for Friday, July 21, 2023

Sports ›

0 Sports Culture

These Jewish lawyers’ son was drafted by the A’s. Then the Dodgers picked his brother.

Louis Keene in Forward

The Gelof brothers, Zack and Jake, are emerging Jewish stars in Major League Baseball, having both been recently drafted by MLB teams—the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively.

Culture ›

0 Culture Science

At core of ‘Oppenheimer,' a debate over how to be Jewish + Meet the MiraBot, an A.I. version of one of our reporters

Benyamin Cohen in Forward

In a morning briefing from The Forward, a debate on Jewish identity is highlighted in Christopher Nolan's biopic "Oppenheimer," examining the contrasting approaches to Judaism between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Adm. Lewis Strauss.

Politics ›

0 Politics Antisemitism

Citing antisemitism and bigotry, Jewish and Asian Democrats call on Republicans to disinvite RFK Jr. from testifying

Ron Kampeas in Forward

Democratic leaders, including Jewish and Asian representatives, have urged Republicans to retract an invitation extended to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify before Congress.

Antisemitism ›

0 Antisemitism Education

A South Carolina school district removed ‘The Fixer,’ a classic novel about antisemitism with its own history of school controversies

Andrew Lapin in Forward

In South Carolina, a parent affiliated with Moms for Liberty, a conservative group, sought to remove nearly 100 books from local school shelves, including Bernard Malamud's novel "The Fixer," citing explicit content concerns.

Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

July 21's Short Reads

Tablet A Yiddish Musical Treasury

Tablet I Have a Right to Live in Judea and Samaria

Jewish Insider Jamaal Bowman’s anti-Israel posture fuels primary opposition back home

Tablet Canadian Cowboy

Moment From the Newsletter | Remembering Poet Linda Pastan

Forward How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer

Forward Iran's Jewish languages are dying. Can intrepid linguists save them before it's too late?

Forward Israel is in a moment of crisis. Why was the speech its president gave to Congress so out of touch?

New Voices On Jewish Catholic Guilt

Rationalist Judaism Rashi and the Raptors

Forward ‘I didn't say those things’: RFK Jr. denounces those who accuse him of promoting antisemitic COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Moment Roundtable | Robots Get Religion

Forward I have a crush on my rabbi. Is it OK to ask him out?

18forty Where Marvel’s New Gods and Judaism Meet: ‘God, Man and History’

Tablet Back to the Borscht Belt

Tablet First Resorts

Tablet Nancy Isabelle

Forward There was a mass exodus to Threads. Is Jewish Twitter staying behind?

Forward In a first, Israel’s prime minister will visit Morocco

Forward Researchers say Japan has exaggerated the story of Chiune Sugihara, the ‘Japanese Schindler’

The Beinart Notebook Haggai Matar on Israel’s Judicial Overhaul and the Movement Against It

Forward Roald Dahl museum apologizes for the children's author's antisemitism, racism

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