Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward American tourist arrested for smashing Roman-era statues at Israel Museum
Police said the suspect destroyed the statues because he believes they are “contrary to the Torah”
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Fast Forward Variety to hold Hollywood summit on antisemitism with Fran Drescher, Marc Maron, Alex Edelman and other stars
The daylong conference will tackle topics ranging from the history of antisemitism in the industry to how social media content producers can combat hate
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Fast Forward UPenn to review event policies after Palestinian culture festival drew backlash
The university also pledged last month to add antisemitism awareness training to its equity and inclusion programs for faculty, staff, and students
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Fast Forward 85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg
'The Bornplatz Synagogue will rise again and become a monument of remembrance, serving as the visible center for the vibrant Jewish life in our city,' Rabbi Shlomo Bistrizky said
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News A Jewish cemetery in Belarus was destroyed by Nazis. Now its headstones are being made into a memorial.
The Jewish cemetery in Brest used to have tens of thousands of graves. Its headstones have been found in construction projects across the city
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Fast Forward Rice University LGBTQ group cuts ties with campus Hillel over support for Israel
The decision is the latest instance of student groups across the country distancing themselves from Hillel over its Israel policies
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Fast Forward A suburban NJ megamall is offering gender-segregated swimming to accommodate its Orthodox clientele
American Dream Mall has held separate swimming hours before — but Sukkot will be the first time that mixed swimming is canceled
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Fast Forward Who is Siggy Flicker, the woman behind Trump’s Rosh Hashanah message condemning ‘liberal Jews’?
Siggy Flicker deeply believes what she said: that liberal Jews are a malign presence in the United States
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Opinion This German word explains Trump’s authoritarian impulses — and Hitler’s rise to power
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Fast Forward How the Jewish commandment to ‘be fruitful and multiply’ could help a woman challenge Kentucky’s abortion ban in court
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: יוטוב־פּערזענלעכקייט רעדט אויף ייִדיש וועגן אַ משפּחה־טראַגעדיעVIDEO: Youtube personality speaks in Yiddish about a tragedy in the family
מאַטי מענדלאָוויטשעס ברודער, וואָס האָט יאָרן לאַנג געליטן פֿון דעפּרעסיע, האָט הײַיאָר זיך גענומען דאָס לעבן. .
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Music Can 6 hours of Billy Joel turn critics into believers?
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Opinion What exactly is going on between Israel and Syria — and is the prospect of peace dead?
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