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: [email protected].
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By Beth Harpaz
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Meet Jewish tennis champ Harold Solomon, the man behind all those tennis 'bagels'
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Twitter won’t sanction users who spread hate. At the same time, Musk says he’s removing a feature that lets users block harassers
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Flynn, a Christian nationalist who told Trump to suspend the Constitution, has a history of repeating antisemitic tropes
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