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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Non-Orthodox Jews Will Disappear In Two Generations, Netanyahu Tells Aides
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told advisers that non-Orthodox Jews will disappear from the United States within two generations because of assimilation and low birthrates, Israeli media has reported. The right-wing newspaper Makor Rishon reported Friday that Netanyahu had made those remarks and thinks Israel should prepare accordingly. Israeli Ambassador to the United States…
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Fast Forward Kushner ‘100%’ Behind Plan To Oust Tillerson, Former White House Aide Says
Presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner is a leading force behind the effort to push out Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday. Administration officials confirmed to the Associated Press earlier Thursday that they were considering replacing Tillerson, who has fallen out of President Trump’s favor, with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Tillerson had been…
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Fast Forward University Radio Station Interviewed Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist
A radio station partially funded by student fees from the University of Winnipeg has suspended one of its programs after it aired an interview with an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. The interview program “Where Angels Fear To Tread” has been suspended for six weeks from radio station CKUW after host host April Cherpaw interviewed conspiracy theorist…
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Fast Forward Breitbart Writer Ran Secret White Supremacist Facebook Group
A frequent contributor to the right-wing news website Breitbart moonlighted as a moderator of a British Facebook group that frequently featured racist, anti-Semitic and “alt-right” content, the British anti-racist group Hope Not Hate revealed last week. Jack Hadfield was one of the four moderators of the “Young Right Society” Facebook group, which had over 200…
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Fast Forward The Jewish Matchmaker Who Introduced Meghan Markle And Prince Harry
It’s the question the world is dying to know — who set up Britain’s Prince Harry and his new fiancee, Meghan Markle? The royal couple told the BBC that they were set up by a mutual friend, but declined to identify her: Markle said that the couple should “protect her privacy and not reveal too…
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News Linda Sarsour Asks ‘Am I The Biggest Threat?’ — As Pro-Israel Protesters Jeer Outside
Typically, Jews participate as concerned panelists in official discussions of anti-Semitism. Tuesday night, they protested. Forty enraged Jews stood outside on the sidewalk in downtown Manhattan, yelling “Am Yisrael Chai” over the heads of 14 police officers stationed between them and a conversation about Jew hatred and Israel, featuring the Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Despite…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump, U.N. Ambassador?
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s dissatisfaction with life in Washington and the criticism they faced for their White House roles grew so great that a plan was reportedly floated to get Trump nominated as ambassador to the United Nations, which is based in New York. The New York Times reported Saturday that a scenario had…
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Fast Forward Why Birthright Is Getting More Orthodox
Participants on Birthright Israel, the popular free Israel trip program, are increasingly turning to programs run by Orthodox groups, Haaretz reported Sunday. According to Birthright figures, Orthodox Jews comprise less than 5% of participants, but more than 25% of participants go on Orthodox-affiliated trips. Part of this is due to the decline of non-Orthodox trip…
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