Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Books In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator
"It was important to expand the reach of the prize, and concomitantly and consequentially the reach of these books," said the prize organization's director
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Fast Forward Adam Brody to star as ‘charming’ rabbi in upcoming Netflix comedy alongside Kristen Bell
'In the series, Bell plays an outspoken, agnostic woman who falls in love with a charming rabbi, played by Brody, totally upending his safe life plan,' the streamer wrote in a brief statement.
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Fast Forward Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews flood tiny Hungarian town for ‘miracle rabbi’ pilgrimage
'The sudden influx in the last decade of so many foreign Jews has been a culture shock for some locals,' said the mayor of the town called Kerestir in Yiddish.
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Fast Forward Frankfurt can’t cancel Roger Waters concert over his antisemitism record, court rules
The Frankfurt court ruled that Rogers 'did not glorify or relativise the crimes of the Nazis or identify with Nazi racist ideology' in past concerts.
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Fast Forward Sofia Richie, Lionel Richie’s daughter, marries Jewish music executive after converting to Judaism
A British rabbi performed the wedding in the south of France
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Fast Forward Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district
The show’s creators previously worked together on 'Fauda'
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Fast Forward UK Labour party suspends senior lawmaker Diane Abbott over comment about Jews and racism
She wrote that Jews 'are not all their lives subject to racism'
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Fast Forward Barcelona synagogue defaced with anti-Israel graffiti
The head of the Conference of European Rabbis connected the graffiti to Barcelona’s decision to give up its twin city designation with Tel Aviv — an act he argued has 'put the city’s Jewish community in real danger.'
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Fast Forward 200+ Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel from India, the first to make the journey in years
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