Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward At Chosen Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, comics lean into nuances of identity
The acts ran the comedy gamut from one comic’s raunchy impressions of elderly grandparents having sex to another reflecting on the nuances of being an Asian Jew
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University, a pillar of Orthodox Judaism, launches master’s program for Christian students
'Can Christians and Orthodox Jews study together?' asks the head of the Christian partner in the program. 'Does it even work?'
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Fast Forward British city of York, site of a medieval pogrom, gets its first rabbi in 800 years
Rabbi Elisheva Salamo arrived in York from California last week after decades of pulpit work in the United States, Switzerland and South Africa
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Fast Forward Argentine fast food restaurant drops ‘Anne Frank’ and ‘Adolf’ menu items after backlash from Jewish community
The Jewish community of Rafaela had been aware of Honky Donky’s menu items since March, and said they did not understand why the restaurant took so long to remove them
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Fast Forward Shots fired outside Memphis Jewish day school
According to a spokesperson for the Secure Community Network, the suspect was a member of the Jewish community and the incident appeared personal in nature
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Fast Forward Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit his Jewish summer camp, Cedar Lake, next week
Emhoff plans to speak about Jewish life and antisemitism at the camp where was once voted "most athletic"
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Fast Forward Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain
The vote was 10 in favor, six against, five abstained.
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Fast Forward RFK Jr. on the people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’
Kennedy also denounced antisemitism while defending his record on the Jews in an event organized by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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