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Fast Forward Georgia’s Trump-defying secretary of state looks to Israel for inspiration
Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state attacked by former President Donald Trump and his allies for certifying the election in his state for Joe Biden, still calls himself a proud Republican. But he’s longing for more moderate leadership for his party and the nation. He points to Israel, with its new, diverse governing coalition…
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News Muslim leader’s warning about Hillel, ADL and other pro-Israel groups prompts backlash
A speech by a leader in the Council on American-Islamic Affairs — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group — drew a concerned response from some pro-Israel Jewish groups after she warned that Muslims who support Palestinian rights should not work with Jewish organizations that support Israel. Zahra Billoo, who heads CAIR’s San Francisco office,…
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News Can a new word — ‘Zionophobia’ — clarify the debate over Israel?
Israel sits in the center of the roiling debate over what is and isn’t antisemitic. Top Jewish establishment leaders have twisted themselves into knots trying to explain precisely when and how criticism of Israel crosses the line into antisemitism. And even when they draw what seems to be a red line, there are caveats. Meanwhile,…
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Fast Forward This upstart Republican wants to unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene has harassed colleagues, flouted Congress’s COVID safety rules and issued a torrent of remarks and tweets deemed antisemitic since the Georgia Republican was elected to Congress in 2020. If she wins re-election next year, she would join what many are predicting will be a Republican majority in 2023. Jennifer Strahan says it…
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Books Obsessed about positive coverage, Trump worked on Abraham Accords while in hospital with COVID, new book claims
Former President Donald Trump worked on expanding the Abraham Accords from his hospital bed where he was being treated for a life-threatening case of COVID-19, hoping the positive news coming out of the Middle East would distract the country’s attention away from his illness, his former chief of staff reveals in a new memoir. “Still…
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Culture Finally, we can move on from ‘Dreidel Dreidel’ — a true Hanukkah bop has dropped
In the past few weeks, I’ve written about everything wrong with Hanukkah today — kitschy merchandise, Christmasification, the Maccabees. So as we approach the end of the eight nights, I wanted to finish on a sweeter note: a pop anthem made for the holiday that, in my humble opinion, does everything right. “Hanukkah” comes from…
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Music What do Bible characters have on their Spotify Wrapped list?
From Abraham to Yael, here's what your faves were listening to this year
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Fast Forward Philadelphia mayor, criticized for hosting pro-Palestinian rally, addresses event to counter antisemitism
A day after hosting a rally that marked the United Nations’ day of solidarity with Palestinians, an event at which organizers called for Palestinians’ right of return to Israel, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney defended his participation in the event and, in an address to Jewish leaders, called out hate generally. “When we see any form…
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor event features a Rob Reiner video address — recorded just weeks before his death
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Fast Forward In Reykjavik, Hanukkah offers a chance for Iceland’s tiny, isolated Jewish community to come together
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Opinion When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.
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