Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward ‘Jeopardy!’ featured a suburban Detroit synagogue once called ‘a concrete Sinai on the shoulder of Interstate 696’
Ben Goldstein says his Holocaust survivor grandparents were devoted 'Jeopardy!' watchers and would be proud of him despite missing the synagogue clue.
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Fast Forward Missouri school board votes not to ban ‘Maus’ from district bookshelves following criticism
Art Spiegelman, who tells his parents’ Holocaust story in the graphic novel, had lobbied Nixa Public Schools over its proposed bans
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Fast Forward FBI arrests Michigan man it says was planning attack on East Lansing synagogue
Seann Pietila, 19, told investigators that he did not plan to carry out the attack
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Fast Forward Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer, prominent Israelis heading home after years in NYC, are wed by NYC mayor Eric Adams
'Our rabbi is the one and only @ericadamsfornyc,' Wertheimer wrote about the officiant at their surprise wedding.
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News An app that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews
Abraham Bree created CheesecakeWizard.ai to introduce the technology to his community, despite its ambivalence about the internet
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Fast Forward ‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players
“The Sims team HAVE LISTENED and have finally brought Jewish food to The Sims 4!” tweeted a user who goes by HufflePom who had lobbied for the additions
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Fast Forward An airplane encounter between Noa Kirel, Israel’s Eurovision finalist, and a top Orthodox rabbi has gone viral
The story has been shared widely as a heartwarming example of how people from very different sectors of Israeli society can find shared meaning
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Fast Forward ‘Parade’ star Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume
Some have speculated that the necklace could be the work of David Yurman, a luxury jeweler who credits the Hebrew Free Loan Society for giving him his start
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