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Forwarding the News All our best Yom Kippur advice + Antisemitic slurs shouted at Penn Hillel
Today: A Jewish photographer recreates an infamous photo taken in Hitler’s bathtub, Florida neo-Nazi previously served time for killing in St. Louis, and the ADL weighs in on new Adidas-Kanye West fracas.
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Forwarding the News All our best advice for the High Holidays, in one place
Good morning, and chag sameach! Today: President Biden reassures Jewish leaders before Rosh Hashanah, a lavish auction of treasures from the Rothschild family, and an Israeli director’s new TV show finds humor in a juvenile detention facility.
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Forwarding the News Picketing alongside Guatemalan workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses + New Kanye song called “Israel”
Today: Neo-Nazi extradited to Amsterdam, Ohio school board member apologizes for Nazi salute at public meeting, and a call for Jews to return their attention to Darfur.
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Forwarding the News Pressure from Jewish groups helped stop auction of jewels tied to Nazi fortune
Today: Family of Nazi victims who hid Jews to be beatified, Egyptian synagogue that housed the Cairo Geniza reopens, and a dust-up over Israeli food at an LA wine bar.
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Culture ‘Isn’t it rich’ — Sondheim, Buñuel, and the discreet charm of the bourgeois audience they couldn’t live without
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, 'Here We Are,' tackles two of the great surrealist films of the 20th century
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Forwarding the News 60 years since the March on Washington + Swastikas on gun used in Jacksonville hate crime
Kansas City farmers market expels antisemitic vendor, Jewish Tennessee couple moves forward with suit alleging discrimination by adoption agencies, and scrutiny on a whole lot of European politicians over alleged antisemitic histories.
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Culture Is ‘Barbie’ Jewish? Is ‘Barbie’ Shabbat? Is ‘Barbie’ the Book of Genesis? Four drunk Jews discuss
'Does Barbie have a concept of religion or Jewishness? Depends who plays with her'
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Fast Forward 4 Jewish things to know about Fran Drescher, leader of the Screen Actors’ Guild strike
Drescher, best known for her breakout role in 'The Nanny,' is helming the largest actors' strike in decades
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די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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יעקבֿ פֿינקלמאַן באַשרײַבט אויך זײַן לאַנגיאָריקן פֿאַך — ווי ער האָט צוגעשטעלט וויסן אין טעלעקאָמוניקאַציע איבער דער וועלט
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Opinion Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help
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