Jacob Henry
By Jacob Henry
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News A Jewish reporter goes inside Rikers for a new book on a notorious jail
Reuven Blau co-wrote “Rikers: An Oral History” with New York Daily News reporter Graham Rayman
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Fast Forward These Jews are defending Drag Story Hour against far-right protestors. Here’s why.
Some 300 people defended a drag event in Jackson Heights event last month against members of the Proud Boys
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Fast Forward Conan O’Brien talked to this New York rabbi about Judaism on his podcast
Rabbi David Schuck discussed his son’s bris and other aspects of Jewish life with the famous former late-night host
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Fast Forward George Santos maintains Jewish heritage claim even as he admits to lying about resume
'That was always the story I grew up with,' Santos said about his grandparents allegedly fleeing the Nazis. 'And I’ve told it the way it was told to me.'
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Fast Forward Satmar Grand Rebbe visits convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison
A Yiddish-language newspaper serving the Satmar Hasidic community also published a series of favorable articles about the former therapist, who is accused of sexually abusing an adolescent girl
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Fast Forward ADL head explains antisemitism as guest on hip-hop radio show ‘The Breakfast Club”
Jonathan Greenblatt tells host Charlamagne Tha God that right-wing extremists 'passionately hate both of us'
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Fast Forward A Jewish group’s tip led to arrest of suspects who wanted to ‘shoot up a synagogue’
'This was not an idle threat,' Mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference Monday.
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Fast Forward Dump Trump? No sign of dissatisfaction at ZOA gala as ex-president is honored for Israel efforts
Some in the Republican Party have signaled that they believe Trump should not run in 2024. That sentiment was not present at the Zionist Organization of America's gala
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