
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.
The Israeli Cabinet passed a measure on Sunday to force scientists at the top-secret nuclear facility in Dimona to end their strike. During the labor action, which began in February, scientists have operated slowly, refused to grant safety licenses and even stopped operating necessary machinery, The Times of Israel reported. The slowdown had been a…
First Daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump tweeted her disapproval of “racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis” on Sunday morning, one day after three people died due to clashes between white nationalist protesters and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. — which her father, President Trump, seemed to blame on “many sides.” “There should be no place in…
An American tourist in the German city of Dresden was punched by a stranger after the tourist gave the Nazi salute in public multiple times, local police say. Police say that the 41-year-old tourist had “an extremely high blood alcohol level,” according to the Associated Press. The tourist, who suffered minor injuries, is under investigation…
White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka said in an interview Tuesday that the reason President Trump has still not commented about the bombing of a mosque in Minnesota over the weekend is because the investigation hasn’t been finalized — leaving open the possibility that the attack could have been “propagated by the left.” In an…
A popular online clothing store has removed a series of t-shirts featuring rainbow-festooned swastikas after a public outcry, but the designers of the garments seem to be defending their choices. The design firm, KA Design, claimed that they wanted to de-Nazify the swastika and return it to its past status as a “symbol of love…
A T-shirt company is selling a design featuring clothing branded with swastikas in an effort to rebrand the Nazi imagery as a “symbol of love and peace.” The shirts, designed by KA Design and available for purchase on Teespring.com, feature various rainbow-festooned swastika designs alongside the words “peace,” “zen” and “love.” KA Designs explains on…
A Reform rabbi who led a congregation in Maryland for over a decade until resigning late last year has been suspended from his movement’s main rabbinical organization for violating its code of ethics, the Frederick (Md.) News-Post reported. Rabbi Dan Sikowitz was suspended from the Central Conference of American Rabbis in May, the organization confirmed…
Former president Barack Obama will appear in an upcoming documentary about the life of former Israeli prime minister and president Shimon Peres. “Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres” is being directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Richard Trank for Moriah Films, the filmmaking unit of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Trank told The…
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