Louis Keene is a staff reporter at the Forward covering religion, sports and the West Coast. He can be followed on Twitter @thislouis.
Louis Keene
By Louis Keene
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Fast Forward Joe Lieberman’s rabbi on the senator who was ‘one of us’
Rabbi Daniel Cohen leads the Stamford synagogue the Lieberman family has called home for generations
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Sports Can you discuss a Jewish NHL player’s 50-goal season without noting his ‘insanely rich’ family?
Zach Hyman's impressive achievement was briefly overshadowed by a hockey analyst's insistence on — you guessed it — context
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Fast Forward ‘Schools are not doing enough’: California proposal would ban calling for genocide on campus
The bill is part of a raft of state legislation targeting a rise in antisemitism
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Sports Jeremy Swayman, all-star Boston Bruins goalie, confirms Jewish roots in bar mitzvah video
The Anchorage native describes ‘unique’ bar mitzvah in congratulatory message
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Fast Forward Polls of Israelis and Palestinians can suggest two different realities. Here’s where they agree.
Five months into the war, the prevailing feeling is that Israel is not going to win
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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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News 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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