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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Fast Forward Here’s What Jewish Leaders Said About Trump And Omar’s Dual Loyalty Comments
Updated August 22 President Trump’s remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, in which he claimed that Jews who voted for Democrats showed “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” were condemned by a variety of Jewish figures and organizations. But in some cases, their initial reactions were different from their responses after…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders Slams Trump’s Remarks About ‘Disloyal’ Jews
Senator Bernie Sanders, the most high-profile Jewish figure running for the Democratic presidential nomination, offered a retort to President Trump on Tuesday night, a few hours after the president said that Jews who vote Democratic were either uninformed or show “great disloyalty.” “I am a proud Jewish person, and I have no concerns about voting…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Trump Says Jews Who Vote Democrat Show ‘Great Disloyalty’
President Trump said Tuesday that American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party may be showing “great disloyalty.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office while meeting with the President of Romania, Trump was asked about his criticisms of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who were barred from entering Israel last week due to…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Says She Won’t Go To Israel Until Omar, Tlaib Are Allowed Too
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced Thursday that she would not travel to Israel in protest of the country’s decision to bar fellow Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entry. “Netanyahu’s discriminatory decision to ban members of Congress from Israel harms int’l diplomacy,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Visiting Israel & Palestine are key experiences towards a path to…
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Fast Forward The Palestinian Group That Arranged Tlaib And Omar’s West Bank Trip Once Claimed Jews Put Christian Blood In Matzah
The Palestinian organization that had organized Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s planned delegation to Jerusalem and the West Bank once claimed that Jews put Christian blood in matzah, echoing a centuries-old anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Miftah, a not-for-profit run by longtime Palestinian peace negotiator Hanan Ashrawi, was forced to apologize in 2013 after publishing an…
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Fast Forward Israel Bars Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib From Entering Country Over BDS Support
This is a developing story. The government of Israel has blocked Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country during their planned congressional visit to Israel and the West Bank this weekend. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced the ban in a statement on Thursday. He added that if Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American and…
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Fast Forward Interracial Couple’s House Explodes, Swastika Found On Scene
An Ohio family’s house exploded last week in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime after finding a swastika spray-painted on the garage, the Cleveland Jewish News reported. The house of Brad and Angela Frase in Sterling, 50 miles south of Cleveland, exploded at around 12:50 a.m. on August 8, according to the…
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Fast Forward An Anti-Semite Tried To Bomb A ‘Messianic Synagogue’
After a Las Vegas security guard was arrested last week and charged with planning to bomb an unnamed local synagogue, many in the local Jewish community wondered if they could have been targeted. The answer, it turns out, is a bit more complicated. The synagogue Conor Climo allegedly planned to attack was Lev HaShem Messianic…
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