a heart-rending essay that appeared in The New York Times last week, in which she described her husband of 26 years, Jason Rosenthal, in the…
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Fast Forward South By Southwest 2017: 5 Don’t-Miss Jewish Events
(JTA) — Austin, Texas, is known for several things: authentic barbecue, hot weather, cowboys — and, increasingly each year, the ever-growing South by Southwest festival. What began as an indie music event in the late 1980s has swelled to include multiple conferences on film and technology. Last year, over 70,000 people registered to attend the nine-day…
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Fast Forward Muslim Military Veterans Offer To Guard Jewish Sites
(JTA) — Following the recent wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and the vandalism of two Jewish cemeteries, some Muslims on Twitter are offering to help guard Jewish sites. The tweeters, including some veterans, said they would volunteer to protect JCCs, cemeteries and synagogues, the Huffington Post first reported. I’m a #MuslimMarine in…
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News The Family With 4 Siblings Who Found Love At Jewish Summer Camp
(JTA) — Ami Yunger is used to people sounding surprised when they hear that he and his three siblings all met their spouses at the same summer camp. But he doesn’t think it’s that weird. “Funny enough, I am so used to it that sometimes I think that it is strange when I hear about…
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Culture Oscars 2017: 7 Unexpected Jewish Facts
(JTA) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is happy to forget 2016, when it was widely eviscerated for nominating only white artists in the major award categories for the second straight year. But things are looking up for this year’s Academy Awards, which are set to air Sunday night, as they feature…
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News Marlee Matlin On Why Trump’s Hate Might Actually Be Good For The Disabled
(JTA) — Thirty years ago next month, Marlee Matlin became the only deaf actress or actor to ever win an Academy Award. In 1986, at age 21, she starred in the drama “Children of a Lesser God,” as a janitor at a school for the deaf. She took home the Oscar for best actress the…
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Fast Forward Andy Cohen Invokes Jewish Roots In Condemning Attack On St. Louis Cemetery
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”) the recent vandalism of a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery on his show Monday night. In doing so, he mentioned that some of his great-grandparents and other relatives are buried there. Over 170 gravestones were toppled in the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in University City, Missouri. “I don’t have to have a personal…
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