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Fast Forward Man burns library books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland
A watchdog in New Jersey alerted officials in Beachwood, Ohio, about the incident when they saw it on social media
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Culture The woman who saved stolen Jewish art — and the writer who is finally telling her story
The hero of Michelle Young's 'The Art Spy' is Rose Valland — a quiet, relentless French art historian who risked everything to save Jewish-owned art from the Nazis
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Culture Einstein or Edison? Jordan or LeBron? A rabbi explains why Jews debate who is greatest
Rabbi Zev Eleff’s new book traces our obsession with greatness, and argues the real question isn’t who’s the best — but why we need to know
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Books What is ‘Zionism without Zion?’ New history asks, but can’t answer
In ‘Melting Point’, Rachel Cockerell provides lots of historical sources, but little insight into what they’re saying
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Books How a Jewish boy from Canterbury became a Zulu chieftain
A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization of Africa
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Books What was the Jewish record on slavery? It’s (very) complicated.
Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its aftermath
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Fast Forward A publisher is reissuing a 1931 novel to bolster Jewish representation in Hollywood
The reissue comes in response to accusations of antisemitism directed towards the Academy Museum in Los Angeles
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Fast Forward U.S. Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism and Jewish Americans ahead of Hegseth visit
The removals came as the academy also briefly pulled down a display honoring Jewish female graduates
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