Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward ‘Act Of Courage’ From Jewish Navy Vet Saved Lives During Poway Shooting
Chabad of Poway member Oscar Stewart, one of two congregants who took action to chase away the shooter during the deadly attack on Saturday, was praised by San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore for his “act of courage,” the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday. Stewart, a Navy veteran who served in the Iraq War and…
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Fast Forward University Of Minnesota Refuses To Rename Building Honoring Anti-Semitic Dean
The regents of the University of Minnesota voted Friday not to re-name four buildings named after past college leaders with racist and anti-Semitic histories. After a two-hour public hearing, the regents voted 10-1 to keep the names of the Coffman Memorial Union, Nicholson Hall, Middlebrook Hall, and Coffey Hall, despite a 125-page report from a…
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Fast Forward WATCH: ‘The Time To Pass Medicare For All Is Now,’ Dying Activist Tells Congress
Activist Ady Barkan testified to the House Rules Committee on Tuesday about the merits of “Medicare for All” healthcare proposals, relying on a synthetic speech machine due to the effects of the progressive neurological disease ALS. Barkan, 35, drew on his family’s own experience fighting health insurance companies for full treatments and paying thousands of…
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Fast Forward Accused Poway Synagogue Shooter Also Charged With Mosque Arson
The man charged with murder and attempted murder for killing one person and injuring three more at a Poway, California synagogue on Saturday was also charged with setting fire to a nearby mosque last month. John Earnest, 19, was given a charge of “use of explosives in acts of terrorism in specified places” in connection…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Is Having A Hard Time Selling His Book Proposal
Former congressman Anthony Weiner, newly released from prison after pleading guilty to sending obscene text messages to an underage girl, is attempting to sell a book proposal, the New York Post reported Tuesday. But he’s reportedly been having trouble finding a buyer: “Every Simon & Schuster imprint has passed,” a source told The Post. Weiner…
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Storm Washington Bookstore, Yell ‘This Land Is Our Land’
White nationalists stormed a Washington, D.C. bookstore on Saturday, chanting “This land is our land” to interrupt an author speaking about whiteness and racism. About ten people came into the store Politics and Prose, where psychiatrist Jonathan M. Metzl was there to discuss his book “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is…
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Fast Forward Here’s How You Can Help Chabad Of Poway
Updated May 6 After the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, which killed one person and injured three more, people from around the world expressed their condolences to the shaken community. Many have been asking how they can help. The synagogue itself, in cooperation with the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement, has set up a fundraiser…
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Fast Forward Ambassador To Israel Urged Top Orthodox Rabbis To Pray For Trump’s Reelection
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman urged top rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak to pray for President Trump’s reelection in 2020. A video of the incident, which was acquired by the Israeli network Kan, showed Friedman visiting the Ponovezh Yeshiva, one of the most prominent Jewish religious educational institutions in the…
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