Shira Li Bartov
By Shira Li Bartov
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	Fast Forward Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas war
His wife posted a video of him singing Debbie Friedman’s version of “Mi Shebeirach,” the Jewish prayer for healing, with his sons
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	Fast Forward European countries increase synagogue security as Jews brace for antisemitism after Hamas attack
Police have increased surveillance around synagogues, Jewish schools and other institutions in Germany, Britain, France and Spain
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	Fast Forward Revisiting Betty Friedan’s Jewish legacy through the first biography of her in decades
Friedan's Jewish identity at first took a backseat to her battle for women’s rights but eventually found a stage at the center of her public life, a new biography shows
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	Fast Forward Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 local victims of Portuguese Inquisition
The victims ranged in age from 10 to 110 and were identified using newly digitized records
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	Fast Forward More than 20,000 Israelis sought Portuguese nationality last year
Few actually choose to live there
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	Fast Forward Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ in policy change
The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry issued a joint statement calling the change 'inaccurate, ahistorical and counterproductive'
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	News Camp Ramah returns to Ukraine after a war-induced exile — now with a bomb shelter
The camp filled up in less than a week as families sought normalcy for their children a year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
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	Fast Forward Surprise blockbuster ‘Sound of Freedom’ echoes antisemitic QAnon conspiracies
The action film stars Jim Caviezel, an actor who in real life has openly embraced QAnon, as a federal agent rescuing children from sex traffickers
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
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	Fast Forward What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements
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	BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
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	Fast Forward Why Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Zohran Mamdani is fueling antisemitism fears
 
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