Haley Cohen
By Haley Cohen
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Fast Forward Family Needs Help To Fund Gene Therapy For Disease Prevalent in Ashkenazi Jews
Jennie Landsman first noticed something was wrong when her 6-month-old son Benny was still unable to hold up his head. She and her husband Gary took him to multiple specialists. It took months, and the birth of another son, Josh, before finally receiving a devastating answer last August. Their two youngest sons were diagnosed with…
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Fast Forward Publishing Platform Medium Suspends ‘Alt-Right’ Accounts
The online publishing platform Medium suspended the accounts of multiple high-profile figures associated with the far-right and “alt-right,” including Mike Cernovich and Laura Loomer, as part of an update to its terms and conditions. Medium’s update, conducted earlier this month, stated that the platform does “not allow posts or accounts that engage in on-platform, off-platform,…
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Fast Forward Unearthed Letter From Einstein Thanked American Who Helped Jews Flee Nazis
Nearly 80 years after it was penned, a letter written by Albert Einstein thanking an American Jew for his efforts to rescue Jews from Nazi Germany has been revealed. Einstein sent the note to New York financier David Finck on June 10, 1939. The two men never met, but Finck attracted Einstein’s attention after he…
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Fast Forward Georgia 5th Grader Leads ‘Butterfly Project’ To Honor Child Holocaust Victims
Fifth-grader Rose Calvillo has a goal to commemorate the 1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust. She wants to see 1.5 million handmade butterflies decorating the walls of her Elementary School in Dalton, Georgia. Calvillo and her classmates are learning about World War II and the Holocaust. “It’s important that we remember the Holocaust,…
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Fast Forward Seven-Year-Old Jewish Girl Offers to Model for Zara Boys
Eliza Brichto dreams of modeling for Zara kidswear. But the seven-year-old girl doesn’t want to be photographed in dresses or skirts. Brichto has written a letter to the European fashion brand asking to model for the boys’ line. Brichto, who is the granddaughter of the late Rabbi Sidney Brichto, former head of the Liberal Judaism…
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Fast Forward Jews Reminisce Over ‘Campfires and Color Wars’ In Summer Camp-Themed Podcast
Micah Hart’s summers were filled with Israeli dancing, swimming in a lake, bad food and pranks — the classic Jewish overnight camp experience. Almost two decades after his last summer away, Hart found it more difficult to catch up with his camp friends. So he made a podcast about it. “All we do is reminisce…
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Fast Forward Ex-Beauty Queen Probed For Holocaust Denial
German police are investigating an Australian-born British former beauty queen for suspected incitement after she denied the Holocaust during a far-right protest in the city of Dresden on Saturday. A spokeswoman for Dresden police says Michele Renouf was one of two people being investigated for remarks made at the neo-Nazi rally commemorating those killed in…
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Fast Forward Purim Project Tells Women Of Color’s Stories, In Esther’s Honor
Inspired by the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, the new campaign #ShareHerStory shares the stories of modern Jewish women of color who are working to create a more inclusive and thriving Jewish community in various ways. As the name sounds, #ShareHerStory shares individual stories of powerful Jewish leaders in short, easy-to-read vignettes as a way…
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