Louis Keene is a reporter for the Forward. His work has also been published in The New York Times, New York Magazine and VICE. He is based in Los Angeles and can be followed on Twitter @thislouis.
Louis Keene
By Louis Keene
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Fast Forward Under pressure, Christie’s cancels jewelry sale from estate built on Jewish persecution
Christie’s sold some of late heiress Heidi Horten’s this spring and had scheduled a second sale
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News Conservative movement’s ban on rabbis officiating at interfaith weddings will stand
The Rabbinical Assembly wants to help Conservative rabbis speak to interfaith couples, even if they can’t officiate their weddings
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News 60 years later, a Jewish volunteer at the March on Washington remembers ‘the most peaceful of days’
Growing up in the wake of the Holocaust, Harvey Burg committed himself to civil rights
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News Fraud, betrayal and spy gear: Inside the messy battle for Chabad of Poway
A leaked document reveals Chabad leaders wrestling for control of the San Diego synagogue targeted in a 2019 mass shooting
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Fast Forward Vandals smashed glass at several kosher restaurants in Los Angeles over Shabbat
The Pico-Robertson neighborhood has been struck by antisemitic incidents in the past year
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News Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues
At least 26 institutions have experienced incidents since late July as online trolls work together to harass Jews and other religious minorities
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News ‘They have nowhere to go’: On Maui, a Chabad outpost gives safe harbor to dozens of Jews
One family lost their vacation. Others lost everything.
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Fast Forward With Chabad of Maui in wildfire evacuation zone, rabbi says ‘people are suffering’
Rabbi Mendy Krasnjansky said some congregants reported losing their homes
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