Louis Keene is a reporter for the Forward. His work has also been published in The New York Times, New York Magazine and VICE. He is based in Los Angeles and can be followed on Twitter @thislouis.
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Fast Forward Jewish Starbucks chief, fighting union effort, makes ill-fated remark about Holocaust blankets
It’s a pretty reliable rule of thumb that if you’re thinking about comparing something to the Holocaust, you should, instead, do literally anything else. Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ chairman emeritus, became the latest to put his foot in his mouth in this specific way while trying to deter employees from unionizing, according to an article published…
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Culture Fried chicken & waffles, a South L.A. tradition, goes kosher
Update, 3/18/22: Melrose Bite announced today it was no longer kosher in an Instagram post. It’s the dawn of Kosher Food 3.0, at least in Los Angeles. Out with pastrami on rye and matzo ball soup. In with chicken-and-waffles. Yes — kosher chicken-and-waffles. The arrival of Melrose Bite, a kosher fried chicken joint in the…
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Fast Forward A Koufax counterpoint: Max Fried makes World Series history with shutout performance
If you’re a Jewish baseball fan, you likely know the story of Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series — when he became famous for sitting out on Yom Kippur. On Tuesday night, Max Fried — like Koufax, a Jewish southpaw — provided a historic counterpoint: he entered the history books by taking the mound…
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Culture Think you know Torah? Try to beat this impossible Hebrew Bible quiz.
Can you tell your Abrahams from your Absaloms from your Amnons? Can you read the word of God and know who’s being addressed? Then you might have a chance at acing the hilariously difficult excerpt we have from this year’s Chidon — the Hebrew Bible knowledge contest organized by the World Zionist Organization and the…
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News Native Americans condemn the Braves’ tomahawk chop — but some Atlanta rabbis won’t
Years ago, when Rabbi Josh Lesser was in college, his dad, a diehard Atlanta Braves fan, invited him to a playoff game. He had splurged for good seats. But Lesser had just spent several weeks on a cultural exchange at the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in Wisconsin, and he dreaded the stadium ritual that many…
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News At Google, Jewish employees battling for influence clash over Israel
“Jewglers” is one of many employee groups at Google, where there are also “Gayglers” (for LGBTQ+ employees), “Greyglers” (for older ones) and “Vetnet” (for veterans). The Jewglers’ 2,800 Jewish members mostly use its listserv to seek travel advice, share recipes and plan the company Hanukkah party. But a progressive contingent cleaved off the group last…
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Culture In a very Jewish World Series, it’s Astros vs. Braves, and rabbi vs. rabbi
Rabbi Adam Starr, who leads an Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta, found a way to make this year’s World Series more meaningful: he proposed a holy wager. Tuesday afternoon — with only a couple hours to go before the first pitch of Game 1 — the longtime Braves fan texted his Houston-area colleague, Rabbi Barry Gelman,…
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Fast Forward Leader of Chabad of Poway-affiliated nonprofit resigns, alleging continued foul play
The former executive director of a Chabad of Poway-affiliated charity has resigned from an advisory role at the nonprofit, saying she believes the disgraced rabbi who used it to defraud donors is still involved behind the scenes. Elisheva Green’s resignation, at least the third by a board member of the nonprofit, the Friendship Circle of…
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