Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the sieg heil Nazi salute, made by extending one’s right arm from the shoulder into the air with a straight hand.
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Fast Forward ADL criticizes Steve Bannon following gesture resembling Nazi salute
The move by Trump's provocative former adviser came a month after Elon Musk's similar salute, which the ADL said was just an 'awkward gesture'
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Fast Forward Following Musk’s lead, ‘my heart goes out to you’ takes off as far-right catchphrase
6 words Musk said after his controversial hand gesture were an alibi. Now some are calling it hate speech.
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Fast Forward As latest Elon Musk controversy swirls, some American Jews come to his defense
After the Tesla CEO’s hand gesture drew criticism, his Jewish support came from far beyond the ADL
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Fast Forward ADL excuses Musk salute as ‘awkward gesture’
The ADL's statement immediately received criticism from Jews terrified about the apparent 'Heil Hitler' salute
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Fast Forward Elon Musk appears to do Nazi salute at Trump inauguration rally
The tech billionaire stiffly extended his arm to the crowd twice while giving a speech
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Culture Where does the fascist ‘Sieg Heil’ Nazi German salute come from?
Some have traced the German salute origins back to Rome, but the truth is murkier than that
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Culture When Trump supporters gave him the finger, was it really a Nazi salute?
Experts in extremism and Trump aides alike were confused by the gesture, which some think is an endorsement of the QAnon movement
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Culture Is it too late now for Justin Bieber to say sorry … for doing a Nazi salute on stage?
The pop icon has some teshuva in his future
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Theater ‘Operation Mincemeat’ is a musical farce about fooling Hitler — with nothing much to say about Nazis
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Yiddish פּאַריזער טעאַטער אינסצענירט יצחק באַשעוויסעס „גולם“ אויף ייִדיש און פֿראַנצייזישParisian theater stages I. B. Singer’s ‘Golem’ in Yiddish and French
די טרופּע פֿון זיבן אַקטיאָרן באַשטייט פֿון פֿאַרשײדענע אָפּשטאַמען, רעליגיעס און מוטערשפּראַכן.
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