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Culture On TikTok, she offers a spicy daily take on Talmud
A non-Orthodox woman with bleach-blonde hair, Anzovin might not look like what most people conjure when asked to think of someone who studies Talmud
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Culture How one far-right platform has weaponized antisemitism and Christian extremism to foment insurrection
In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Twitter deplatformed Trump for inciting violence and cracked down on other users. Amazon kicked conservative social media site Parler off of its servers for failing to police extremist conversation. And in the wake of the insurrection, membership of Gab, which has long been a home for far-right…
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Culture How an antisemitic attack gave rise to a pro-IDF social media movement
After two Brooklyn 21-year-olds wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the logo for the Israel Defense Forces were allegedly attacked by two men who called them “dirty Jews,” a social media movement is striking back. The #IDFshirtchallenge asks users to post pictures of themselves proudly sporting their IDF apparel on both Twitter and Instagram, and figures such…
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News Meet Jake Cohen, the Jew-ish chef with 1 million TikTok followers
This is one of seven profiles of American Jews who fascinated us in 2021. Click here to see all seven and read an explanation of our Forward Shortlist. Editor’s note: On Jan. 5, about two weeks after this column was published, The Washington Post reported that Jake Cohen has been named in a lawsuit alleging…
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Culture Trump’s new social media platform about ‘truth’ doesn’t seem safe for Jews
Having been banned from most mainstream social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump has had to get creative with his communications. Thursday, he announced his newest plan — his own social media app, called TRUTH Social, which is currently slated to roll…
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Culture Metatron? MarkCo? Betting on Facebook’s new (Jewish) name
Mazel tov, Mr. Zuckerberg, it’s a metaverse! The social media giant Facebook, which has come to include former competitors WhatsApp and Instagram, is planning to change its corporate name to better reflect the wide variety of its offerings, The Verge reported Tuesday. The move is meant to highlight Zuckerberg as the architect of a “metaverse”…
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Culture I, too, like pumpkin spice and leaves — can a Jewish girl do Christian Girl Autumn?
If hot girl summer is all about living large, wearing little and doing whatever you want, Christian Girl Autumn is the inverse; it’s all about chunky sweaters, big scarves and carefully coiffed curls. I, too, love autumn; I’m a Libra, and this is my season. I’ve had pumpkin pie instead of cake for my birthday…
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Culture No, Senator Blumenthal, the problem is much bigger than finstas
“Will you commit to ending finsta?” Senator Richard Blumenthal asked Facebook’s Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis, at Thursday’s hearing on the risks Instagram poses to teenagers. Finsta, short for “fake Instagram” is slang for a category of private Instagram accounts users turn to for a variety of purposes — evading parental oversight, posting stupid…
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News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
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News Zohran Mamdani has represented Astoria’s Jews for 4 years. What do they think of him?
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News Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews
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News What Zohran Mamdani has actually said about Jews, Israel and antisemitism
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News He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.
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