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Fast Forward ‘Teach me, fix me’: Nick Cannon opens up to rabbi
(JTA) — Nick Cannon wants to make it clear — he’s ready to repent. SWC officials continued dialogue with actor, comedian, rapper & TV host @NickCannon during a visit to Simon Wiesenthal Center & @musoftolerance. Pictured looking at The Hitler Letter, seated, Nick Cannon & SWC’s Rabbi Marvin Hier, standing, Rabbi Abraham Cooper & Richard…
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The Schmooze Zach Banner’s real-time introduction to Jewish food is the most wholesome thing on the Internet
The Schmooze knew we were in for an afternoon treat as soon as we heard Zach Banner, the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and newly minted “Friend Of The Jews,” uttered the words: “So there’s this awesome…bread.” If you’re a Jew who’s ever ventured to make a comment about food on social media, you’ve probably been…
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Fast Forward For anti-Semites in France, police are seen as ‘dirty Jews’
(JTA) — On April 27, Youssef Tihlah left his home near Paris planning to avenge what he later called “the situation in Palestine.” Over the past decade, that has been the motivation for multiple perpetrators of anti-Semitic terrorist acts in Europe, who have targeted Jews as payback for their perception of Israel’s actions. But Tihla,…
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Fast Forward U.K. Labour Party apologizes for defaming staffers who spoke out on anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Labour apologized and offered damages to former employees who sued the British party for libel after being maligned by officials for talking about its anti-Semitism problem in the media. The apology, offered Wednesday at a High Court hearing in the suit filed by the seven ex-staffers in 2019, is part of a policy…
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Fast Forward Twitter’s Star of David snafu could be tied to the platform’s crackdown on QAnon
Twitter accounts that use the Star of David in profile pictures were locked by the platform this week, with a message saying the symbol violates rules against “posting hateful imagery,” but the lockout might have been tied to a broader effort to combat hate speech and conspiracy theories. Twitter “chooses to target the benign symbol…
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News TikTok has a Jew hatred problem. Do Jews on the app think it’s worth saving?
There’s a new song making the rounds in the Jewish corner of TikTok, the colorful video-based social media platform so beloved by tweens, teens and people in their twenties: Nicki Minaj rapping over the Hora. Since the remix was first published on the TikTok in June, the Jews of “Jewish TikTok” — a community dominated…
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Fast Forward Why celebrities keep quoting Louis Farrakhan — despite his anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Days before NFL star DeSean Jackson posted anti-Semitic quotes falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler that set off a nationwide debate about anti-Semitism, Jackson praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. “This man powerful I hope everyone got a chance to watch this!! Don’t be blinded. Know what’s going on!!” Jackson wrote on his…
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Fast Forward Far-left French politician accuses Jews of killing Jesus
(JTA) — A far-left French politician accused Jews of deicide, or being responsible for the death of Jesus, during a television interview. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the founder of the democratic socialist La France Insoumise, or Unsubmissive France party, and a member of the National Assembly, made the remarks on Thursday in an interview on the French…
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