Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Fast Forward Department of Education opens new investigations of antisemitism and Islamophobia at schools in the wake of Oct. 7
Three of the colleges on the list have made headlines because of antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7
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Fast Forward European film festivals hit with controversies over Israel-Hamas war
A festival in Stockholm apologized for disinviting an Israeli-American, while pro-Palestinian filmmakers pulled out of an Amsterdam fest
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Fast Forward Jewish sponsor withdraws from National Book Awards after learning of authors’ plans for Israel ceasefire statement
The sponsor said the authors were promoting “a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel agenda”
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Fast Forward Jewish students assaulted and Hillel targeted at Ohio State, prompting state to beef up police presence
Two Jewish students were punched in an apparent hate crime, while other students stole Israel flags from the campus Hillel
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Fast Forward MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’
The university did not specify whether the suspensions affected protesters or counter-protesters
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Culture Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’
The bestselling author says he felt an "obligation" as a Jewish writer to tell the story
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Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
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Fast Forward Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage
Critics of Israel had decried the screening, organized by Gal Gadot and other Hollywood insiders, as a “Zionist trap"
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