Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Mike Pence’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Tweet Stirs Outrage
A tweet sent by Vice President Mike Pence on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was sharply criticized by some for its perceived Christian imagery. A few days ago, Karen & I paid our respects at Yad Vashem to honor the 6 million Jewish martyrs of the Holocaust who 3 years after walking beneath the shadow of…
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Fast Forward Store Offers Holocaust-Style Yellow Star Patch For Gun Owners
A St. Louis-area gun parts business said Tuesday that it will no longer sell a yellow star-shaped patch saying “Gun Owner,” which mimicked the insignias that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. But the retailer it acquired the patches from still features them on their website. The store, called Tactical Shit, offered the…
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Fast Forward New Book Adds Details Of Ivanka-Bannon White House War
Only a few weeks after Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” ignited Washington with allegations of mismanagement and backstabbing in the Trump White House, a new book promises to reveal even more inside information — including new details about the fights between chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior advisor/daughter Ivanka Trump. “Defiance Disorder,” by Fox…
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Fast Forward L’Oreal Model Steps Down Over Anti-Israel Tweets
The first model to appear in a haircare ad while wearing a hijab announced on Monday that she was withdrawing from L’Oreal’s ad campaign after she received criticism for a series of anti-Israel statements she made on Twitter. “I deeply regret the content of the tweets I made in 2014, and sincerely apologize for the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Mike Pence Recites Shehecheyanu Prayer In Knesset Speech
Vice President Mike Pence recited the Shehecheyanu, a Jewish prayer thanking God on a special occasion, in his speech to the Knesset in Israel on Monday. פנס דיבר בעברית בנאומו: “שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה” pic.twitter.com/JHeJERPUey — חדשות 2 (@Channel2News) January 22, 2018 Pence’s speech noted that Israel will mark the 70th anniversary of its…
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Fast Forward El Al Pilots Refuse To Fly Deported African Asylum Seekers
At least three pilots from the Israeli national airline El Al are publicly refusing to participate in the Israeli government’s planned mass deportation of thousands of African asylum-seekers, who claim to be refugees but whom the Israeli government classifies as illegal economic migrants. The move is largely symbolic, as El Al does not fly to…
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Fast Forward Chelsea Manning Went To A Far-Right Party Celebrating Trump
Chelsea Manning, the WikiLeaks leaker who served seven years of confinement and is now running for U.S. Senate, attended a party on Saturday night held by prominent far-right activists celebrating the anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration. BuzzFeed News reported that Manning was hobnobbing at a New York nightclub with Cassandra Fairbanks, who writes for the…
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Fast Forward Accused Child Molester Marc Gafni Defends Himself On ‘Dr. Phil’
Marc Gafni, the rabbi-turned-New Age guru who has been accused of sexually assaulting minors, appeared on the “Dr. Phil” television show on Friday to defend himself. Gafni was largely unrepentant when pressed by host Phil McGraw on past allegations, including that he coerced and had sexual relations with minors. Gafni claimed that his actions were…
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