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Creator Erin Foster Publicly Disagrees with Adam Brody’s Political Stance
Erin Foster, the creative force behind the series ‘Nobody Wants This,’ has publicly voiced her disagreement with recent political statements made by the show’s lead actor, Adam Brody. Foster addressed the controversy during an upcoming appearance on the ‘Not Skinny but Not Fat’ podcast, responding to Brody’s remarks in a recent interview with GQ magazine.…
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West Bank Attack Foiled: Security Lockdown Imposed After Planned Massacre Thwarted
A major security crisis unfolded in the West Bank this week after Israeli authorities confirmed that a deadly terrorist operation, intended to be a large-scale massacre, was successfully prevented. The incident, which involved gunmen targeting soldiers at a checkpoint near Hebron, has triggered an immediate and expansive security cordon across the region, raising fears of…
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They met on a Birthright trip then married. Now this American Israeli couple’s internet fame has turned to infamy.
Ethan and Hila Klein first met at Yad Vashem — Israel’s Holocaust museum — in 2007, a meet-cute they recounted, giggling, years later for their millions of YouTube followers. “I think I went up to her and said something like, ‘They had it coming, don’t you think?’” said Ethan, known for his edgy humor and…
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These Jewish college students have some ‘nonnegotiables’ for El-Sayed
At the University of Michigan, first-year student Robert Kashan, 18, and sophomore Jacob Reich, 19, sat behind a large blue sign. “Some things are nonnegotiable,” it declared in all caps. The sign laid out their requirements for any candidate seeking their support: a commitment to Jewish safety, “including for Zionist Jews,” and supporting Jewish statehood…
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Does anyone in Jerusalem care what happens to us?
An Israeli think tank has put on paper what most American Jews know in their kishkas: Israel’s actions over there affect our safety here. So here’s my question: Does anybody over there care? The report, published by The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), drew on the input of 20 Jewish leaders from five countries.…
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How schools are teaching about Israel now, and winning back Jewish donors
Silicon Valley philanthropists Eli and Jeanette Reinhard are known for their generosity to Jewish causes, from the local Jewish federation to the counterterrorism project at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies. They are especially generous on the campus of their alma mater, Stanford University, where Eli Reinhard helped found the Jewish Studies department and…
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How a search for my Jewish Chicago led me to the Forward – and back home again
When I headed to New York for college, I knew I’d be leaving behind my peach-colored bedroom, Thursday nights watching Hill Street Blues with my parents and our cat Shayna, and the Belden Deli. But I didn’t realize that I would also be leaving behind my Jewish Chicago – and beginning a decades-long search to…
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Why both sides are ducking settler violence ahead of Israel’s elections
(JTA) — For American Jews who follow Israel closely, one of the hardest things to understand about Israeli politics today is the gap between the severity of settler violence in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, and the relatively limited role it plays in the election campaign. The phenomenon is not being…
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How a Jewish play from 1908 enshrined the idea of America as a cultural ‘melting pot’
It’s long been unfashionable to refer to the United States as a “melting pot.” Identity politics and multiculturalism have undermined the ideal of an assimilation so complete that it obliterates ethnic distinctions. Now the persistence of difference is hailed, at least in some quarters, as enriching rather than estranging, even if the associated metaphors —…
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‘I wanna blow up a synagogue’: Online posts lead to hate crime charge against Utah man
(JTA) — A Utah man accused of possessing explosive devices, searching online for nearby synagogues and making online threats to kill Jews is due in court Friday to face charges including attempting to commit a hate crime. A federal grand jury indicted Skyler AJ Rose, 22, on Wednesday, the Department of Justice said in a…
