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 Fox Business Host Lou Dobbs Uses Anti-Semitic Trope On George Soros
Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs used an anti-Semitic trope to criticize Jewish financier and philanthropist George Soros on Tuesday night. Dobbs criticized Soros’s financial support of immigration advocacy organizations, claiming that the billionaire “work[s] against our laws—there are laws against illegal immigration—and to see his tentacles reach out into various non-government organizations and nonprofits…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Arrested For Texting Threat To Shoot Up Synagogue
A Florida man who threatened to attack a synagogue was arrested by the FBI on Friday, the Miami Herald reported. Hanson Larkin, 25, allegedly threatened to kill Jews several times via text messages. According to court documents, Larkin had been trying to convince an associate to meet him in Miami throughout the month of August…
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News What John Bolton’s Firing Means For Israel — And Bibi’s Reelection Chances
On Tuesday night in Israel, the major television stations broadcast what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised would be a “dramatic announcement.” The bigger drama, though, happened thousands of miles away. It overshadowed and undermined Netanyahu’s big moment. Netanyahu promised in his speech that after what he predicted would be his election victory on Tuesday, Israel…
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Fast Forward He Was Convicted Of An Anti-Semitic Assault. Now He’s On The Run.
An Ohio man who was convicted of an anti-Semitic hate crime has gone missing before he was supposed to report to prison. The FBI issued an arrest warrant for Izmir Koch and is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his detention, Fox 19 in Cincinnati reported Monday. Koch was convicted in December 2018…
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Fast Forward Sanders Opens Up About His Judaism — Hebrew School, The Holocaust, And His Dad
Sen. Bernie Sanders, long reluctant to open up about his personal life, revealed more in an interview with Yahoo News about his upbringing in Brooklyn and his Jewish identity. Here’s what we learned: Immigration is personal to him. Yahoo reporter Hunter Walker showed Sanders the passenger manifest from the Lapland, the ship that Sanders’s father…
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Fast Forward Tallit-Wearing Man Smashes Wall Street Bull Statue With Banjo
A man who appeared to be wearing a tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl, was arrested Saturday after allegedly smashing the iconic Charging Bull statue in New York’s financial district. Tevon Varlack of Dallas was arrested after allegedly damaging the bronze statue by repeatedly thwacking it with a banjo, ArtNet reported. Varlack was reportedly wearing a…
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Fast Forward Virginia County’s Official List Of Races Includes ‘Aryan,’ ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Jew’
Attorneys seeking to overturn a Virginia law requiring couples to list their races on marriage licenses has released one county’s official list of acceptable races, which includes over 200 options — from “Assyrian” to “Zoroastrian.” The federal suit, filed Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that the race requirement is “offensive,” “unconstitutional” and…
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Fast Forward Candidate Accused Of Anti-Semitism Unveils Ad Highlighting Jewish Heritage
A former CIA operative who faced criticism for sharing anti-Semitic articles on social media and is now running for Congress in New Mexico unveiled her first campaign ad on Monday, which included a reference to her Jewish heritage. Valerie Plame, a former spy whose identity was leaked in one of the George W. Bush administration’s…
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