Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at zax@forward.com or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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Today: An alleged Ponzi scheme targeted Orthodox Jews, an antisemitic French comedian issues a controversial apology and a public figure who wore a Nazi costume — no, it’s not Prince Harry! — sparks a scandal.
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Bintel Brief My friends won’t take a COVID-19 test before seeing me. Should I drop them?
Bintel says: Your hurt feelings are valid, but you need to hear their side of the story
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The Catholic author took inspiration from his own World War II-era friendship with the Jewish historian Cecil Roth
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Books Fleishman is in trouble — but in this show, so is everyone else
One cat and two human Brooklynites live vicariously through the exploits of FX's morally bereft Upper East Side couple
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It’s a tale as old as Talmud: sharing a house, and fighting over how to keep it clean
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Forwarding the News We listened to Kanye West’s three-hour antisemitic rant so you don’t have to
Today: The White House blasts Trump’s comments as antisemitic; the great Dutch-Jewish boxer betrayed by a teammate during WWII; and a new honor for the first female American Jewish novelist.
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Forwarding the News Trump, Kanye and a weekend of public antisemitism + Sneak peek at Netanyahu’s new memoir
Good morning! Today: Reexamining a neo-Nazi cop’s case record; “Miss Hitler” may be released from prison; and a far-right Swedish politician gets weird about Anne Frank.
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