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Louis Keene

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Louis Keene is a staff reporter at the Forward. He can be reached at keene@forward.com or on Twitter @thislouis.

Swiss winger Fabian Rieder plays with San Diego Jewish Academy students. (Courtesy of San Diego Jewish Academy)
Posted inSports

Swiss World Cup team plays ball on California Jewish day school’s soccer field

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. For years, San Diego Jewish Academy had been preparing […]

NBA Finals image collage
Posted inSports

Memes, mashiach and ‘Torah-cyclopedias’ put a Jewish twist on the Knicks’ title hunt

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 8, 2026June 8, 2026
Some NCJW sections run thrift shops to support their fundraising. The LA section operates seven locations; the Louisville NCJW chapter recently closed its only store. (Forward/Courtesy of NCJW|LA)
Posted inCalifornia

National Council of Jewish Women ejects LA chapter, other affiliates cut ties amid historic reboot

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 2, 2026June 2, 2026
A building on the campus of Middlebury College. (PenelopeIsMe via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inU.S.

Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel

Louis Keene by Louis Keene May 13, 2026May 13, 2026
Steve Kerr talks to reporters following a game. (Cyrus Saatsaz via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inSports

Warriors coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’

Louis Keene by Louis Keene April 29, 2026April 29, 2026
OpenAI is the company behind ChatGPT. (Focal Photo via Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inTech

How the next generation of rabbis is preparing for the age of AI

Louis Keene by Louis Keene December 24, 2025December 24, 2025
The heads of major certification agencies announced this month that all beer will soon require certification to be considered kosher. (KFP / Creative Commons)
Posted inJewish Life

Beer is no longer automatically kosher, rabbis say. Will observant Jews skip the Dos Equis?

Louis Keene by Louis Keene November 20, 2025November 20, 2025
Charlie Kirk speaks onstage
Posted inPolitics

In Charlie Kirk, Orthodox Jews found a champion — and a wedge

Louis Keene by Louis Keene September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
Charlie Kirk speaking at an event
Posted inPolitics

Netanyahu and U.S. Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Ron Kampeas September 10, 2025September 10, 2025
Rabbi Tadhg Cleary
Posted inReligion

In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 13, 2025August 13, 2025

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