Shira Hanau
By Shira Hanau
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Fast Forward Faye Schulman, Holocaust survivor whose photographs documented the partisan resistance, dies at 101
(JTA) — Faye Schulman, a Holocaust survivor who lost most of her family to the Nazis but joined a group of partisan fighters and documented their work in photographs, died April 24, The Washington Post reported Saturday. She was 101 years old. Schulman’s photographs often depicted the smiling faces of young partisan fighters, with Schulman…
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News A survivalist summer camp for Orthodox Jews is planned for New York — and vaccinated folks aren’t invited
(JTA) — With summer coming and COVID-19 vaccines being deemed safe for children as young as 12, some camps are talking about the possibility of a mask-free summer for vaccinated campers. But one Jewish camp being planned for the summer is taking a different approach: barring any vaccinated camper or staff from attending at all….
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Fast Forward Israeli politician sued two women for libel after they accused him of sexual harassment
(JTA) — The American-born Israeli politician Dov Lipman was once a rising star of Yesh Atid, the political party whose leader was tasked last week with forming a new government. Now Lipman is being sued by two women for sexual harassment after he sued them for libel. According to a report in Haaretz, Lipman filed…
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Fast Forward A 1998 Spielberg-produced Holocaust documentary will be streamed on Netflix
(JTA) — An Oscar-winning documentary about the experience of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust that was produced by Steven Spielberg will be made available for streaming on Netflix. “The Last Days” will be remastered from the original 35 mm film before its streaming release on May 19. The documentary, which won the Academy Award for…
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News RSV, a childhood illness that had receded during COVID-19, is surging in Orthodox Brooklyn
(JTA) — Hundreds of infants in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn are sick now with a common respiratory virus that typically does not circulate during the spring, raising fears as to whether the infections in those communities could again become an indicator of what’s to come elsewhere in New York City and the country. At…
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Fast Forward Karlie Kloss’ baby’s name was leaked — by Josh Kushner’s former Israeli yeshiva
(JTA) — It’s common practice in Jewish circles to wait until eight days after a baby boy is born before publicly sharing the baby’s name at the time of circumcision. Josh Kushner and Karlie Kloss, the brother and sister-in-law of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, wanted to wait even longer than that to make the…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University plans to eliminate in-person Hebrew courses indefinitely
(JTA) — Yeshiva University is planning to eliminate its in-person Hebrew courses indefinitely, making what was at first a pandemic-induced measure a permanent one. The change was first reported by the YU Commentator, one of the university’s student newspapers. The new Hebrew courses will be asynchronous, meaning students will not interact in real time with…
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News ‘Kids need camp this summer more than ever before’: What Jewish summer camp will look like this year
(JTA) — Last year at this time, the message out of Jewish summer camps was one of doom and gloom. In April 2020, the Union for Reform Judaism announced that COVID would force a closure of its camps for the summer, affecting some 10,000 kids. In May, the Conservative movement’s Ramah camps across the country followed…
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