Julia Gergely is a former National Desk Intern at The Forward. She now reports for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Julia Gergely
By Julia Gergely
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Fast Forward Danny Fenster, imprisoned 100 days, shows signs of COVID-19
The American journalist Danny Fenster, imprisoned for over 100 days under Myanmar’s military regime, is exhibiting signs of COVID-19, according to his family. At an Aug. 31 conference call with journalists to mark 100 days of Fenster’s imprisonment and to appeal for his release, they said Fenster exhibited symptoms, including loss of taste and smell…
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Fast Forward Police probe slapping of Orthodox man at Florida resort as hate crime
An altercation at a Florida resort is now being investigated as an enhanced antisemitic hate crime by the Aventura Police Department. Alain Altit, an Orthodox man and father of six, was standing by the pool when he overheard a guest call a woman a “dirty Jew.” When he tried to intervene to defend the woman,…
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News Beanie Feldstein is the new ‘Funny Girl’ — but Jewish actresses don’t always get the Jewish role
Beanie Feldstein will play Fanny Brice in the upcoming revival of “Funny Girl” on Broadway. But it’s far from given that a Jewish actress gets to play a strong Jewish role. Tracy-Ann Oberman, famous for her work in British TV comedies and soap operas, and who now stars in the hit West End production The…
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Fast Forward 2021 Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series to begin this week
One of the few film series in the world dedicated to Holocaust films kicks off its fifth season next week. This year’s Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series, held in conjunction with Los Angeles’ Holocaust Museum LA will feature German Holocaust films, in order to “explore how German cinema dealt with the complexities of the country’s…
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Fast Forward Rabbi stabbed in antisemitic attack said assailant ‘planned for this’
The rabbi who was brutally stabbed outside his Boston area synagogue wrote that his assailant was motivated by “hate for the Jews as individuals, hate for us as a people.” In a moving opinion essay in The Boston Globe, Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, the Chabad Rabbi attacked at the beginning of July outside the Shaloh House…
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Fast Forward L.A. community leaders react to appointment of Rabbi Noah Farkas as Federation CEO
Rabbi Noah Farkas will become the next president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The Federation made the announcement in an email Wednesday. Farkas, 41, is currently serving at Valley Beth Shalom, the largest Jewish congregation in the San Fernando Valley. He previously worked as a rabbi at Congregation…
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Fast Forward 60 years ago she had a dream of becoming a bat girl for the Yankees. This week, her wish came true.
Normally, Passover and baseball’s only crossover occurs when Opening Day falls on the first night’s seder. But when a decades-long dream is fulfilled, it can summon feelings of the Jews leaving Egypt. “Dayenu!” said Gwen Goldman, 70, of her experience working as the Yankee’s bat girl in their game against the Los Angeles Angels this…
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Fast Forward Nathan Allen, Boston-area hate crime shooter, left behind antisemitic rants
A man whom authorities say left behind a notebook filled with antisemitic and racist entries shot two Black people dead on a neighborhood street in a suburb of Boston. Nathan Allen, 28, crashed a stolen box truck into a small house on Saturday, exited the vehicle, and opened fire on David Green, 58, and Ramona…
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