Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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News 4 Jewish Things To Know About Michael Bloomberg
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly preparing to run in the Democratic presidential primary, after floating and then dropping the idea earlier this year. Here’s a brief overview of some aspects of his Jewish record and background. He had a Jewish upbringing: Bloomberg grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, the son of William,…
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Fast Forward 5 Most Shocking Allegations From Colorado Synagogue Bomb Plot Affidavit
A white nationalist was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to bomb the Temple Emanuel synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Here are some of the most shocking allegations in the FBI’s affidavit: The suspect had a history of hate on social media: Richard Holzer, 27, allegedly used several Facebook accounts to promote white supremacy and chat…
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News In New York State, Citizens Can Still Vote In Yiddish — But How Many Do?
On Election Day, New York City provides translation services for widely spoken languages, like Spanish and Mandarin. But Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has also been working recently to improve ballot box accessibility more widely — even for speakers of tongues that are less well known, like the mame loshen, or mother tongue, of Ashkenazi…
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Fast Forward Leak Claims To Show Richard Spencer In Racist, Anti-Semitic Tirade
An audio leak purporting to contain a recording of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer going on a racist and anti-Semitic tirade was published Sunday by “alt-right” provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos claimed that the audio was recorded in an “emergency meeting” after the death of counter-protester Heather Heyer at the “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Is Fighting With A Mansplaining Jewish Billionaire
Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren and billionaire investor Leon Cooperman continued their war of words on Thursday after CNBC reported that the hedge fund guru had written a five-page letter to her criticizing her economic policies. It started when Cooperman told Politico on October 23 that Warren was too anti-billionaire. “I believe in a…
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Fast Forward Flyer Posted At University Of Central Florida Claim ‘Jews Attack Campus Free Speech’
Flyers posted around campus at the University of Central Florida claimed that a recent state law against anti-Semitism would restrict criticism of “the role of Jews in the United States.” The flyers referred to a state law that was signed in June adopting the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism for the purposes of determining anti-Jewish…
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Israel News Reform Movement Spurns Iconic Israeli Charity To Protest West Bank Land Buys
The largest Jewish denomination in the United States is turning down a donation from an iconic Israeli charity, alleging that the charity tricked the movement by buying and then hiding land purchases in the West Bank. Keren Kayemet LeYisrael-Jewish National Fund is probably best known in the United States for its famous blue tzedakah box…
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Fast Forward Even State Department’s Top Mideast Official In Dark About Kushner’s Peace Plan
The State Department’s top official overseeing Middle East policy admitted on Tuesday that he didn’t know the contents of White House senior advisor Jared Kushner’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan — other than what he’d seen Kushner tell the media. In a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary of State…
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