Shira Li Bartov
By Shira Li Bartov
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Fast Forward Why Bard College’s orchestra performed Mendelssohn at the site of Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies
For conductor (and Bard’s president) Leon Botstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, the mission wasn’t only about the past
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Fast Forward Japan sees big wins for far-right, anti-immigration party that denounced ‘Jewish capital’
Sanseito’s leader, Sohei Kamiya, has denied being antisemitic
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro accuses Zohran Mamdani of condoning ‘blatantly antisemitic’ supporters
Shapiro is one of the most prominent Jewish politicians in the United States
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Fast Forward Minneapolis’ Omar Fateh is the latest democratic socialist and Israel critic to win his party’s endorsement for mayor
Fateh’s nomination at a convention followed the primary win of Zohran Mamdani in New York City
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Fast Forward In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis
On the same day, a far-right lawmaker called the gas chambers in Auschwitz 'fake'
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Fast Forward Bosnian hotel cancels meeting of European rabbis amid anti-Israel pressure from prominent locals
“This is a sad slap that Sarajevo has given itself,” said the head of the country’s Jewish community
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Fast Forward Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot
The right-wing candidate has the support of a popular politician who lamented the “Judaization” of Poland
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Fast Forward South Africa’s chief rabbi supports Donald Trump — but says his refugee program for Afrikaners is a ‘mistake’
The white South Africans are the only refugees the United States is still admitting
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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News Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds
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Film & TV Woody Allen’s biggest fans were easy marks for a fake monologue about antisemitism
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News Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted
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Fast Forward NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani missed the Israel Day Parade. Many who went didn’t miss him.
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Fast Forward NY Democratic stalwarts show support for Israel even as Mamdani skips parade
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Fast Forward For the first time, a kosher restaurant has won a Michelin star
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Fast Forward London police are ‘reviewing’ video of Helen Mirren being called ‘an evil Zionist’