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Fast Forward Holy Cross College Considers Dropping ‘Crusaders’ Nickname, Mascot
The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is setting up a commission to consider whether to change its sports teams’ name—the Crusaders. School president Rev. Philip Boroughs announced last week that a working group of students, faculty, staff and alumni would hold at least two campus events to hear thoughts about changing the name…
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Fast Forward Hamas Leader: We Won’t Recognize Israel, We’re Debating When To Wipe It Out
The Gaza-based leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas publicly rejected demands from Israel and the United States that it disarm and recognize the Jewish state, saying that the organization is only debating “when to wipe out Israel.” “Over is the time Hamas spent discussing recognizing Israel. Now Hamas will discuss when we will wipe…
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Fast Forward Houston’s Post-Hurricane Rebuilding Plan May Break Up Jewish Community
Houston’s plan to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey includes a proposal that may break up the city’s tight-knit Jewish community. Stephen Costello, the city’s “flood czar” responsible for planning how to rebuild and mitigate future storm damage, is weighing a proposal to buy out thousands of damaged homes in flood-prone areas and replace…
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Fast Forward Columbia Probes Students Who Disrupted Far-Right Speaker
Columbia University is formally investigating students who disrupted a far-right speaker at a College Republicans event last week. Tommy Robinson, a prominent British anti-Islam activist who has called the Quran a “violent and cursed book,” was scheduled to Skype into an event on October 10th, but more than 30 protesters inside the auditorium interrupted his…
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Fast Forward Is Elena Kagan Dressing Down Gorsuch Behind The Supreme Court’s Closed Doors?
The newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch, has repeatedly stepped on the other justices’ toes since he joined the bench earlier this year—so much so that Justice Elena Kagan is reportedly breaking the chamber’s tradition of decorum to admonish him behind closed doors. Veteran NPR court reporter Nina Totenberg made the claim in an appearance…
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Fast Forward 5 Things About The Neo-Nazi Who Came Out As A Gay Jew
A prominent British white supremacist, Kevin Wilshaw, made waves Tuesday when he renounced his past affiliations and admitted that he was a gay man of Jewish ancestry. Here are five things you need to know about Wilshaw: 1. He was an active white supremacist for 40 years. Wilshaw, 58, told Channel 4 that he had…
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Fast Forward Swastika, Anti-Semitic Slur Painted On Staten Island Home
A Jewish family’s home in New York City’s Staten Island was defaced with a swastika and an anti-Semitic slur, the local news website SILive reported Wednesday. Debra Calabrese said she discovered the swastika and the word “kyke,” both painted in black paint, on her garage after her son informed her early Wednesday morning. “I was…
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Fast Forward Trump Judge Nominee Compared U.S. Treatment Of Christians To Nazi Germany
A nominee for a federal judge position in Texas claimed in interviews that the United States’s actions towards Christians is similar to crackdowns that took place in Nazi Germany, CNN reported Wednesday. Texas assistant attorney general Jeff Mateer, who was nominated by Trump earlier this year, claimed in a radio interview in 2014 that the…
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