REALITY
BITES DOWN THE SHORE
”My Unorthodox Life” is standard reality
television — albeit with Orthodox-bashing.

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Surfside Tragedy
Novelist details the
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Volume 134
Number 13
Published Weekly Since 1887
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
DON’T BE SURPRISED if in the next
few weeks you see a neon pink billboard
while driving down Market Street that
reads: “Chocolate hummus on an onion
bagel isn’t the hate crime we’re currently
worried about.”
This message, among a handful
of others, is part of the “JewBelong or
JewBeGone” campaign against antisem-
itism. JewBelong is an online nonprofi t
resource for Jews looking to re-engage
with Judaism, or for non-Jewish “allies”
wanting to learn more about the religion
and community.

Th e multimedia campaign will appear
on Philadelphia streets from July 12 to
Aug. 8.

During the Israel-Hamas confl ict in
May, antisemitic incidents rose by 75%,
according to Anti-Defamation League,
precipitating the need for the campaign,
Jewbelong said.

Jason Wingard
Photo by Joseph Labolito
Temple University
President Addresses
Antisemitism Claim
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
FOLLOWING COMMUNITY CONCERNS
regarding Temple University’s selection of
Jason Wingard as its new president despite
his involvement in the Tides Foundation,
which donates to “antisemitic,”
“anti-Israel” organizations, Wingard
addressed the criticism.

“I am not an antisemite and condemn
antisemitism in all its forms,” he said.

Zionist Organization of America
President Morton Klein wrote in a Jewish
Exponent op-ed on July 1 that the Tides
See Jewbelong, Page 12
See Temple, Page 13
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