Shira Hanau
By Shira Hanau
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Fast Forward Jewish student among those made to attend Christian prayer assembly at West Virginia public school
(JTA) — Over 100 students at a West Virginia public high school staged a walkout Wednesday to protest what they said was their forced attendance at a Christian prayer assembly during the school day. Bethany Felinton told the Associated Press that her Jewish son was told he could not leave the assembly, held at Huntington…
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Fast Forward Jewish activist and IfNotNow co-founder is on a ‘Jeopardy!’ winning streak
(JTA) — Activists on the Jewish left celebrated over the weekend as Emma Saltzberg, a Jewish activist who helped co-found the Jewish anti-occupation group IfNotNow, extended a “Jeopardy!” winning streak that has some comparing her to the game show’s most successful contestants. Saltzberg has taken the lead for three episodes in a row and currently…
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Fast Forward Florida Gov. DeSantis won’t condemn Nazi rally in Orlando
(JTA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to condemn a Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend, claiming that those asking him to condemn the Nazi rally are trying to “smear” him. A video of the Orlando rally that spread on social media Monday showed protesters standing on a highway overpass…
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Fast Forward Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for Holocaust race comment — but doubles down in saying Jews are not a race
(JTA) — Whoopi Goldberg apologized for upsetting people by starting a debate on Monday over whether the Holocaust was “about race,” writing that she is “sorry for the hurt I have caused.” But later that night, appearing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” she elaborated on some of her views on Jewish people that…
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Fast Forward Nazis rally in Orlando and vandalism reported at Chicago synagogue as American Jews remain on high alert
(JTA) — In Orlando, neo-Nazis yelled antisemitic slurs from a highway overpass. In Chicago, a Jewish school and a synagogue were vandalized. In Washington, D.C., a man was arrested and charged with spray painting swastikas on a train station. The turbulent weekend — which also included a rally in Ottawa against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky and Bernard-Henri Levy sign ad urging protest of Beijing Olympics over Chinese persecution of Uyghurs
(JTA) — A full page advertisement in The New York Times Saturday urged athletes and corporate sponsors to “walk away” from the Olympic Games, set to begin next month in Beijing, to protest China’s persecution of the Uyghurs. “We urge the athletes and the sponsoring corporations to walk away from these games unless Beijing takes…
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Fast Forward TikTok adds new features to direct users to reliable information on the Holocaust
(JTA) — TikTok announced a raft of new features intended to reduce the spread of misinformation about the Holocaust shared on the platform and to direct users to trustworthy sources about the subject. Beginning Thursday, a banner will pop up when users search for Holocaust-related terms and direct them to aboutholocaust.org, a website run by…
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Fast Forward RBG’s library is being auctioned online and includes more than 30 books about Jewish topics
(JTA) — Items from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s library are being sold at online auction this week and include a range of works from her law school textbooks to copies of celebrity memoirs and books by her fellow Supreme Court justices. The auction, which is being conducted by Bonham’s and ends…
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