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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 9d

I'm pleased to learn that the Clippers, tired of fending off allegations related to previous jersey sponsor Aspiration, have partnered with a new, totally uncontroversial entity going forward.
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Visit Rwanda Expands To U.S. Sports With Clippers And Rams Sponsorships

Visit Rwanda becomes the first African tourism brand to sponsor NBA and NFL teams, joining the LA Clippers and Rams in a landmark partnership.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 13d

Is there a prefix that includes all kinds of "-washing"s (pinkwashing, greenwashing, sportswashing etc)? The best I can come up with is culturewashing but it's not exactly right.

Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 17d

I tried to explain why some in the Orthodox Jewish community have been treating Charlie Kirk like mashiach.
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In Charlie Kirk, Orthodox Jews found a champion — and a wedge

Jewish conservatives — especially Orthodox Jews — saw Kirk as a good kind of crusader, even if Jews on the left were collateral damage.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes you write a story hoping it will change the world. Sometimes you just want to coin a term in the headline.
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Is this hotel Elul-washing? A rabbi blows the whistle on Qatari High Holiday hosts

Rabbi Pini Dunner is petitioning a colleague to relocate High Holiday prayer services from a Beverly Hills hotel owned by Qatari sheikhs.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes you write a story hoping it will change the world. Sometimes you just want to coin a term in the headline.
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Is this hotel Elul-washing? A rabbi blows the whistle on Qatari High Holiday hosts

Rabbi Pini Dunner is petitioning a colleague to relocate High Holiday prayer services from a Beverly Hills hotel owned by Qatari sheikhs.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

This is really smart, original stuff, and only a section from our coverage.

You can go to this tag page to read all the Forward's coverage of Charlie Kirk (which of course did not start last week):

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Charlie Kirk Archives

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

And @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social saw the conservative divide over Israel politics being mapped onto Charlie Kirk following the assassination:
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Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide

Dueling conservative factions are trying to claim Kirk as either a champion of Israel or a growing threat to the country.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

From @miraefox.bsky.social on what Charlie Kirk meant when he talked about keeping a "Jewish Sabbath":
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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

I'm proud of @forward.com's coverage of the Charlie Kirk assassination and will thread a few of the follow-ups we have published so far on the national news story.

From @benyamincohen.bsky.social on perceptions of Kirk as a "martyr" and that debate's Jewish implications:
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Was Charlie Kirk a martyr? Here’s why Christians are divided and Jews should care

Evangelical leaders are casting Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr, while other pastors reject that framing, warning it deepens America’s divisions.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 23d

This morning's palate cleanser is from @forward.com's Olivia Haynie, on the Jewishness of 'The Golden Girls': forward.com/culture/film...

Forty years later, we need 'The Golden Girls' now more than ever

'The Golden Girls' Jewish soul gave humor and heart to issues other shows refused to touch; its take on bigotry still rings true.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 26d

There are now Charlie Kirk memorial yarmulkes being advertised on Instagram, underscoring the beatification of the right-wing activist in a large segment of the Jewish community.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 29d

“It feels important for people to show what their politics are, especially as Jews, when the narrative is that Judaism is Zionism, Zionism is Judaism & Jews have loyalty to the state of Israel. I fully get why people want to say, like, No, not me, though.”
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A new kaffiyeh policy is designed to help divided Jews pray together. Is this the Jewish future?

The traditional-egalitarian independent minyan movement is thriving in Brooklyn. But the war in Israel has put their values to the test.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 27d

very clear that these ai enhance tools are a scourge

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27d

The replies on X to the FBI's call for help IDing the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect is made up mainly of people either blaming trans people or doing shitty internet detective work. Also lots of terrible attempts to use LLMs to enhance the images.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · 28d

I wrote about the growth, and growing pains, of traditional-egalitarian Judaism:
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A new kaffiyeh policy is designed to help divided Jews pray together. Is this the Jewish future?

The traditional-egalitarian independent minyan movement is thriving in Brooklyn. But the war in Israel has put their values to the test.

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On Thursday, the Holocaust Museum LA posted “'Never again' can’t only mean never again for Jews” on instagram. It’s notable because they would be recognizing the genocide in Gaza.

Anyway, they pulled it down today saying, “we promise to do better.”

Instagram post from Holocaust Museum LA with six panels. Messages include: “‘Never again’ can’t only mean never again for Jews.” “Never again for anyone.” “Jews must not let past trauma silence our conscience.” “Standing with humanity honors our people.” “To be Jewish is to remember and to act.”

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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA, THE FIRST SURVIVOR-FOUNDED AND OLDEST HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN THE COUNTRY, IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE MISSION TO EDUCATE, COMMEMORATE, AND INSPIRE.
WE RECENTLY POSTED AN ITEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WAS PART OF A PRE-PLANNED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN INTENDED TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY AND COMMUNITY THAT WAS EASILY OPEN TO MISINTERPRETATION BY SOME TO BE A POLITICAL STATEMENT REFLECTING THE ONGOING SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT WAS NOT OUR INTENT.
IT HAS BEEN REMOVED TO AVOID ANY FURTHER CONFUSION. WE PROMISE TO DO BETTER AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT POSTS IN THE FUTURE ARE MORE THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED AND THOROUGHLY VETTED.
WE HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS INTERNALLY TO ENSURE OUR MESSAGE ALWAYS REMAINS CLEAR AND REFLECTIVE OF OUR MISSION TO INSPIRE HUMANITY THROUGH TRUTH.
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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wait, what?!

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Sep 4

ICYMI (and you may have, because this website did not exist when I wrote it), I also took a look at the sketchy math behind the Clippers arena's net-zero emissions claim.

You could tell it was a scam long before Kawhi Leonard put a shovel in the ground.
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A "Zero" "Net" "Emissions" Clippers Arena

A regulatory bait and switch, and three million trees go missing.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Sep 3

I blogged about Joe Sanberg, the prison-bound social justice entrepreneur at the center of the scandal embroiling the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard.

This marks (I think) a professional first for me – the reasonable inclusion of a Getty photo I appear in. Click to see it!
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The fraudster at the center of an NBA scandal once proclaimed 'tzedek tzedek tirdof'

Revelations about corrupt investor Joe Sanberg could mean trouble for the Los Angeles Clippers and its owner, Steve Ballmer

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Sep 2

leave chris martin alone
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Coldplay welcomed Israeli fans onstage ‘as equal humans.’ Why are some Jewish people mad?

Coldplay singer Chris Martin welcomed Israeli fans onstage then was criticized for also welcoming Palestinians.

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Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Sep 2

when you're searching getty images and see the one

Louis Keene @louiskeene.bsky.social · Aug 29

I blogged about the Adam Friedland/Ritchie Torres interview — a sensational, longform encounter between an American Jewish critic of the war and one of its staunchest proponents.
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