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Fast Forward Judaism’s largest US denomination pens open letter to Elon Musk over rise in Twitter hate speech
The Union for Reform Judaism expressed concern Musk may have his own white supremacist sympathies
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Culture What’s the funniest Jewish tweet? This Orthodox comedy troupe aims to find out.
The Va'ad HaBadchanim want to elevate Jewish humor on Twitter beyond stereotype and cliche — and frequently into the obscure
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News Here are the prominent antisemites who have been reinstated on Twitter (that we know of)
A well-known neo-Nazi and a famous conspiracy theorist are just two of the people who have regained access to their Twitter accounts
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Fast Forward How long before new TikTokers see Nazi content? 75 minutes, according to a Jan. 6 committee test
An account called Alice did not interact with the TikTok app in any way, and it still showed her Nazis
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Culture Jew vs. ‘jew:’ Google’s offensive definition causes a (brief) online stir
The search engine defaulted to showing a derogatory use of 'jew' as a verb
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Culture Could Elon Musk’s replacement CEO make Twitter good for the Jews?
It's been pretty bad for the Jews under Musk
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Fast Forward Bari Weiss, author of antisemitism book, takes role in Musk’s push to reinstate conservatives and extremists
The ADL, which has partnered with Weiss in the past and has called out Musk for allowing antisemites back on Twitter, refused to comment
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Culture How could anyone ever hate Anne Frank — why a fringe group declared war on the Holocaust’s most famous victim
Anne Frank trending on Twitter is rarely a good thing.
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