Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Award-Winning Broadway Composer Michael Friedman Dies At 41
Award-winning musical theater composer and lyricist Michael Friedman died on Saturday at the age of 41. Friedman, best known for his 2010 musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” died from complications with HIV/AIDS, according to the Public Theater in New York, where he worked as artist-in-residence. Friedman first rose to prominence in the early 2000s as…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Woman Wins Right To Wear Skirt To Gym
An Orthodox Jewish woman who was kicked out of a gym for working out in a skirt has reached a legal settlement with the fitness facility that will allow her to return and work out in the attire of her choosing. Yosefa Jalal Wood-Isenberg sued the all-female gym Lucille Roberts after alleging that she was…
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Fast Forward Robert Soros Feuds With Wife Over Pricey Art Cache In Divorce
The son of billionaire George Soros, embroiled in a multi-million-dollar divorce, is arguing in court with his soon-to-be-ex-wife over what to do with their art collection. Robert Soros claims that according to the terms of his prenuptial agreement, if he and his wife can’t agree on the value of their art collection, then it should…
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Fast Forward The Surprising Connection Between Nazis And Nachos
Why were Nazis called Nazis? The full name of the party was the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), and you can see in the first word where the “Na” and “zi” come from — just as members of the Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei) were called “Sozis.” But there is a more…
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Fast Forward Puerto Rico’s Small Jewish Community Prepares For Monster Hurricane Irma
The small Jewish community in Puerto Rico is preparing as best it can for the expected arrival of Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storm systems on record. “We’ve had just a few moments of some gusty winds, and some heavy rains for a short period of time. But this is going to increase…
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Fast Forward Jews Mobilize To Defend Dreamers After Trump Ends DACA
Jewish organizations and individuals vowed to fight President Trump’s decision to end a program that protects immigrants who came to the United States as children — as did the immigrants that they care and fight for. “I was crying earlier, it was very scary,” one participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, who…
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Fast Forward Meet Mort Zuckerman, The Pro-Israel Mogul Who Just Sold The Daily News
Real estate and media mogul Mortimer B. Zuckerman has sold one of his flagship publications, the New York Daily News, offloading the newspaper’s estimated $30 million in liabilities and 49.9% of its printing plant. This marks the end of an era for Zuckerman, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the biggest machers…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Journalist Arrested In West Bank After Criticizing Abbas
A Palestinian journalist was arrested over the weekend for writing a Facebook post critical of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — and a prominent activist was in turn arrested for criticizing that arrest. Palestinian security forces arrested radio reporter Ayman Qawasmeh on Sunday, with local media reporting that the arrests came after he called for…
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