Taly Krupkin (Haaretz)
By Taly Krupkin (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Ready For ‘Crazy Rich Asian Jews’?
“Crazy Rich Asians” has been a surprise hit at the U.S. box office this summer, but what are the chances of a sequel called “Crazy Rich Asian Jews”? It might sound fanciful, but the author of the trilogy upon which the film is based says powerful Jewish families also exist among Asian society’s wealthy elite….
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News Tamika Mallory Slams Founding Of Israel As ‘Human Rights Crime’
Women’s March co-leader Tamika Mallory called Israel a state that “takes the lives of people who were there first.” Speaking via video at an event hosted by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Justice Delegation – the group of lawyers and civil rights activists, including Mallory, who traveled to the Holy Land last month…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour Calls On Jews To Fight For Palestinian Rights At Anti-Racism March
Activist Linda Sarsour called on Jews to fight for Palestinian rights and spoke out against pro-Israel groups that joined hundreds of Jews and other protesters at the New York March for Racial Justice on Sunday. “It is not my job to educate white people on how to be anti-racist. It’s the job of white people…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Jews Join White Supremacists At Anti-Sharia Law Rallies
Dozens of protestors, many of them wearing “Make America Great Again” baseball caps, gathered in downtown Manhattan on Saturday to denounce what they call the threat of sharia law in the United States. The rally was one of 29 similar protests taking place in major cities across the country. In New York, the event attracted…
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News Massive Fire Destroys 120-Year-Old Synagogue On Lower East Side
One hundred and twenty years of Jewish history on Manhattan’s Lower East Side came to a tragic ending on Sunday night, as fire destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, one of the oldest synagogues in New York. For hours, smoke billowed above the neighborhood, once the heart of Jewish life in the city, and residents gathered to…
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Fast Forward Cornel West Says Israel’s BDS Ban Shows Boycott Push Is Winning
Cornel West says a new law denying entry to foreigners who call for a boycott of Israel or the settlements shows the BDS movement is gaining strength — and Israel is “panicking.” “lt’s a sign of panic, a sign of hysteria, a very sad response to an intense situation,” the African-American philosopher said. “Rabbi Abraham…
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News Has Matzoball Gone Too Far With Sexist Ads Drenched in Jewish Stereotypes?
“I’m just a Jew, a lonely Jew on Christmas,” sang Kyle, the Jewish character in “South Park,” and for the last 30 years, thousands of young American Jews have searched for love at Matzoball, the glitzy singles party line that takes place in cities across the U.S. on Christmas Eve. From a single event in…
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News Jill Stein Picks Up Pro-Palestinian Rally Cry After Bernie Sanders Defeat
Jill Stein is hoping to pick up the mantle of Bernie Sanders’s leftist revolution — and she’s not afraid to openly slam Hillary Clinton on Israel. The Green Party presidential candidate is pushing sharply divergent positions on the Palestinians, U.S. military aid to Israel, Sheldon Adelson, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Two weeks ago, when…
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