Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Marine plotted to attack Jews and others in ‘rapekrieg,’ federal prosecutors say
Matthew Belanger was discharged because of his extremist activity, which included training with weapons outside a Long Island synagogue
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Fast Forward German man reportedly sent to prison for Holocaust comment about singer who claimed antisemitism
Singer Gil Ofarim said a clerk had denied him a room at a Liepzig hotel because he was wearing a Star of David necklace
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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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