Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a reporter and now manages the Bintel Brief advice column. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press. Email: harpaz@forward.com.
Beth HarpazSenior Reporter
By Beth Harpaz
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Fast Forward Jewish groups are fighting a new Texas law that allows unlicensed chaplains to replace school guidance counselors
Texas school boards must vote by March 1 on whether to allow the switch
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Fast Forward Man who sold gun in synagogue threat case sentenced to 27 months
Prosecutors say tragedy was averted; case ongoing against 2 other men arrested at Penn Station
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Fast Forward FBI found antisemitic material in church shooter’s home, ex-mother-in-law says
Shooter was schizophrenic and may have been ‘triggered’ by anti-Israel sentiment
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Fast Forward Megachurch shooter’s mother-in-law says shooting had ‘nothing to do with Judaism’
Facebook post says woman whose gun bore a 'Palestine' sticker was schizophrenic and should never have been allowed to buy a gun
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Fast Forward Megachurch shooter’s AR-15 rifle had a ‘Palestine’ sticker on it
Shooter, killed by police, reportedly had a dispute with ex-husband’s Jewish relatives
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Fast Forward FBI investigating violent threats sent to Hillel leaders at Brown and Rhode Island School of Design
A building was searched and remains open; security has been increased and an investigation is underway
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Fast Forward England’s chief rabbi composes special healing prayer for King Charles’ recovery
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis posts ‘refuah sheleima’ on social media
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News Instagram’s ‘IsraelSoWhite’ mocks notion of Israelis as ‘white colonizers’
Satirical campaign from director Ben Younger celebrates diversity among Israeli Jews
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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