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Louis Keene @keene.la · 08/06/2026

Continuing a trend of recent elections, heavily Orthodox Jewish LA neighborhoods Pico-Robertson and Beverly-La Brea swung for the most conservative candidate, in this case Spencer Pratt for mayor. In four Pico-Robertson districts, Pratt beat incumbent Karen Bass, 2533 to 1027. Map by @latimes.com

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 30/04/2026

Yeshiva University has announced U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee as its commencement speaker. The choice deepens the school's ties with the Trump administration and the American right. YU President Rabbi Ari Berman delivered a benediction at Trump's 2025 inauguration. News release below.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 26/02/2026

I appreciated the candor from AJ Edelman. Story's full of great quotes like this. forward.com/news/sports/...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 25/02/2026

Just pubbed @forward.com – an exclusive interview with AJ Edelman, the Israeli Olympic bobsled captain, who pulled no punches defending the ill-fated switch that got his team disqualified. Read here: forward.com/news/sports/...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 27/01/2026

It's one thing when opposing Anne Frank comparisons is the only way you're engaging with this topic at all, and it can feel like that is typically the case. Not here. (Story is also a good reminder that Orthodox Judaism contains a range of political views!)

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 23/01/2026

What the OU is posting on social media today...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 22/01/2026

At least one Orthodox rabbi did sign a similar letter from the Minnesota Rabbinical Association: Rabbi Max Davis of Darchei Noam, a Modern Orthodox shul in St. Louis Park. minnesotarabbinicalassociation.org/letter-regar...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 21/01/2026

Every major Jewish denomination other than Orthodoxy has signed a joint letter condemning "in the strongest terms" the violent immigration enforcement by ICE/DHS in Minneapolis and beyond. Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist orgs signed. Orthodox Union + Agudah did not.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 15/01/2026

this is cooler than the robert pattinson cameo imo

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 12/01/2026

Part 2 of the FBI affidavit on Stephen Spencer Pittman, the suspect charged in the arson of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss. Pittman called Beth Israel the "synagogue of Satan" in an interview following his arrest, authorities said.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 12/01/2026

Here's the FBI affidavit on Stephen Spencer Pittman, the suspect charged in the arson of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss. Pittman called Beth Israel the "synagogue of Satan" in an interview following his arrest, authorities said. (1/2) forward.com/fast-forward...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 15/09/2025

From @miraefox.bsky.social on what Charlie Kirk meant when he talked about keeping a "Jewish Sabbath": forward.com/culture/7690...

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 12/09/2025

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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Louis Keene @keene.la · 02/09/2025

when you're searching getty images and see the one

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 28/04/2025

Of course, those protesters ARE coming back to Crown Heights — today. Chabad HQ warned its students to not engage and stay away from the area.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 28/04/2025

A notable change of tune from Chabad today, condemning the "small breakaway group of young people" four days after Hasidim mobbed anti-Ben-Gvir protesters outside 770. On Friday the party line was "those antisemites won't be coming back here, that's for sure."

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 16/04/2025

Here is what it looks like when you visit that page today:

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 16/04/2025

In May 2021, as antisemitic incidents spiked in the United States, the law firm Paul Weiss rallied dozens of top law firms to issue a statement denouncing antisemitism. Following the firm's settlement with President Trump, the statement and accompanying press release were deleted from its website.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 20/03/2025

BREAKING: Yeshiva University has reached a settlement with the YU Pride Alliance, giving the LGBTQ+ student group official recognition and funding under a new name, “Hareni.” The settlement ends litigation on religious freedom that once seemed headed to the Supreme Court. Story TK

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 04/03/2025

What "did not respond to a request for comment" looks like behind the scenes.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 21/02/2025

Here's a one-minute clip of what came before and after Steve Bannon's gesture at CPAC.

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Louis Keene @keene.la · 04/02/2025

Intense audience backlash to Tablet’s Instagram post about “absurd” USAID budget items, which listed several LGBTQ+ initiatives. instagram.com/p/DFp_86Rxmo...

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