
Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Events in Jerusalem’s popular Machaneh Yehudah Market to celebrate World Space Week were cancelled by the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space after protests from an ultra-Orthodox city councilman, who was upset that some of the venues were not certified kosher. Scientists and professors had been scheduled to lead lectures, stargazing and virtual-reality experiences…
A sukkah was destroyed at Kansas State University in what officials believe was an act of anti-Semitic vandalism. The sukkah had been erected on Wednesday by the university’s Department of Housing and Dining. But on Friday night, the structure had been completely demolished, with the pieces left on the ground around the car of the…
ep. Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona, uggested the events in Charlottesville may have been 'created by the left'
A feature story published by BuzzFeed News on Thursday documents the ways that Breitbart News, run by former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, relied on content influenced by white supremacists. The report relies on the leaked emails of Milo Yiannopoulos, a journalist of Jewish ancestry who worked as Breitbart’s tech editor until he was…
Congressional Democrats are again calling for the security clearances of presidential advisors/family members Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to be revoked after the couple were involved in additional controversies. A letter sent by Reps. Ted Lieu of California and Don Beyer of Virginia to White House Counsel Don McGahn noted three news reports this week…
Two high schools in Omaha, Nebraska have disinvited a Palestinian speaker from giving lectures on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after Jewish students reported that they were being harassed about her visit. Noa Carmi, a Palestinian activist from Jerusalem who is on a nationwide speaking tour, had been scheduled to speak at Advanced Placement Human Geography classes…
Supreme Court justices often delve into the weeds of an oral argument, and many are not afraid to be blunt. But a question by Justice Elena Kagan during a case about a house party gone wrong gave new meaning to the term “high court.” The case centered around a party at a house in Washington,…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is unlikely to resign from serving President Trump because of a so-called “suicide pact” he agreed to with fellow cabinet members, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday. Tillerson gave an unusual press conference on Wednesday morning in which he denied reports that he had called President Trump a “moron” and had to…
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