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Culture An indecent exposure online exposes controversy in the Orthodox world
When an Orthodox woman's Instagram event was crashed by a naked man, some people blamed her
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News An academic is breaking down antisemitic dog whistles on TikTok
Numbers and symbols that seem meaningless can be used to spread hatred online
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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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Opinion Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point
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Opinion I run The Jewish Theological Seminary. Here’s the real story about President Isaac Herzog speaking at our commencement
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News Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel
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