Irene Katz Connelly is a staff writer at the Forward. You can contact her at connelly@forward.com. Follow her on Twitter at @katz_conn.
Irene Katz Connelly
By Irene Katz Connelly
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The Schmooze Bon Appétit editor resigns after ‘brownface’ photo resurfaces
Adam Rapoport, the longtime editor in chief of food magazine Bon Appétit, resigned after a photo showing him wearing a racist costume surfaced on Twitter and several staffers publicly called out racist practices within the magazine. In a statement on Instagram, Rapoport, who led the magazine since 2010, wrote, “I am stepping down as editor-in-chief…
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Life Q&A: Director Rachel Harrison Gordon on reliving her bat mitzvah onscreen
Among the many events cancelled by coronavirus in the past months are b’nei mitzvot across the country. Rachel Harrison Gordon’s is just one among them — but it’s also a little different. For months, Harrison Gordon, a film and business student at NYU, had labored over her first short film, “Broken Bird,” which chronicles the…
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News Black leaders urge white Jews to take action
A city council member’s chief of staff recalled a walk home from school that became an involuntary trip to the police station, on suspicion of truancy. A congressman described working with the Congressional Black Congress on budget proposals — only for white colleagues to reject them every year. New York’s attorney general comforted her teenage…
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Fast Forward ‘They’re all sons of bitches’: Auschwitz survivor voices support for Chicago protesters
As protests against police brutality took place in hundreds of cities over the weekend, a candid photo of an Auschwitz survivor voicing support went viral. Noah Toly, an urban studies professor who originally posted the photo, was attending a protest in his hometown of Wheaton, Ill., when a passing car flagged him down. In the…
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News In the wake of protests, here’s how you can help
After yet another police killing of an unarmed black man, protesters across the United States are demanding criminal justice reform on behalf of George Floyd and others who have died at the hands of law enforcement. Organizations and activists are mobilizing on several fronts. They’re working to protect the protesters, to reform policing, to change…
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Fast Forward Petition calls for explusion of Penn State student who posed with swastika
After photos of a Penn State student posing with a swastika drawn on her shoulder circulated on social media, a petition called on the university to expel her. So next up on the Hallahan exposure list is Ryann Milligan (the blonde) posed with two other girls that have swastikas drawn on their backs clear as…
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News Jewish protestor, staples in head and arm broken on NYC streets, tells his story.
Jason Rosenberg went out Tuesday night to protest in New York City. He returned home Wednesday morning with staples in his head, a broken arm and a summons. A program manager at the 92nd Street Y and an activist with ACT UP, he’s now trying to heal and considering legal action against the NYPD. This…
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The Schmooze Seth Rogen has one response for those posting ‘all lives matter’
After posting on Instagram in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Seth Rogen pulled no punches when responding to fans who replied that “all lives matter.” On Tuesday, Rogen posted a stark graphic emblazoned with the movement’s name and captioned “If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me.”…
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