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Lipstadt tells Charlottesville jury she was ‘taken aback’ by antisemitism at ‘Unite the Right’ rally
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt told a jury in Charlottesville Wednesday that she was shocked by the extent to which antisemitism defined the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. “There was a great deal of overt antisemitism and adulation of the Third Reich throughout the evidence I looked at,” said Lipstadt, an expert witness in a case…
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The secret to a 75 year marriage, from ‘the oldest Holocaust-surviving couple’
Sam and Frieda Weinreich are thriving. Sam is 102-years-old and Frieda is 97. They have been married 75 years. If they are not the oldest Holocaust-surviving couple in the United States, as local Memphis news reports claim, they are certainly in the running. Frieda is tiny, like you could put her in your pocket. But…
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Their gefilte fish brings all the boys to the yard
This article originally appeared in Haaretz and was reprinted here with permission. Gefilte fish-loving gangsters who trade in horseradish meet in a parking lot for a deal that goes awry. That’s the plot of the new video by pop duo Vibers, updating the old Yiddish classic “Chiribim, Chiribom” to 2021. Vibers (“women” in Yiddish, usually…
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Deborah Lipstadt prepares to take the stand at Unite the Right trial
Deborah Lipstadt, President Biden’s nominee for global antisemitism envoy, is slated to testify as early as Wednesday afternoon in a federal trial in which nine plaintiffs are accusing 14 men and 10 groups of conspiring to violate their civil rights at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally that killed a counter-protester and injured 35 others….
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Remembering Izzy Arbeiter, the Holocaust survivor honored by Germany
If ever there was someone who had cause to be embittered, it would be Izzy Arbeiter, who died Friday at the age of 96. He was 14 when the German occupied his town in Plock, Poland in 1939. Soon came the ghettos, then the torturous goodbye to his parents and little brother who would be…
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Books Former NY congressman Steve Israel breaks into the book business
In the five years since Steve Israel retired from Congress, he’s written his second novel, been considered for ambassador to Israel, helped recruit Democratic candidates and launched a think tank at Cornell University. But nothing seems to excite him as much as opening his own bookstore — one that will reflect his interests, including his…
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‘Antisemitism is too normalized’: Students rally after replica Torah is defaced
Hundreds of Jewish students and supporters gathered on the campus of George Washington University Monday evening to protest the vandalism of a replica Torah in the basement of a fraternity house on campus. With many attendees decked out in the school’s navy blue colors and Greek life apparel, and a handful wearing yarmulkes, the crowd…
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25 years later, man sues bar mitzvah tutor, synagogue and day school for abuse
Nearly 25 years after his bar mitzvah tutor pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct, a 40-year-old New Jersey native has sued the former tutor as well as the synagogue and day school that employed him. The tutor, Akiva Roth, pleaded guilty in 1997 to four counts of lewdness, and lost his jobs at the East Brunswick…
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Exclusive: Reading Huma Abedin’s book through a Jewish lens
“I couldn’t manage peace in the Middle East, but the fact that I can do this is pretty darn close.” These were former President Bill Clinton’s words when Huma Abedin, a Muslim-American deputy chief of staff to his wife Hillary Clinton, offered him the job of officiating her wedding in 2010 with her Jewish fiance,…
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Native Americans condemn the Braves’ tomahawk chop — but some Atlanta rabbis won’t
Years ago, when Rabbi Josh Lesser was in college, his dad, a diehard Atlanta Braves fan, invited him to a playoff game. He had splurged for good seats. But Lesser had just spent several weeks on a cultural exchange at the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in Wisconsin, and he dreaded the stadium ritual that many…
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Sarah Silverman shows up for ‘kick-ass’ sister Susan’s foster and adoption cause
You know the headliner must be really important when her warm-up act is Sarah Silverman. “Without further ado, a Jew,” the comedian said as she introduced her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman. The Oct. 3 celebrity-studded event at the home of actors Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker was a fundraiser for the rabbi’s organization, Second Nurture,…
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