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 A day before Tisha B’Av, a large Jerusalem stone falls at the Western Wall
A comment on Israeli society, or an odd coincidence?
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Politics A mezuzah in a Harris-Emhoff White House? It might not be the first.
Doug Emhoff said he'd put a mezuzah in the White House. Whether Jewish law requires him to is a matter of dispute.
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Fast Forward After Nagasaki snubs Israeli ambassador from A-bomb commemoration, G7 envoys decide they’ll skip too
Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki said he wanted to ensure ‘a peaceful and solemn atmosphere’ at ceremony
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Politics The weirdest Jewish primary of the season is over — but we’ll always have the grenade launcher
In Missouri's attorney general race, a Jewish pro-Trump candidate took fire for a controversial ad
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News As Evan Gershkovich returns home, another Jewish prisoner’s captivity reaches 500 days
The family of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton graduate student kidnapped in Iraq in 2023, has been told that she is still alive
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Fast Forward A new synagogue’s rite of passage in 2024: Shattered glass
In less than a year since opening, Kahal Ahavas Yisroel has had its windows broken twice
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Fast Forward As Netanyahu vows to ‘bring them home,’ six hostage family members are arrested for protesting at his speech
They wore T-shirts calling for a deal to free their relatives. At least one was charged with ‘obstructing Congress’
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris will miss Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Here’s why.
It's unclear whether the Vice President committed to her speaking appearance before or after Netanyahu rescheduled his address
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