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.
Louis Keene
By Louis Keene
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Culture You should probably be aware of that Purim song’s problematic backstory
It was made famous by Harry Belafonte and Johnny Cash. And at least one version included the N-word.
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Politics Every time Donald Trump has accused American Jews of disloyalty
Are we sensing a theme?
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News A synagogue leased its space to a mosque for Ramadan. It lasted a day.
Fury, resignations and an interfaith partnership shattered after decision to cover up hostage posters causes uproar
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News Floyd Mayweather has a long record of domestic violence. Why are supporters of Israel embracing him?
The boxing champion — and recent 'Champion of Israel' award recipient — has never acknowledged wrongdoing in his cases. These Jewish groups don't seem to mind.
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Culture Was the ceasefire pin worn at the Oscars really a reference to the Second Intifada?
The red pin, depicting a hand with a black heart in its palm, caused an uproar in parts of the Jewish world
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Fast Forward ‘Nearly impossible’: Canadian Jewish groups raise alarm about threat to kosher slaughter
Three of the country’s five kosher butchers have ceased operating since the country’s food agency began enforcing new regulations last year
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Sports Liel Abada, Israeli soccer player who sat out amid pro-Palestinian fan displays, to join MLS team
‘Unpredictable turns remind us that we’re not always in control,’ says Liel Abada
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News No sex this Shabbat: Orthodox influencer sparks strike to highlight plight of chained woman
Adina Sash’s call for a 'Mikvah Strike' on behalf of an agunah in Kiryas Joel is the talk of the Orthodox world
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דער קאָמפּאָזיטאָר דן שאָר האָט זיך אינספּירירט פֿונעם פֿילם „העסטער סטריט“, וואָס איז אויך באַזירט אויף דער נאָוועלע
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Yiddish פֿרוידס פּסיאָנאָלאָטישע טעאָריעס און דער ייִדישער געדאַנקען־גאַנגFreud’s psychoanalytic theory and Jewish thought
פֿרױד האָט אַנטדעקט אינערלעכע סודות פֿונעם איך, בעת מאַקס װײַנרײַך האָט געפֿאָרשט די פּסיכאָלאָגיע פֿונעם ייִדישן פֿאָלק.
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