Molly Boigon is an investigative reporter at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @MollyBoigon.
Molly Boigon
By Molly Boigon
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News For evangelical tourists, pro-Israel and anti-vaccine sentiments might collide
Pastor Tim Thompson, who leads a 1000-member evangelical church in southern California, is already planning a trip to Israel with members of his church in November 2021. But he and other churchgoers are not convinced they’ll actually make the trip, even if Israel opens up to tourists by that time. They are awaiting word on…
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News In Y.U. child sexual abuse case, a ‘race against time’ to get elderly witnesses on the record
When Norman Lamm, the longtime leader of Yeshiva University, died last spring at the age of 92, he took his secrets to his grave. Lamm died of natural causes while a defendant in a high-profile sexual abuse lawsuit, before he could be called to testify and provide what the plaintiffs and their lawyer say is…
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News New ADL survey: Nearly one in 10 Jews physically attacked over the last five years
Nearly 10% of Jews surveyed said they had been physically attacked in the last five years because they were Jewish, said the Anti-Defamation League in a report published Wednesday. That number appears to be up this year from last year’s 5%, but the increase is within the margin of error of 4.4% reported by the…
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News Hasidic Brooklyn’s child matchmaker is under investigation
Read this article in Yiddish During a Hasidic teenager’s first day at a new Brooklyn yeshiva last year, the head of the school approached him to talk about arranging his marriage. “He told me, ‘Wow, you’re so cute. You’re going to find a girl fast,’” said the former student, who spoke on the condition of…
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News For some Haredi Jews, donating money to Covid victims is easier than social distancing
At his fourth shiva of the last month, Yona Lunger struggled to think of a time when he had seen a person tear both sides of their clothing for the mourning ritual of kriah, as he had done after the coronavirus killed his mother, father, sister and brother-in-law within the span of 32 days. The…
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News In Ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, confusion abounds over a lack of vaccine priority
When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio released a list of 33 neighborhoods that would be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccine appointments and sites, Brooklyn’s main Orthodox neighborhoods were not on it, prompting renewed accusations that he has treated those communities unfairly in regard to the pandemic. Borough Park, Williamsburg and Crown Heights – neighborhoods…
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News David Schoen’s pro-Israel ties are numerous — and sometimes controversial
David Schoen, one of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers, came to observant Judaism later in life. But he has always been a Zionist, according to an interview he did with the Zionist Organization of America, for which he is a member of the Board of Directors and a national officer. “I do not believe…
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News She was a Jewish QAnon supporter. And she thinks it could happen to you.
The meme that sent Melissa Rein Lively fully into the universe of QAnon was about the Holocaust. “I’ll never forget the image,” she said in a recent interview. “The meme that I saw that changed everything for me was a picture of Jews basically being put on a boxcar with masks, saying, ‘First they put…
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