Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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News Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink.
In Israel and the U.S., rabbis are creating resources to help Jews process the Oct. 7 attack and Israel-Hamas war during the Passover seder
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Fast Forward Israeli speaker whose Berkeley event was canceled amid violence draws protest at LA Holocaust Museum speech
I didn’t get a chance to even say, ‘Hello, my name is Ran,’” he said of the incident at UC Berkeley
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Fast Forward Teachers union halts campaign for LA school board candidate who promoted antisemitic book
Kahllid Al-Alim had posted in support of an antisemitic book published by the Nation of Islam
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Fast Forward Jared Armstrong’s season was supposed to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.
Armstrong, who plays professionally in Israel’s second-tier basketball league, is running free clinics for children in Ashkelon
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News Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search: antisemitism
The subpoenas signal that the House investigation remains focused on discrimination against Jews and Israelis at Harvard
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Fast Forward Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich wins gold medal in Qatar, home to Hamas’ leadership
Freilich displayed an Israeli flag in Doha, and had “Am Yisrael Chai” written on his shoulder
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Fast Forward Conservative movement maintains its ban on officiating at intermarriages but urges its rabbis to engage more with interfaith families
A new report from the movement recommends cultural and policy changes to “empower Conservative/Masorti rabbis and congregations to more fully embrace interfaith couples"
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Fast Forward Foundation to Combat Antisemitism to run 30-second Super Bowl ad
Robert Kraft's group will likely spend an estimated $7 million to air the ad
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