Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward How a determined Jewish community helped bring home Danny Fenster, the journalist imprisoned in Myanmar
(JTA) — HUNTINGTON WOODS, Michigan — For nearly six months, anyone driving through this well-manicured and heavily Jewish residential Detroit suburb was guaranteed to spot the yard signs. They were red, white and blue, with a large black-and-white illustration of a bearded young man sporting a beanie and a faint smile. “FREE FENSTER,” the signs…
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Fast Forward Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Eisenberg to play Jewish couple in ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’ TV adaptation
(JTA) — Jewish actors Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan will play lead roles in the TV adaptation of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” the 2019 novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner about a Jewish man’s middle-age crisis. Eisenberg will play the title character, Toby Fleishman, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Thursday. Earlier this week, Caplan was announced as the…
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Fast Forward On HBO’s ‘Succession,’ Adrien Brody brings a Jewish character — and antisemitism
Spoiler alert: This piece contains plot details about HBO’s “Succession,” including extensive details about the Season 3 episode “Lion in the Meadow” that first aired Nov. 7, 2021. (JTA) — In the very first shot of Kendall Roy walking into the island home of Waystar investor Josh Aaronson on the latest episode of HBO’s hit…
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Fast Forward Alex Clare skipped touring with Adele because of Shabbat. Now the Orthodox pop artist is back with a new single.
(JTA) — British musician Alex Clare burst onto the pop music scene with his debut album in 2011, and was offered a chance to tour with megastar Adele. But the tour would have required him to travel and perform on Jewish holidays, and Clare is an Orthodox Jew. So he declined the opportunity, then lost…
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Fast Forward Replica Torah vandalism at fraternity leaves university outraged, searching for answers
A day after a fraternity at George Washington University reported that a small replica Torah used in its initiation process was damaged during a weekend vandalism spree, the university’s Jewish community is working to raise awareness of campus antisemitism — even while some wonder whether the incident was an act of hate. A rally is…
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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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