Asaf Shalev
By Asaf Shalev
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Culture A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers
“The book is about trying to figure out why [conspiracies latched onto] this wealthy Jewish family and not another wealthy Jewish family. Or why not the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Waltons?”
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Fast Forward Israeli-Russian philanthropist billionaire Yuri Milner pledges $100 million for Ukrainian refugee relief
Milner’s donation serves to further distance him from the Kremlin to which he owes early support as he became a Silicon Valley investor.
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Fast Forward Does getting arrested at a climate protest help reduce emissions? A Jewish expert weighs in.
(JTA) – Our chances of averting climate catastrophe are narrowing to the point of no return, top scientists said last week in a series of landmark reports put out by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The emission of greenhouse gasses must start winding down and the switch to a low carbon economy must happen…
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Fast Forward Rebuffed privately, influential rabbis go public with plea to cut off American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists
(JTA) – In the wake of last year’s round of deadly fighting in Gaza, a group of prominent rabbis in the New York area came to believe that a major American Jewish charity had indirectly fueled the violence. In a letter to the charity, the 19 rabbis, including ones with national renown such as Angela Buchdahl, Sharon…
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s Jewish community fears ‘implosion’ as lawsuits allege harassment and mismanagement
(JTA) – With his livelihood on the line, Rob Lennick texted the wrong Deborah. The CEO of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, Lennick sent a message asking for support of an extension to his contract. He was also asking for a $30,000 forgivable loan from the federation to pay for the repair of a…
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Fast Forward Michael Steinhardt’s looted antiquities are being returned to Israel, but some are missing
(JTA) – Eight of the looted artifacts that billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt must return to Israel as part of a deal with prosecutors in New York are still missing. That’s according to a press release on Tuesday from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announcing that $5 million in stolen antiquities previously belonging to Steinhardt are…
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Fast Forward MacKenzie Scott gives $10 million to Jewish nonprofit HIAS for Ukraine refugee relief
(JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $10 million to the Jewish humanitarian group HIAS for its work aiding refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. HIAS announced the gift Wednesday as Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, revealed her latest multi-billion-dollar round of charitable giving. She gave $3.8 billion to 465 organizations in this…
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Fast Forward An Ohio rabbi’s misconduct involved a child. No one told his congregants.
(JTA) – The year after Rabbi David Komerofsky started working at Temple Israel in Canton, Ohio, his new community threw him a party. Known in the synagogue world as an “installation,” the event marked Komerofsky’s arrival at Temple Israel. The Cleveland Jewish News covered the installation, noting that Komerofsky’s predecessor, Rabbi Jon Adland, had officiated the Nov….
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