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Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate and other right-wing influencers filmed singing Ye's 'Heil Hitler' at Miami nightclub
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (440+ words) The nightclub, Vendome, has apologized for the incident. A Miami nightclub has apologized and says it fired multiple workers after a large group of far-right influencers, including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate, were filmed singing along to Ye's "Heil Hitler…...
Jerry Lippman was a Jewish newspaperman who refused to play by the rules
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (504+ words) The longtime publisher of the Long Island Jewish World, who died in September, proved that community papers could do real journalism. Jerry Lippman, the indefatigable publisher of the Long Island Jewish World and the Manhattan Jewish Sentinel, who passed away…...
King David is having a moment in Christian pop culture. We would do well to join in.
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (587+ words) The rabbi author of a book on David says the ancient Israelite king's time is now. Several years ago, my book on King David was optioned for a movie by Warner Brothers. A few scripts were written and then it…...
Australian writers’ festival collapses — and apologizes — after boycott over disinvited Palestinian activist
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (595+ words) I refuse and reject the Board's apology," said Randa Abdel-Fattah about the Adelaide Writers' Festival The organizers of an Australian literary festival pulled the plug on this year's event on Tuesday, after nearly 200 authors said they would boycott over the…...
After Australian literary festival drops Palestinian activist, citing Bondi massacre, dozens boycott in solidarity
1+ week, 3+ day ago (536+ words) The Adelaide Writers" Week organizers said they believed Randa Abdel-Fattah"s presence would not be "culturally insensitive" in the wake of the Bondi massacre. An Australian writers" festival is facing backlash after it announced it had removed an Australian-Palestinian author…...
What a Phish concert taught me about being a better rabbi
1+ week, 5+ day ago (205+ words) The legendary jam band's culture of improvisation and radical welcome offers unexpected lessons for synagogue life, writes a pulpit rabbi. Last month, I saw the legendary jam band Phish as part of their annual four-night New Year's Run at Madison…...
This Jewish artist fought Nazis with a paintbrush, when art like his still mattered
1+ week, 5+ day ago (714+ words) An exhibit on the work of Arthur Szyk explores how propaganda functioned in a world very different from ours. I didn't know then that this was the work of Arthur Szyk, a Polish-born Jew who was famous for his vivid…...
BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not specially mention Jews
1+ week, 6+ day ago (469+ words) The production company behind the episode said they believed the subject's Jewish identity was "implicit." In a Christmas special this year, a BBC One program devoted a quarter of its episode to telling the story of a Jewish child refugee…...
An Israeli couple is reshaping ideas about Jewish culture at a historically Black university
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1765+ words) Their popular course has become a rare space for Black'Jewish exchange on campus " but the funding that brought Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen to New Orleans is running out. The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta…...
Here’s how I make each day count: I keep a diary
2+ week, 4+ day ago (358+ words) From car crashes to Shabbat dinners, I've recorded the mundane, the meaningful and the moments I would otherwise have forgotten. In January 2011, I wrote my first entry in a five-year diary. It seems I watched "No Country for Old Men…...