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Your weekend reads: Dr. Ruth’s, Andrew Yang on his Jewish connection and a kosher cartel
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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A Jewish police officer weighs in on the Chauvin verdict
George Floyd’s murder and police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the crime have sparked conversations all over the United States and the world about whether police are biased against Black and brown Americans and perpetuate white supremacy. Caught in the middle are some white Jewish police officers, a minority within the force both committed to…
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RSV, a childhood illness that had receded during COVID-19, is surging in Orthodox Brooklyn
(JTA) — Hundreds of infants in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn are sick now with a common respiratory virus that typically does not circulate during the spring, raising fears as to whether the infections in those communities could again become an indicator of what’s to come elsewhere in New York City and the country. At…
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Conservatives are more likely than liberals to hold antisemitic views, survey finds
(JTA) — Is anti-Semitism more of a problem on the left or the right? Should Jews concentrate their energy on combating the far right? Or should they focus on fighting anti-Israel bias on campus? How do questions of race relations in the United States play into anti-Jewish bigotry? As anti-Semitism has risen in the United…
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Israeli NBA forward Deni Avdija suffers injury, ending promising rookie season
Israeli NBA rookie Deni Avdija suffered a hairline fracture in his right ankle during a game Wednesday, cutting short his rookie season for the Washington Wizards. Avdija, the ninth overall draft pick in 2020, was coming down from a layup attempt when he awkwardly twisted his ankle. He was wheel-chaired off the floor to an…
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In Belarus, firing of Jewish museum curator linked to anti-government protests
Though British actor Daniel Craig popularized the story of the Bielski partisans in the 2008 film “Defiance,” preserving the history of their heroics in the region where they operated has long been the passion of Belarussian historian Tamara Vershitskaya. She carried out her mission as the head of the Museum of Jewish Resistance, which she…
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Isabel Frey is a 26-year-old Bundist who records protest songs in Yiddish. Now she’s also an Austrian politician.
BERLIN (JTA) — Isabel Frey stands outside the Austrian chancellor’s residence atop a white van with her guitar surrounded by speakers and protesters. It’s the day after the Ibiza Affair was made public in May 2019. The scandal centered on a video showing Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Johann Gudenus, both members of the…
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Dark money, questionable partners behind new group fighting antisemitism
The Combat Anti-Semitism is part of a fleet of new groups fueling the politicization of a cause that long united Jews
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This Jewish filmmaker with autism has one big question for Jews with disabilities
Benjamin Rosloff, an aspiring Jewish filmmaker living with autism, was filming a bar mitzvah in Port Washington, NY. But the young boy getting bar mitzvahed didn’t say the prayers or read the Torah with his own voice. He also had autism, and relied on an augmentative speech device to communicate. “I couldn’t tell whether the…
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Facing illness or death? Call Ron Hoffman, ‘the hippie ALS guy’
When my late husband David Israel was diagnosed with ALS in 2010, I couldn’t imagine how I’d ever cope. Someone in his neurologist’s office handed me a manual called the “ALS Caregivers Guide.” There were sections for “Drooling,” “Choking,” and “Feeding Tubes.” The last one was “Saying Goodbye.” “How will I possibly handle this?” I…
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Jewish groups cheer Chauvin verdict and call for ‘transformational change’
Jewish groups and leaders took to social media following the Derek Chauvin verdict with expressions of relief, joy — and calls for systemic change in the wake of the trial. “Thank God justice has been served in this case,” Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah, a rabbinic organization for human rights, tweeted. “And there’s…
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