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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News Two Old Jews Argue Over Whose Arteries Are Worse
The campaigns of Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg traded jabs Wednesday over each other’s health history. After his heart attack in October, Sanders, 78, promised “full disclosure” about his medical status. But while the campaign has released letters from doctors assessing that he was fit to campaign again, he…
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Fast Forward Board member resigns from YIVO amid fallout over library layoffs
A member of the board of directors of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has resigned, and another has been removed from the organization’s website, amid controversy over the organization’s decision to lay off its library staff. YIVO, the world’s preeminent center for the study of Yiddish and its history and culture, laid off all…
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Fast Forward Four Jewish things about Aaron Zelinsky, Roger Stone prosecutor who resigned
Aaron Zelinsky, a synagogue board member and former clerk for the Israel Supreme Court, resigned from the case against former Trump ally Roger Stone on Tuesday, apparently in protest against the Department of Justice intervening in their recommendations for Stone’s sentencing. Stone was indicted by the team of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and convicted in…
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Books In a change of heart, Amazon has dropped white nationalist books
Amazon has removed several white nationalist and anti-Semitic books from its website, a change from its past policy of defending the sale of objectionable publications, The New York Times reported Sunday. While the online marketplace has frequently removed things like anti-Semitic action figures and Christmas ornaments listed for purchase by third-party sellers, it has traditionally…
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Fast Forward Campaigns begin Jewish outreach in California as primary draws near
Representatives of five Democratic presidential candidates will speak tonight at a Los Angeles-area synagogue as the campaigns begin outreach to Jewish voters ahead of the California Democratic primary. The event at Valley Beth Shalom synagogue in Encino, organized by a collection of Democratic Jewish groups, will feature surrogates for the campaigns of former Vice President…
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Fast Forward Jews soften on Sanders after his New Hampshire town hall Holocaust remarks
Sen. Bernie Sanders was asked at a town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday about how his Jewish heritage impacts his politics and worldview, and responded with his memories of being shocked by the lessons of the Holocaust, particularly after meeting survivors in his Brooklyn neighborhood growing up. “That is why I will do everything…
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News Here’s how Hillel’s new CEO says they’re fighting anti-Semitism on campus
Jewish parents have long expressed concerns over anti-Semitism on college campuses – concerns that have recently intensified in tandem with the rise in violent anti-Semitic incidents nationwide. That’s why the Forward asked Adam Lehman, the new CEO of the Jewish campus organization Hillel International, for an interview centered around anti-Semitism. The Forward questioned Lehman about…
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News Here’s what’s Jewish about tonight’s Iowa caucuses
The Iowa caucuses are Monday night, the first actual voting in what is likely to be a months-long process to determine the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. And while the Jewish population of Iowa isn’t large, it could play a role if the delegate tally is close, as is expected. Iowa has…
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