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News As Purim approaches, antisemitic attacks leave Chicago neighborhood on edge
When an Orthodox husband and wife and their two children approached the entrance to B’nai Reuven, a Chabad-Lubovitch shul in Chicago’s West Rogers Park, last Shabbat, their greeter was an armed security guard. “What has been happening here we’ve seen before,” said the husband, Avram, who refused to give his last name, citing concerns for…
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Culture In the face of tragedy, Rep. Jamie Raskin is an optimist
Despite the gravity of the moment, Rep. Jamie Raskin seemed to be having a great time during Trump’s impeachment trial in early 2021. A former professor of constitutional law, Raskin appeared, at moments, to have forgotten that he wasn’t in the classroom, gesturing as he spoke impassionedly about the meaning of the Constitution. It seemed…
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Opinion Miriam restaurant was sprayed with “f— Jews” graffiti. Here’s why we responded with white roses
At our table, we savored the plates of hummus, pita and shakshuka. It brought back wonderful memories of Jaffa and Jerusalem, places I haven’t been in a long time. My friends, colleagues and I, 11 of us in total, chose to go to Miriam restaurant as an act of friendship and solidarity with the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Posts on Indiana University Greek life forum call Jews the ‘worst’ people
Indiana University students and organizations are pushing for administrators and Greek life leaders to take action against antisemitism following online posts that targeted members of Jewish Greek life. The comments were posted on Feb. 20 by an anonymous user on Greek Rank, a popular online forum where users can rank and post about different sororities…
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Fast Forward Israeli professor’s lecture interrupted by antisemitic Zoom-bombing
A virtual lecture by an Israeli scientist was interrupted last week by an antisemitic Zoom-bombing, or a flood of unwanted comments and sounds made by users trying to distract from the event. Sason Shaik, a chemistry professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was giving a virtual talk for students at the University of Houston…
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Culture ‘Sex with Hitler’ is a video game that, unfortunately, does exactly what it promises
Kink comes in all shapes and forms. But I still doubt that what you were hoping to do with your time was play a game featuring a very buff and oddly shiny Hitler as your sexual avatar. And yet. Unfortunately, “Sex with Hitler” dropped in late January on the gaming platform Steam, and is doing…
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Fast Forward NY Jewish councilwoman urges forceful response to rise in antisemitism
A Jewish New York City councilwoman is calling on her colleagues to speak out more forcefully against antisemitism and increase awareness of the Holocaust amid a rise in antisemitic incidents across the city. Julie Menin, who is serving her first term on the City Council, on Wednesday will host a virtual town hall for her…
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Fast Forward Jewish student group analyzes a year of antisemitism, finds concentration in the Northeast
An analysis of antisemitic incidents on college campuses tracked by a Jewish student group last year and released Monday found reports of bigotry split between classical antisemitic tropes and forms of anti-Zionism. Most responses collected for the report, compiled by Jewish on Campus, an undergraduate student-run nonprofit organization that started in July 2020 as an…
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