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Fast Forward Bari Weiss, author of antisemitism book, takes role in Musk’s push to reinstate conservatives and extremists
The ADL, which has partnered with Weiss in the past and has called out Musk for allowing antisemites back on Twitter, refused to comment
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Culture How could anyone ever hate Anne Frank — why a fringe group declared war on the Holocaust’s most famous victim
Anne Frank trending on Twitter is rarely a good thing.
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Fast Forward On Reddit, Kanye superfans finally reach their breaking point
The r/Kanye subreddit is no longer analyzing lyrics — it's educating about the dangers of Nazism
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Fast Forward Kanye West suspended again from Twitter after posting swastika following pro-Hitler ‘Infowars’ appearance
Ye’s effort to acquire Parler, a rival social media platform, is also dead
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Fast Forward A calmer, less antisemitic Twitter alternative? An Israeli entrepreneur may have the solution
The former CEO of the Waze navigation app says his new social media platform won’t tolerate the bigotry now flourishing on Twitter
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Fast Forward Welcome to the new Twitter: Kanye West is back and Elon Musk trolls the ADL
'Shalom,' West tweeted to his followers, followed by a smile emoji
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Fast Forward ‘The jokes were fantastic’: Jewish users reflect on their pre-Musk Twitter community
The platform, for some, has been a 'synagogue you don’t go to, which is maybe more important than the synagogue you do go to,' in the words of one user
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Fast Forward ‘The Real Housewives of New York’ courts drama with new Jewish and Zionist cast members
Two Jewish women, Lizzy Savetsky and Erin Lichy, are slated to be part of the Bravo reality TV reboot
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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