Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward The last Jew of Afghanistan has reportedly divorced his wife and wants to go to Queens
(JTA) — Zebulon Simantov, who was the last Jew living in Afghanistan, granted his wife a Jewish ritual divorce after refusing to do so for decades, according to reports. He left Afghanistan earlier this month, following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, after at first rebuffing efforts to get him out. He now wants to…
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Fast Forward Congressman calls the ADL ‘racist’ after it called for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson
Matt Gaetz has, like Carlson, appeared to endorse the conspiracy theory known as the 'Great Replacement'
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Fast Forward 97-year-old former member of Nazi death squad dies at home in Canada
(JTA) — A translator for a Nazi death squad died at home in Ontario at the age of 97, ending a decades-long effort to deport him from Canada for his role in the murders of tens of thousands of Jews. Helmut Oberlander, who was born in Ukraine in 1924, had long said that he was…
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Fast Forward Survey of Jewish fraternity and sorority finds most respondents experienced antisemitism on campus
(JTA) — A survey of members of AEPi and AEPhi, the most prominent national Jewish fraternity and sorority, found that large numbers of respondents have experienced antisemitism on campus. The survey also found that about half of respondents have felt the need to hide their Jewish identity on campus or in virtual campus settings. A…
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Fast Forward 22% of adult Jewish gamers faced antisemitic harassment while playing, survey finds
(JTA) — More than one in five Jewish adults who play online multiplayer games faced antisemitism while playing, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation League. The survey, published Wednesday, found that harassment and bigotry are common across the 97 million Americans who play multiplayer games. Among adult gamers surveyed, 83% said they have…
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Fast Forward Josh Mandel, Jewish Ohio Senate candidate, compares Biden’s vaccine mandate to the Gestapo
(JTA) — The latest politician to compare government vaccination efforts to Nazi Germany is Josh Mandel, a Jewish Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio. In a video Thursday protesting President Joe Biden’s upcoming requirement that a large portion of private sector employees either get vaccinated against COVID or get tested weekly, Mandel instructed his…
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Fast Forward An aerial banner said ‘Jew, I have a question.’ It turned out to be a marriage proposal.
(JTA) — The banner, dragged by a plane last week across the Florida sky, looked disconcerting. “Jew, I have a question,” it said. Certainly it was a moment made for Twitter, attracting both jokesters and antisemitism watchdogs. A tweet of the photo Saturday by the group StopAntisemitism got more than 100 shares. Another group, United…
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Fast Forward FBI reports drop in number of antisemitic crimes in 2020 amid rise in total hate crimes
(JTA) — The FBI recorded the largest number of hate crimes last year since 2008, including spikes in the number of anti-Black and anti-Asian hate crimes. Anti-Jewish hate crimes dropped from 953 in 2019 to 676 last year, a decrease of 29%. Anti-Jewish crimes again made up the majority of hate crimes based on religion…
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