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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Nazis Hang ‘White Revolution’ Flyers At Southern Methodist University
Members of the white supremacist group Vanguard America posted flyers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas calling for “white revolution” over the weekend. Security footage captured five men posting the signs around campus, without wearing any masks. One of the flyers contained a red Star of David and the words “Reclaim America,” “No more tolerance,…
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Fast Forward Charlottesville Residents Slam City’s Report On Response To Neo-Nazi March
Residents of Charlottesville, Virginia slammed the city’s official report on its response to the white supremacist rally in August, saying that the report does not address the issue of racism. “It falls woefully short,” local activist Don Gathers told a City Council meeting on Monday, according to The Washington Post. “You don’t address the specific…
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Fast Forward 10 Jewish Women Badder Than Taylor Swift
When Twitter user @xnulz asked followers whether they could “name a b**** badder than Taylor Swift,” she likely didn’t anticipate that her post would go viral and receive over 10,000 replies. Name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift ??? pic.twitter.com/AkSyQBUIME — Nutella (@xnulz) November 10, 2017 Many of the answers mentioned historical figures of some…
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Fast Forward New Palestinian Textbooks Encourage Violence: Report
New textbooks issued by the Palestinian Authority for grades 5-11 encourage violence against Israelis, according to an analysis by a watchdog group. The report, released by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), claims that the Palestinian curriculum “exerts pressure over young Palestinians to acts of violence in a more…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Call To Boycott JCC Over LGBT Programs
A group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis have issued a letter urging community members to boycott JW3, the four-year-old Jewish community center in London. The letter, signed by 25 rabbis, says that some programs at JW3 “promote a way of life which is in total contradiction to Orthodox Judaism and halachah [Jewish law].” It adds that “members…
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Fast Forward Elderly Man Beaten In Hate Crime At Jewish Nursing Home
An 84-year-old resident of a Jewish nursing home in the Bronx, New York, was beaten, nearly robbed and subjected to anti-Semitic remarks on Saturday by a man who was able to make his way into the facility by pretending that he needed to use the bathroom. The incident occurred at the New Jewish Home facility….
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Fast Forward Moms’ Facebook Group Back Up After ‘P Is For Palestine’ Brawls Cause Shutdown
A popular Facebook group for New York mothers that shut down after a raging controversy over a new children’s book called “P is for Palestine” is back up and operating under a strict new set of rules to prevent such fights in the future. The group “UES Mommas,” which had more than 27,000 members, usually…
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Fast Forward More Than 100 Protest Birthright HQ, Call For Jewish Boycott
More than 100 people protested outside Birthright Israel’s New York headquarters Sunday as part of a campaign calling on Jewish young adults to boycott the free trips to Israel that Birthright provides. The event, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, is part of that organization’s #ReturntheBirthright campaign, which includes a pledge to refrain from the…
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