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Popular Ukrainian Mayor Gennady Kernes Survived A Sniper Attack But Succumbed To COVID
(JTA) — Gennady Kernes, a beloved Ukrainian-Jewish mayor who once narrowly survived a gunman’s attempt on his life, has died of the COVID-19 virus in Germany. He was 61. Kernes, who had served as the mayor of the city of Kharkiv since 2010, died Wednesday in Germany, where he had been comatose in a hospital…
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The Deni Diary: A star is born
This is the second installment of Deni Diary, a new weekly report about the rookie season of Deni Avdija, the Israeli basketball phenom who plays for the NBA’s Washington Wizards. Want these updates in your inbox? Click here to subscribe. December 25, 2020: The cedar of Lebanon The Washington Wizards have seven foreign-born players —…
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L.A.’s Iranian Jews denounce Iran Foreign Minister Zarif’s use of derogatory word for Jews
Los Angeles-area Iranian Jewish activists are condemning Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif for his use of an antisemitic term in describing Jews during an online Farsi language interview. In the Dec. 9 program, which was posted by the Iran-based Arman Media YouTube channel, Iranian journalist Mehdi Nasiri asks Zarif various questions about the future of…
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Suzanne Tauber, 79, Avid Reader And Beloved Grandmother
(JTA) — Suzanne Tauber smoked her last cigarette on the day her daughter told her she was pregnant. After hearing the news that she was going to be a grandmother, she decided to give up her long-time habit permanently. Her daughter, Stacy Meisel, remembers the moment like it was yesterday. It was 1993 and her…
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We can end homelessness now
Heading into 2021, Los Angeles faces two hard truths about its homeless crisis: It’s bad, and it’s going to get worse. That’s why, when the Forward brought together four experts on the subject for a Dec. 15 Zoom discussion, I just wanted to focus on solutions. We know it’s bad— what can we do, now,…
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LAPD release photo of suspect in murder of Iranian Jewish businessman
Following last month’s violent stabbing that left a 62-year-old Iranian Jewish businessman dead in his downtown Los Angeles jewelry store, Los Angeles police have recently released photos and information about the potential suspect in the case. According to a brief LAPD report, the suspect was inside the victim’s store for approximately six minutes where he…
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L.A. police release photo of suspect in murder of Iranian Jewish businessman
Following last month’s violent stabbing that left a 62-year-old Iranian Jewish businessman dead in his downtown Los Angeles jewelry store, Los Angeles police have recently released photos and information about the potential suspect in the case. According to a brief report from the Los Angeles police department, the suspect was inside the victim’s store for…
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Max Rose on his run for mayor and what it means to be a ‘New York Jew’
Max Rose offered a taste of what his New York City mayoral bid will look like during a Wednesday event with the Forward, assailing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure and pledging to fight for the working class while eschewing political labels. “I embrace the notion of moral populism,” said Rose, a Democrat who lost his…
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‘Coming home:’ The peace agreement with Israel is a source of joy and healing for Morocco’s Jewish diaspora
The peace agreement between Israel and Morocco is more than political to the North African nation’s global Jewish diaspora — it’s deeply personal. Once the largest Jewish community in the Arab world, today, only 2,000 Jews live in Morocco. A million more live around the world, with the biggest communities in Israel and France. Large-scale…
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On TikTok, on the pulpit and in legal rulings, rabbis tell congregants: get vaccinated
The TikTok video of Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld receiving a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine isn’t racking up Cardi B numbers, but it has reached an impressive 400,000 views. “I saw an advertisement that they were looking for people for their clinical trial,” Rabbi Herzfeld, 46, said. “I am not a doctor or a nurse,…
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Online antisemitism peaks during moments of national tension. And it’s being partly driven by Russian trolls.
Soon after the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Twitter user going by the name “jojoh888” knew who was to blame for the clashes between neo-Nazis and the antifa activists who opposed them: George Soros, the Jewish billionaire and progressive philanthropist. “George Soros is the puppet master. He’s funding both sides,” the account tweeted,…
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