Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward Russia labels Moscow’s former chief rabbi a ‘foreign agent’
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who had been Moscow’s chief rabbi since 1993, fled Russia just weeks into the war in March 2022
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Fast Forward Israel says Iran planned terror attacks on sites popular with Jews and Israelis in Cyprus
In March, Greek officials arrested two men from an Iranian network suspected of carrying out similar attacks
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy responds to Putin by calling him ‘second king of antisemitism after Hitler’
Putin had said Zelenskyy is 'a disgrace to the Jewish people'
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Fast Forward Harry Styles thanks Orthodox friends for walking miles to his concert on Shabbat
The Winston family has been close with Styles throughout his rise to superstardom
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Fast Forward Glastonbury festival drops pro-Jeremy Corbyn documentary after outcry from Jewish groups
The festival, which draws hundreds of thousands of people each year, is one of the largest of its kind in the world
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Fast Forward Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelenskyy is ‘not Jewish’
He conceded that Zelenskyy has 'Jewish blood' but said the Ukrainian leader puts 'neo-Nazis, Hitler’s disciples' on 'a pedestal as heroes'
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Fast Forward Film version of ‘Soul Doctor,’ the Shlomo Carlebach-Nina Simone musical, to hit US theaters for 1 night
The show, which debuted on Broadway in 2013, was made before the #MeToo movement intensified scrutiny of the sexual misconduct allegations against the pioneering rabbi
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Fast Forward US State Department calls recent Roger Waters concert ‘antisemitic’
The department was backing critical comments from its antisemitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt
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