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 Buttigieg Campaign Aide Praised Farrakhan, Attended His Anti-Semitic Sermon
A campaign aide for South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg repeatedly praised the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on social media, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Deven Anderson, now a regional organizing director for Buttigieg in Columbia, South Carolina, tweeted in April 2010 about attending a Farrakhan sermon…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Votes Out Board Member Accused Of Anti-Semitism
The board of directors of the Women’s March voted out a new board member only two days after she was appointed over controversy within the Jewish community over tweets that were condemned as anti-Semitic. Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, announced the move…
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Israel News Here’s What People Are Saying About The Israeli Elections
The votes from Tuesday’s Israeli election are still being counted, but it looks like the 10-year tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be coming to a close – though his demonstrable political skill means that he shouldn’t be counted out just yet. Here are what some of the most plugged-in and insightful analysts…
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Fast Forward Confused About The Israeli Election Results? Here’s Everything You Need To Know.
Remember those logic puzzles you’d do for extra credit in middle school math class? Just imagine trying to solve one of those, but the result determines who gets to lead a country. The second Israeli election campaign in less than six months concluded Tuesday, and we still don’t know who won, long after the polls…
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Israel News Who Is Benny Gantz, Israel’s Potential Next Prime Minister?
With more than 90% of the votes counted in the Israeli election, the party with the most of them appears to be the Blue and White alliance, led by former Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. Although the party leader with the most votes doesn’t always win, Gantz very well could become Israel’s…
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Israel News What You Need To Know About Tuesday’s Israeli Elections
When Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s déjà vu all over again,” he wasn’t talking about the Israeli elections. But he might as well have been. Israelis return to the polls on Tuesday, less than six months after doing so in April. Why is this happening? What’s at stake? Who’s going to win? We’ve got you…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump: I Got My Moral Compass From My Dad
First Daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump told a gathering of Republican donors in August that she had acquired her moral compass from her father, Politico reported Friday. Trump made her remarks at a fundraising event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, two attendees told the news website. She was being interviewed by former “Entertainment Tonight” host…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Synagogue Vandalized With ‘Free Palestine’ Graffiti
A synagogue in Los Angeles was vandalized with graffiti stating “Free Palestine” on Tuesday morning, September 11. Security footage showed a hooded man spray-painting the wall of the Baba Sale Congregation before driving away, the Jewish Journal reported. “We’re a Jewish house of worship that’s located 7,500 miles from the Middle East where this conflict…
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