Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Baruch Lebovits, convicted child abuser whose case shed light on Hasidic justice system, dies at 71
Lebovits pled guilty to sex abuse in 2014. The saga of his criminal trial was the subject of a New Yorker article.
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Fast Forward At least 7 killed at July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago
The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band was playing when the shooting began
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Fast Forward In first speech as Israeli prime minister, Yair Lapid calls to stem extremism in politics
Lapid: “The political sphere has become more and more extreme, violent and vicious, and it is dragging Israeli society along with it. This we must stop.”
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Fast Forward Vladimir Zelenko, Orthodox doctor who promoted unproven COVID-19 treatment endorsed by Trump, dies at 48
Zelenko, who left his Hasidic community in May 2020 amid controversy, remained a hero to the anti-vaxx movement.
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Fast Forward Chesa Boudin, Jewish prosecutor at fore of progressive wave, recalled in San Francisco
Boudin’s outlook was informed by his experience as the child of Jewish radicals who spent decades in prison.
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Fast Forward Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filmed in a Lithuanian prison where Nazis jailed Jews
Menachem Begin, the future Israeli prime minister, was imprisoned at Lukiškės for eight months in 1940 and 1941.
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Fast Forward Buffalo shooter’s manifesto includes antisemitic rhetoric along with racism
'They must be called out and killed' said white supremacist who fatally shot 10 at supermarket
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Fast Forward Veteran Palestinian journalist shot and killed in Jenin while reporting on Israeli army operation
Israeli and Palestinian authorities disputed the circumstances of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, each blaming the other for the shot that killed her.
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