This is the Forward’s coverage of the #MeToo movement against sexual violence.
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Fast Forward Ebay Billionaire Jeff Skoll Donates Millions To #MeToo Reporting App
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A website that makes reporting sexual assault easier is one of six organizations gifted $7.5 million by an Ebay billionaire in order to ramp up their effectiveness. The Skoll Foundation – started by Jeff Skoll, former president of Ebay – rewarded five female and one male social entrepreneurs tackling subjects…
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Fast Forward Barry Diller No Longer Friendly With Ivanka, Says ‘All Men Are Guilty’
Media mogul Barry Diller is friends with Josh Kushner and his girlfriend, supermodel Karlie Kloss. But their meet-ups no longer extend to other members of the Kushner family. The 76-year-old businessman told the New York Times that he and his wife, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, used to be friendly with Ivanka Trump. “I would…
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The Schmooze Harvey Weinstein’s Company Owes Malia Obama Money
Harvey Weinstein is bankrupt. Morally, and now also, in terms of his company, financially. The Weinstein Company filed for bankruptcy on Monday, and in documents obtained by several news organizations and reported first by The Blast, the company has 300 pages of creditors, including former first daughter Malia Obama, who interned for The Weinstein Company…
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The Schmooze ‘Jessica Jones’ Creator Melissa Rosenberg Speaks Out About Sexual Harassment
(JTA) — For those unfamiliar with the Marvel Comics universe, Jessica Jones is one of its darkest characters. The troubled superhero, also the star of a Netflix show whose second season debuted earlier this month, is a heavy drinking private investigator prone to fits of rage living in New York City. The viewer learns that…
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Fast Forward Israeli Company Creating Hidden Camera Reality Show Inspired By #MeToo Movement
(JTA) — An Israeli production company is creating a reality television show format inspired by the #MeToo movement. The show, called “The Silence Breaker,” will use hidden cameras to go under cover and document sexual harassment in real workplaces, The Hollywood Reporter first reported on Wednesday. Each episode will tell the victims’ stories and end…
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Fast Forward Weinstein Company Files For Bankruptcy, Will Void Nondisclosure Agreements
The Weinstein Company, once led by Harvey and his brother Bob Weinstein, is filing for bankruptcy after Harvey Weinstein was fired in October over numerous reports that he sexually assaulted and raped several women, the New York Times reported. Weinstein has also become infamous for having many women whom he sexually harassed or assaulted sign…
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The Schmooze Barbra Streisand Says She Has Never Had A #MeToo Moment
On a clear day you can see forever, but if you’re Barbra Streisand looking back on your own career, you might be seeing it through rose-colored glasses. Streisand told “Glee”-creator Ryan Murphy that she has never felt sexually harassed in her career, which has lasted 61 years and counting. At an interview at the television-focused…
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Community 4 Critical Ways Jewish Institutions Can Learn From #MeToo
As #MeToo stories continue to emerge, we all seem to be uncertain about what to do next. While very personal conversations about predators and prey will play out in the public sphere, I believe the public discourse must center not on the violent acts themselves, but on what allows the violence to happen: How men…
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