Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward New study from Hillel and ADL finds a third of students on campus experienced antisemitism in last year
(JTA) — A third of Jewish college students say they have personally experienced antisemitism in the last year, according to a new survey conducted jointly by Hillel and the Anti-Defamation League. The two groups recently announced a partnership aimed at combating antisemitism on college campuses; the survey represents one of the first fruits of the…
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Fast Forward Larry David gives Jon Hamm a Yiddish lesson in very Jewish start to new season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Spoiler alert: This article contains plot details from Episode 1 of Season 11 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” (JTA) — Matzo balls, shiva calls and a Yiddish lesson all played a role in the first episode of the 11th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which premiered on HBO Sunday night. The episode offered a case study…
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Fast Forward The author of ‘The Matzah Ball,’ a Hanukkah novel, wants Jews to read more romance
(JTA) — Jean Meltzer always knew how “The Matzah Ball,” her first novel, would end. “The rule of romance is that there has to be a happy ending; the characters have to get together,” Meltzer told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “If they don’t get together, that’s not a romance; that’s literary fiction.” So (not-really-a-spoiler alert)…
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Fast Forward Jürgen brings Passover to the ‘Great British Baking Show’ with charoset-and-matzah-topped pavlova
This story contains spoilers about Episode 4 in Season 9 of Netflix’s “The Great British Baking Show.” (JTA) — Jürgen Krauss, the “basically a Jewish dad” on the latest season of “The Great British Baking Show,” lived up to his reputation during Desserts Week when he produced a Passover-inspired pavlova — complete with a traditional…
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Fast Forward Texas official reminds teachers that state law requires “opposing views” when Holocaust is taught
(JTA) — Teachers in a Texas school district were told last week that a new state law requiring them to present multiple perspectives about “widely debated and currently controversial” issues meant they needed to make “opposing” views on the Holocaust available to students. NBC News obtained an audio recording of the official, the Carroll Independent…
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Fast Forward These Jewish NYC schoolteachers want a religious exemption from the city’s vaccine mandate
(JTA) — When Rivka Taub Rivera decided to apply for a religious exemption to New York City’s vaccine mandate for teachers, she didn’t turn to the rabbis of Borough Park, the Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn where she lives. Instead, she asked Michoel Green, a Chabad rabbi who has openly opposed vaccination, to submit the required…
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Fast Forward Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner had a very Jewish wedding this week after 18 years together
(JTA) — As his fellow Jews around the world prepared to annul their vows during Yom Kippur, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis got busy making some new ones — by marrying his partner of 18 years. Polis announced his marriage to Marlon Reis, with whom he has two children, in social media posts late Wednesday afternoon,…
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Fast Forward A wildly popular fidget toy was created by an Israeli classmate of Anne Frank to look like breasts
(JTA) — If you know any young children or fidgety adults, chances are you’ve seen, heard, or coveted a handheld piece of dimpled silicone known as a “pop-it.” The must-have toy was originally created in the 1970s by an Israeli couple with a penchant for playthings, according to a BBC report that calls the pop-it…
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