Orge Castellano is a journalist and social scientist from Spain. His works have appeared in The Forward, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, among many others. Follow him on Twitter: @orgecastellano.
Orge Castellano
By Orge Castellano
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Fast Forward Italian company that has long produced Hitler wines says it will stop next year
Lunardelli Wines produces over 37 different labels featuring dozens of Nazi-glorying slogans. It recently went viral for what its future owner hopes will be the last time
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Fast Forward Latin-Jewish alliance aims to use star power to combat antisemitism and misinformation in media
So far, more than 180 Latin-American media and entertainment industry professionals have endorsed the initiative, including celebrated actors, telenovela stars, podcasters, TV hosts, producers and directors
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Fast Forward Barcelona gets world’s first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant amid push to draw Jewish tourists
With a little advance notice, Xerta will prepare food according to Jewish dietary laws in a separate kitchen
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News Venice’s frayed, shrinking 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto is planning a renaissance
After a high-profile project failed, the Jewish Community of Venice is taking matters into their own hands.
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Fast Forward Casket draped in Nazi swastika flag at Catholic church funeral sparks outrage in Rome
(JTA) — A funeral procession outside a local church in Rome featured a casket wrapped in a Nazi swastika flag, sparking outrage in the Italian capital. The Roman Catholic Church strongly condemned the incident on Tuesday. In a statement, the Vicariate of Rome described the incident as “serious, offensive, and unacceptable.” The Italian news site…
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Fast Forward Spanish town until recently known as ‘Fort Kill the Jews’ struck with antisemitic graffiti
MADRID (JTA) — A tiny Spanish town that has veered over the centuries from being a refuge for Jews to a rallying cry for their death was defaced with widespread antisemitic graffiti. Residents of Castrillo Mota de Judíos, a village in Northern Spain, began to discover the graffiti almost as soon as they woke Monday….
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Food 500 years after the Inquisition, Spain finally has a vibrant kosher wine industry
MADRID (JTA) — Located in the Priorat region of Spain, hidden in the steep hills and lush mountains of the Tarragona province, 100 miles southwest of Barcelona, sits the Celler de Capçanes winery. The cooperative winery, founded in 1933, has seen its reputation for high-end vintages grow steadily over the decades. And in 1995, it…
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Fast Forward Venezuela has one of the world’s most tight-knit Jewish communities. They are still mourning their Surfside victims.
CARACAS, Venezuela (JTA) — The Champlain Towers building collapse in Surfside, Florida, impacted a range of communities whose members lived in the diverse Miami-Dade area: immigrants from across Latin America, Jewish retirees from the Northeast, Jews from Puerto Rico. One of them still feeling the most pain months later is the Jewish community of Caracas,…
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