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Biden slams ‘extremists’ in Israeli government + Museum grapples with exhibit on Hitler’s favorite clown
Kanye West teams up with controversial Jewish founder of American Apparel, Hasidic man accosted on Shabbat in Brooklyn, 'day of disruption' planned in Israel & Jewish college athlete drafted into MLB.
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Looking Forward This rabbi felt he could no longer recite the Prayer for Israel. So he rewrote it.
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky's new prayer adds 29 words, cuts others and includes a quote from Israel's Declaration of Independence
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Forwarding the News Antisemitism lurks in Supreme Court affirmative action ruling + New York mayor insults Holocaust survivor
Israeli president to address Congress, pro-Hitler fitness guru sent to prison, Warner Bros. casts first Jewish Superman, four books for summer, and analysis from the Tree of Life trial on our podcast
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Forwarding the News What if Mount Sinai was in Saudi Arabia? + New antisemitic comments from Kanye revealed
Biden expresses 'great concern' about Israel, Michigan man indicted for targeting synagogue, a heartwarming story about a bubbe and a pimp, and the Jewish genius behind the Chia Pet has died.
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Forwarding the News Amid rabbi shortage, some shuls opt for cantors + Roseanne Barr says ‘nobody died in the Holocaust’ in strange rant
Israeli air force reservists threaten to not report for duty, new portraits of the Tree of Life victims, Israeli swimmers win gold near Auschwitz, Broadway tackles antisemitism, and Mel Brooks turns 97.
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Forwarding the News Some Jewish camps set aside bunks for trans and non-binary kids
Tree of Life shooter had history of suicide attempts, Jews favor Biden over Trump by 50-point margin, some Orthodox miffed at Brandeis University ad, and Mel Brooks and Gal Gadot to receive big honors.
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Forwarding the News Neo-Nazis target two Georgia synagogues + Did the Jews sink the Titanic?
Tree of Life sentencing starts, Hollywood mogul testifies at Netanyahu corruption trial, Germany opens largest Jewish center since the Holocaust, and how 'Fiddler on the Roof' inspired an Indian director.
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Looking Forward I said ‘Hineini’ to jury duty, without leaving home
Jury duty is about showing up — shouting, “Hineini,” “here I am,” ready to do what it takes to make the world a better place
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Forwarding the News Many Jews to observe yahrtzeit of the fall of ‘Roe’ this Shabbat
Moms group quotes Hitler in newsletter, red-state rabbi leaving over anti-LGBTQ+ laws, minyan prays at Grateful Dead concert, and Dr. Ruth shares the best advice she ever got in our podcast.
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Forwarding the News Swastika Lake to be renamed + Relative of Jewish Titanic couple aboard missing submersible
Zelenskyy calls Putin 'the second king of antisemitism after Hitler,' judge to reveal Santos’ mystery bail backers, Harry Styles thanks Orthodox friends, and 'Jeopardy!' contestant can't ID shul near his home.
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