Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
-
Fast Forward Did A Bar Mitzvah DJ Rock Jon Ossoff’s Election Shindig?
Georgia congressional candidate Jon Ossoff’s election night party contained a mix of emotions, with attendees giddy at his better-than-expected showing but disappointed that he did not clear the 50% tally necessary to avoid a runoff in June. But the night was made much groovier by the party’s soundtrack, which featured many songs that likely would…
-
Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Gave Record $5M For Trump’s Inauguration
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson donated $5 million for President Trump’s inauguration committee, new disclosures from the Federal Election Commission revealed Tuesday. Adelson’s gift was the largest contribution ever given to support an inauguration, but it was far from the only such donation: more than 20 people and corporations signed million-dollar checks, including New England Patriots…
-
Fast Forward Why You Can’t Keep Kosher In Space
Kashrut-observant children who dream of becoming astronauts may have to rethink their plans. NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory, which develops, produces, and packages food for every American astronaut, only has one packaging facility, the lab’s manager, Vickie Kloeris, explained to Space.com. This means that foods that may have otherwise been kosher would come in contact…
-
Fast Forward JCC Camp Counselor Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
A former camp counselor at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for taking nude photos of his campers in a locker room and posting them on a website frequented by Russian pedophiles. Matthew Kuppe, age 22, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The presiding judge,…
-
Fast Forward Etan Patz’s Father To Murderer: ‘I Will Never Forgive You’
The father of murdered six-year-old Etan Patz warned convicted killer Pedro Hernandez: “I will never fortive you.” “After all these years, we finally know what dark secret you kept locked in your heart,” Stanley Patz told Hernandez, who was found guilty of the infamous 1979 abduction and murder. “You took our precious child and threw…
-
News Judge Orders Auburn To Let ‘Alt-Right’ Leader Richard Spencer Speak
A federal judge has ordered Auburn University in Alabama to let white supremacist leader Richard Spencer speak on their campus on Tuesday night, days after the university cancelled his booked appearance due to safety concerns. The ruling was made by U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins just hours before Spencer’s scheduled appearance on campus, which…
-
Fast Forward Students Countering Richard Spencer’s Auburn Appearance With Concert, Coffee
White nationalist leader Richard Spencer has pledged that he will still speak at Auburn University on Tuesday night despite the school’s decision to revoke its approval of his speech. Students and residents of the Alabama town are preparing to counter the “alt-right” activist with a campus-wide music festival. The event, called #AuburnUnites, will take place…
-
Fast Forward Ivanka Gets China Trademark Hours After Mar-A-Lago Lovefest With Premier
Ivanka Trump’s company received provisional trademark approvals from the Chinese government on the same day that she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The decision, which gave Trump a monopoly on selling Ivanka-branded jewelry, bags and spa services in China, was reached just hours before she and husband…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
- 2
Culture Trump wants to honor Hannah Arendt in a ‘Garden of American Heroes.’ Is this a joke?
- 3
Fast Forward The invitation said, ‘No Jews.’ The response from campus officials, at least, was real.
- 4
Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture What a lion, a rabbi, and a dog taught me about grief
-
Music After over decades of waiting, we’re finally getting a Bob Dylan-Barbra Streisand duet
-
Art How a Lower East Side Jew conquered the multiverse
-
Fast Forward Right-wing activists riot outside Israeli-Palestinian memorial event at Reform synagogue in Israel
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
