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 Nadler Asks Mueller To Testify To Congress ‘As Soon As Possible’
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler issued a request Thursday for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify to Congress “as soon as possible.” “As I have already communicated to the Department of Justice, I request your testimony before the Judiciary Committee as soon as possible – but, in any event, no later than May 23,…
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Fast Forward ‘Swastika Acres’ No More: Colorado City Changes Neighborhood Name
A city council in Colorado voted unanimously Tuesday to change the name of one of its neighborhoods so that it will no longer be called “Swastika Acres.” “It’s the right thing to do,” Cherry Hills Village mayor Russell Stewart told the Denver Post. The subdivision in the Denver suburb was named in 1908 after the…
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Fast Forward Israel Ambassador Kvells At White House — Jewish People Are Blessed By Trump
Speaking as the guest of honor at a White House reception for Jewish leaders on Tuesday, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer fulsomely praised President Trump and the administration aides responsible for formulating a Middle East peace plan. “It is true that in every generation they rise up against us (Sheb’chol Dor VaDor…)….
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Fast Forward Lawsuit Alleges Child Sex Abuse At Washington Synagogue Preschool
A major Reform temple in Washington, D.C. and its preschool principal have been sued by eight families who allege that a preschool teacher there sexually abused their children. The 239-page lawsuit was filed Monday against Washington Hebrew Congregation, one of the biggest synagogues in the United States. (Full disclosure: I worked at their Sunday school…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Like AOC, J Street Might Support Attaching Strings To Israel Aid
The dovish Israel lobby J Street is considering endorsing bills that would put conditions on American military aid to Israel, the organization’s president Jeremy Ben-Ami told the Forward on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview, Ben-Ami told the Forward that J Street will deliberate over the next few weeks about whether to advocate for bills that…
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Fast Forward Conspiracy Theorists Blame Jews, Muslims For Notre Dame Fire
As the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris became engulfed in fire on Monday, conspiracy theorists quickly got to work – blaming the blaze on Jews. French police quickly said they were treating the fire as an accident, possibly linked to the church’s renovation work. But despite – or perhaps because of – that statement, online…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez: Cutting Aid To Israel Is ‘Certainly On The Table’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with Yahoo News on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a “Trump-like figure” who is part of “the ascent of authoritarianism across the world.” Speaking to Yahoo’s Skullduggery podcast, the freshman Democrat from New York said that Netanyahu’s pre-election pledge last week to annex the West…
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Fast Forward New York Health Department Closes Orthodox Day Care Over Measles Outbreak
A Jewish child care center in Brooklyn was ordered closed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for failing to provide access to vaccination records. United Talmudical Academy in the Williamsburg neighborhood allegedly refused to comply with the city’s recent order for schools in heavily-Jewish areas of Brooklyn to ban unvaccinated…
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