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Another retailer removes ‘gas the Jews’ mug, other products
This article first appeared in Cleveland Jewish News. Reprinted with permission. A content creation platform that listed items with the words “Damnit! I said glass of juice not gas the Jews!” has removed the posting and notified the third-party vendor that the vendor’s access has been blocked. “Please note that our platform only produces physical…
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The congressman went to Israel. His Socialist allies say he’s got some explaining to do.
Jamaal Bowman, a first-term congressman from New York, boasts nearly impeccable progressive credentials. He is closely aligned with “The Squad,” the five congresswomen known for their far-left views. He’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. And he ousted a centrist veteran last year — Eliot Engel, the former chair of the House Foreign…
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The Jew with 5,000 guns
The long dirt road that leads to Dragon Land is lined with crushed cars pierced with bullet holes, with bloodied mannequins protruding from their shattered windows. “Is There Life After Death?” reads a sign along the way. “Trespass Here Tonight And Find Out.” The idea is that anyone thinking about robbing Dragon Land, a historical…
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New glimmers of hope for people with disabilities in Jewish professional world
People with disabilities face challenges within the Jewish community, but conditions are improving — with young Jews leading the charge — according to an unprecedented trio of new studies released jointly Wednesday. Together, the studies looked at a sample of Jewish Americans and employees at Jewish organizations. One also examined the services offered by Jewish…
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Meet Israel’s new consul general in NY, who’s giving himself a crash course in diplomacy
The new Israeli consul general in New York is not a diplomat’s diplomat. Asaf Zamir, a former politician who took office last month, prefers a burger over steak, once dressed up as a Disney princess, and is married to a famous Israeli actress. He was also, until recently, a politician, a key player in the…
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As Arizona tilts further right, these Mexican-American Jewish siblings push back
While headlines focus on the Arizona’s questionable audits, its challenges to voting rights and its fur-clad QAnon shaman, insiders say if you want to understand the deeper shifts going on in the state’s politics, watch the Hernandez siblings. Arizona is no stranger to political dynasties – the Goldwaters, Udalls and McCains. But no one’s ever…
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Losing kosher certification over politics? It could happen to Ben & Jerry’s.
Ben & Jerry’s decision this summer to stop selling its products in East Jerusalem and the West Bank has created a difficult and novel conundrum for its kosher certification agency: should it renew its contract with the ice cream company? “This is very unique. I have not experienced something like this before,” said Rabbi Daniel…
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‘Maybe the Torah is just trying to teach us stuff’: Readers respond to tirade about Toldot
This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. Download our free printable Fall Recipe Collection here. Maybe Rebecca was not deviously plotting a coup to help one son over the other, but strategically…
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Israel, Jewish groups invoked as white supremacy expert clashes with defense in Unite the Right trial
A professor who once embedded with white supremacists testified Thursday that violence was central to the ideology held by organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally that left one counterproster dead and dozens injured in Charlottesville. Peter Simi, who teaches sociology at Chapman University in Southern California, told jurors that the white supremacist movement…
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Eulogized for championing women, Reform leader now accused of abusing them
In the summer of 1992, Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk ordained Israel’s first female rabbi. The head of the Reform movement’s seminary, 62-year-old Gottschalk called Naamah Kelman’s ascension to the role “of great historic and symbolic importance.” “It reaffirms what we know to be true in Judaism,” Gottschalk, leader of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, told…
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Do Chabad’s gains on campus compete with or complement Hillel?
On a bright October Sunday morning, several hundred people gathered on the front lawn of a stately red brick building by Duke University’s East Campus. They were there to dedicate Chabad’s $3 million Fleishman House, designed as a spiritually welcoming home away from home for Jewish students. About a mile away, on the campus, stood…
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