Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward An anti-vaccine ad by an Orthodox group briefly took over a Crown Heights bus stop
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Compared to the rest of New York City, the residents of Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood have both been hit harder by COVID-19 and more reluctant to vaccinate themselves against the virus. Those statistics have prompted a group called the Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association to put…
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Fast Forward The Hamptons home where Adrien Brody lived on ‘Succession’ was actually owned by a Jewish millionaire — and has that mezuzah
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — When Adrien Brody’s character burst onto the scene of HBO’s “Succession” last month, he became instantly iconic among the show’s Jewish fans. That’s thanks to his character’s visible Jewishness as well as the antisemitism he elicited. Brody’s character, Josh Aaronson, is a beanie-wearing billionaire investor who…
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Fast Forward 44 games into its winning streak, Yeshiva U’s basketball team is now No. 1 in NCAA’s Division III
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The Yeshiva University men’s basketball team is on a 44-game winning streak that dates back to 2019. Now, just in time for Hanukkah, the Y.U. Maccabees are finally getting some official recognition. A poll of the top teams in Division III men’s college basketball placed the…
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Fast Forward A pro-Israel group says Hunter College is ‘pervasively hostile’ to Jewish students. Jews on campus disagree.
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Is the social work school at Hunter College coddling antisemitism, or is it part of an institution that’s deeply committed to protecting Jews from prejudice? That question has come to the fore after a pro-Israel organization filed a federal complaint alleging a “pervasively hostile campus climate…
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Fast Forward Anti-vaxxers protest with swastikas and yellow star outside Jewish politician’s office in the Bronx
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Analogies to the Holocaust have become commonplace at anti-vaccine protests around the U.S. and the world. But protesters displaying swastikas and a yellow star especially stung on Sunday, when they deployed the symbols outside the office of a Jewish politician, Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, whose district…
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Fast Forward Here’s what Marty Markowitz, former Brooklyn borough president, has to say about Marty Markowitz of ‘The Shrink Next Door’
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Marty Markowitz, the former borough president of Brooklyn, has never listened to the popular podcast called “The Shrink Next Door.” He’s only vaguely aware that it’s now a TV series with an A-list cast. He does know, however, that he and the main character share the…
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Fast Forward In speech to Jewish group, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul calls out Democrats who are ‘questioning our commitment to Israel’
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — In what was billed as her first speech to a Jewish audience as New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul vowed to fight hate crimes and criticized fellow Democrats over their positions on Israel. The speech, delivered virtually to the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York on…
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Fast Forward Fired Upper East Side rabbi holding rival services blocks from his old synagogue
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) —The rift at Park East Synagogue may widen, as Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt, who was fired as assistant rabbi last month, has started his own Shabbat service three blocks away from his former synagogue. This will be at least the second service hosted by Goldschmidt since he was…
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