Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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News Comedian Modi Rosenfeld is a mainstay for Orthodox audiences. He’s also gay. So what?
'Being gay, you can keep Shabbos, you can keep kosher,' Rosenfeld said. “You can keep anything you want to do.'
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Fast Forward 5 rabbis sue state of Missouri over abortion bans on religious freedom grounds
The lawsuit argues that Missouri’s abortion law violates the separation of church and state
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Fast Forward Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue
Months after one of their congregants was outed, a YU-affiliated synagogue reckons with how — or whether — to include trans people
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News Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,’ queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies
While some have been making DIY fringes at home for years, queer artists in California have launched a new shop with tzitzit for all bodies and all genders
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Fast Forward How a standup show at a Chinese restaurant turned into a 30-year Jewish comedy tradition
Kung Pao Kosher Comedy, which has featured the likes of Marc Maron, Henny Youngman and Ophira Eisenberg, is moving from a Chinese restaurant into a synagogue this year
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Fast Forward Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for American humor
The eight crazy nights of Hanukkah came early for the Sandman
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Fast Forward Jewish passengers booted off Lufthansa flight in May are getting $20,000 payouts
The German airline company is making payments to more than 100 Hasidic passengers who were denied boarding back in May
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Fast Forward Deeply Jewish comedy is having a moment, even as antisemitism rocks pop culture
Jewish comics are navigating a tricky social climate by leaning into their Jewishness
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