Grace Gilson
By Grace Gilson
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Fast Forward London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group
The Origins music festival cancelled the set following “concerns” about the Israeli DJ’s “background"
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor Rita Zohar brings lived history to Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut ‘Eleanor the Great’
Zohar, who was born in a concentration camp, said her role in the new film allowed her to 'verbalize' her experience
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Fast Forward Netanyahu vows at UN to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza, after dozens of representatives walk out
Netanyahu also delivered a message directly to the 20 remaining living Israeli hostages in Gaza
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Fast Forward Report: In first for a US tech giant, Microsoft terminates Israeli military use of its software
The move follows an investigation by the Guardian and two Israeli publications that found the Israeli military had used the company’s cloud platform to surveil Palestinians
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Fast Forward Manhattan synagogue says it won’t host Mamdani on Yom Kippur, following mayoral candidate’s Rosh Hashanah service in Brooklyn
Mamdani was expected to accompany Rep. Jerry Nadler, who regularly attends B'nai Jeshurun
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Fast Forward Aron Bell, last of the Bielski brothers whose famed brigade saved 1,200 Jews, dies at 98
The youngest of the Jewish partisan brothers, Bell would sneak into the nearby ghetto to help convince imprisoned Jews to escape
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Fast Forward Florida man charged with arson for setting Chabad classroom ablaze before Rosh Hashanah
The suspect’s mother told police that he had 'hatred' toward Jewish people that had worsened in recent years
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Fast Forward Syracuse students charged with hate crime after pork thrown into Jewish frat on Rosh Hashanah
'We are heartbroken and outraged by this hateful crime committed against our fraternity,' the fraternity wrote
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