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Sports Meet the fans who wore ‘fight antisemitism’ shirts to protest Kyrie Irving
They wanted to send a message to the Brooklyn Nets star after he posted an antisemitic tweet
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Fast Forward Kyrie Irving’s ‘Jewish conspiracy’: What you need to know
The Brooklyn Nets star doubled down in the face of criticism after linking to an offensive film
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Fast Forward A pro-Palestinian YouTuber tried trolling Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn. Here’s what happened.
A viral video pressing Jews to account for the actions of Israel draws complaints — and thousands of Jewish viewers
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Fast Forward NYC mayor defends endorsement of minister once cited for antisemitic slurs in race against pro-BDS lawmaker
Rev. Conrad Tillard, a former Nation of Islam minister, is challenging Democratic Socialist State Sen. Jabari Brisport
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Fast Forward NYC health officials urge vaccination in Brooklyn’s Hasidic communities following upstate polio case
Officials held a conference call with leaders of Brooklyn’s Haredi Orthodox community after a Jewish man in Rockland County was identified as the first U.S. polio patient in 10 years
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Culture In two rarely-shown films, a different view of Israel
Nina Menkes made two films set in Israel nearly 30 years apart. Both are about not belonging anywhere. The director, who just debuted the documentary “Brainwashed” at Sundance, comes to her setting and subject in earnest, if perhaps at some remove. Born to European immigrant parents, who fled the Nazis and fought in the Palmach…
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Culture How an antisemitic attack gave rise to a pro-IDF social media movement
After two Brooklyn 21-year-olds wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the logo for the Israel Defense Forces were allegedly attacked by two men who called them “dirty Jews,” a social media movement is striking back. The #IDFshirtchallenge asks users to post pictures of themselves proudly sporting their IDF apparel on both Twitter and Instagram, and figures such…
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Food Can a bacon and bagel sandwich still count as Jewish food?
Edith’s, a speciality grocery store and sit-down eatery coming soon to Brooklyn, will serve traditional dishes from Jewish communities all around the world, reinterpreted. Very, very reinterpreted. Take, for instance, Edith’s pasta amatriciana, which substitutes beef tongue for cured pork cheek, just like they did in the Roman Jewish ghetto. But Edith’s soaks the beef…
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News A Jewish nonprofit was training men to prevent sexual abuse. Then the funding disappeared