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Fast Forward A Jewish Georgia legislator named Esther helped pass a law on antisemitism on the eve of Purim
Opponents criticized the bill on free speech grounds before it was passed with an overwhelming majority
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Books Charles Dickens: A friend of the Jews?
A 1912 Yiddish newspaper article tried to simplify Charles Dickens' relationship with the Jews. The real story is messier, but far more interesting.
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News What do you do when neo-Nazis start projecting swastikas across your city?
Two white supremacist groups picked Jacksonville to launch a campaign projecting antisemitic messages on landmarks. Local Jews wondered why their city had been picked, and how to respond.
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Fast Forward ‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
Deleted blog post questioned whether 6 million dead ‘became true by repetition’
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Fast Forward Jewish groups urge Ticketmaster to stop selling tickets to Farrakhan events
At a recent conference, the Nation of Islam leader said ‘Synagogue of Satan’ has destroyed the country
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Sports The Jewish world has largely forgiven Meyers Leonard. Why can’t everyone else?
It's been almost two years since Leonard used a slur on a livestream. But it doesn't seem like that's the grudge
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Fast Forward The spelling changed but the meaning is the same: Dictionary.com formally adopts ‘antisemitic’
Many organizations have dropped the hyphen and capital S in recent years, citing the need for clarity when it comes to hate
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Theater Playing a 1960s beatnik, Oscar Isaac finds out that being Jewish doesn’t make you a social justice authority
Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,’ an overlooked play about idealism and apathy, gets a New York revival
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News Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaida in address to Republican officials
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News A Jewish farmer drove 600 miles to rescue a century-old synagogue. Now he’s building a new one in a cornfield.
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Opinion Pete Hegseth is targeting a Jewish American hero — who’s next?
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Opinion I teach Jewish history in Boulder. Is my community taking the wrong lessons from Sunday’s attack?
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