Rudy Malcom is a digital reporting and writing intern at the Forward. He can be reached at malcom@forward.com or on Twitter @rudy_malcom.
Rudy Malcom
By Rudy Malcom
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor, 96, killed by Russian strike in Ukraine
A 96-year-old who survived imprisonment in four concentration camps during the Holocaust was killed by a Russian strike on Kharkiv on Friday. Borys Romanchenko’s death was confirmed by the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial institute, with which he was deeply involved. In a series of Russian-language tweets, the institute said that Romanchenko survived the camps at…
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy to speak to Congress, but not at Yad Vashem
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will speak remotely to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. But he will not speak or hold a mass rally at Israel’s Yad Vashem, as Ukrainian officials had requested, the Israeli news outlet Walla reported on Sunday. According to Walla, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan turned the Ukrainian request down…
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News Two Jewish Harvard freshmen launch ‘Ukraine Take Shelter’ to help refugees
Two years ago, Avi Schiffmann made headlines as the high schooler from Seattle who built one of the world’s first and largest COVID-19 tracking systems. Now a Harvard University freshman, he’s taking a semester off to apply his technical skills to another urgent cause: finding housing for Ukrainian refugees. The 19-year-old created Ukraine Take Shelter,…
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Fast Forward With Kyiv under attack, Ukraine asks Israel to mediate in war with Russia
As Russia’s military invasion presses closer to the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv, Israel has been reportedly asked to mediate between the two countries. The news, reported by a correspondent for Kan News, an Israeli state-owned television channel, comes as Russia bombards the Ukrainian capital with missile strikes. According to correspondent Gili Cohen,…
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News Never ‘enough time to grieve’: Has American culture changed shiva for the worse?
When Rabbi Michael Goldman sat shiva for his mother last April, friends and relatives brought over noshes like chickpea kale stew and Israeli sweets. Goldman, who coordinates senior programs at Westchester Jewish Community Services, found himself crying and crying, he said, falling apart in front of guests — including some who he hadn’t known well…
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News Her son on the spectrum was mistreated at school. Thirteen years ago, she started a month for Jews with disabilities.
The cantor was singing a beautiful rendition of Oseh Shalom when Shelly Christensen, an author and advocate, happened to look at a woman sitting nearby. The woman, who lived in a facility for people with disabilities, had come to synagogue for a special service celebrating Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) — a…
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Fast Forward ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ to end after next season
Just one day before the highly anticipated Season 4 premiere of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Amazon announced Thursday that the series about a mid-century Jewish comedian has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Production of season five of the comedy series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and exec produced by her husband Dan Palladino,…
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Fast Forward Senators Jon Ossoff and Ted Cruz team up to investigate old lynchings
In an unlikely pairing, Jon Ossoff, the Jewish Democratic senator from Georgia, introduced bipartisan legislation with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to investigate unsolved racially-motivated murders from the Civil Rights era. Building on a 2018 law, the legislation would extend the term of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board to 2027 and…
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