Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Fast Forward A rising South African cricket star dedicated an award to Israel. Then he was investigated for hate speech.
Teenager David Teeger, who observes Shabbat and keeps kosher, is the captain of South Africa’s under-19 cricket team
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Fast Forward Austrian teen arrested for alleged plan to attack Vienna synagogue
The suspect reportedly planned to obtain a weapon and was learning how to build a bomb
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Fast Forward Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis and more headline Claims Conference Hanukkah event for Holocaust survivors
“This year has more significance than others, perhaps, because the seeds of antisemitism are growing around us once again,” said Billy Crystal
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Fast Forward Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism
Wolpe, who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School, has built a reputation as one of the country’s most prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers
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News ‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war
From Los Angeles to New York, many Hanukkah events are drawing connections between the holiday and the ongoing war in Israel
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Fast Forward Jack, Luke and Quinn Hughes make Jewish NHL history (again)
Jack, Luke and Quinn Hughes combined for two goals and four assists on Tuesday in what many called the “Hughes Bowl”
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News A Jewish dad says he’s afraid to light a menorah this Hanukkah. So he’s asking non-Jews to display them in solidarity.
Adam Kulbersh’s “Project Menorah” campaign encourages non-Jews to display menorahs in their windows as an expression of solidarity during Hanukkah
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban selling majority stake in Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, the Jewish philanthropist and casino owner
Cuban has been outspoken about political issues, including antisemitism; Adelson has donated prolifically to Jewish causes
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