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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News The next big Jewish publication? It might be on Substack.
When Jewish In Seattle magazine went on hiatus last March, Emily Alhadeff, its editor, pondered her options. After 10 years in Jewish journalism, she knew the community needed objective reporting. She considered launching her own newspaper, but the startup costs were daunting — and she wasn’t sure she could find funding. Still, she knew the…
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News Josh Pastner sets Jewish sports milestone at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech’s Josh Pastner became the first Jewish head coach to lead a college basketball team to win an Atlantic Coast Conference championship, topping a division that includes titans Duke and North Carolina and becoming another example of the renaissance for Jews in American sports. Pastner, 43, a native of West Virginia, had already won…
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News Want to ruin a date? Bring up Israel.
More personal than American politics and more sensitive than religious observance, Israeli politics can make for a potent cocktail
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Fast Forward NBA suspends and fines Meyers Leonard for antisemitic slur
Meyers Leonard, the Miami Heat player who made headlines Tuesday for shouting an antisemitic slur while livestreaming a video-game, has been suspended from team activities a week by the NBA and fined $50,000. The punishment is comparable with racial and homophobic slurs said by other NBA players in recent years. Leonard presumably did not receive…
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News In L.A., the beloved kosher Ralphs supermarket closes, blaming ‘hero pay’
The fight over pandemic-era economic justice has claimed a new victim — a supermarket with the largest kosher selection in Los Angeles. Responding to a city-mandated pay increase for grocery store workers, Kroger announced Wednesday that it would be closing three stores in Los Angeles, including a Ralphs supermarket whose kosher kitchen, bakery and packaged…
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Fast Forward ADL demands apology from NBA center Meyers Leonard’s for ‘kike’ slur on Twitch
This article was updated March 9 at 8:20 EST. An NBA player blurted out an antisemitic slur during a live-stream of a first-person shooter video game on Monday, creating a jarring new category in the canon of professional athletes who have made antisemitic remarks in the past year. Meyers Leonard, a nine-year pro who plays…
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News We’re living in the (second) Golden Age of the Jewish athlete
Something is happening in the world of sports that hasn’t happened since the middle of the last century: Jews. Jews are happening. They have quietly been ascending the ranks in professional basketball, soccer, baseball, and tennis, and are now poised for a decade of dominance. Yes, we are living in the Golden Age of the…
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News A Jewish MMA reporter called out Gina Carano. Then he became a target.
An ESPN reporter who criticized Gina Carano’s incendiary social media posts has drawn the ire of the commissioner of the sport he covers, drawing the Worldwide Leader into the Octagon of cancel culture and antisemitism. Ariel Helwani has long set the standard for reporting on mixed-martial arts fighting, especially when it comes to Ultimate Fighting…
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