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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News Rabbis Torn About Women’s March, Despite Secret Meeting With Sarsour, Mallory
Last week, 13 prominent rabbis held a secret meeting — with Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, leaders of the Women’s March. The reason: to try to decide whether the rabbis and their congregations should attend the third annual march, scheduled for this coming Saturday. And if they should attend — which one? There will be…
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Fast Forward Democratic National Committee No Longer Listed As Women’s March Partner
Updated 2:55 p.m. The Democratic National Committee is no longer listed as a partner of the Women’s March, the latest prominent organization to abandon the movement ahead of its third annual event on Saturday. The Women’s March has been plagued for nearly a year by accusations of anti-Semitism against its leaders, which has also prompted…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Adds 3 Jews To Steering Committee
As the Women’s March geared up for its third annual event, it announced on Monday that it had created a steering committee of 32 women — including three Jewish activists. The three are Abby Stein, a transgender activist and former ultra-Orthodox Jew; Yavilah McCoy, the founder of a not-for-profit that provided materials to better educate…
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News GOP Tries To Embarrass Democrats By Pushing Israel Vote During Shutdown
It’s the first vote of the new United States Senate – but it’s doubling as a preview of the 2020 presidential campaign. Senate Democrats on Tuesday night blocked a bill sponsored by Republican Senator Marco Rubio that includes aid for Israel and also controversial curbs on supporting the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction…
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News Tamika Mallory Irks North Carolina Jews With MLK Day Speech In Asheville
Members of the Jewish community in Asheville, North Carolina are angry that a local university has invited Women’s March co-president Tamika Mallory to be the main speaker for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. week activities. “I was greatly dismayed that Dr. King’s legacy would be tainted by having Ms. Mallory, who is a friend…
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News Even Proud Zionist Students Think This Hillel Is Way Too Focused On Israel
When Ben Novak arrived at Northeastern University in Boston as a first-year student in the fall of 2016, he went looking for a place to pray, and meet other Jews. So naturally, he turned to the local Hillel. But a few months later, the Hillel descended into chaos amid complaints from students that it was…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib And Linda Sarsour Wear Palestinian Robes To Congress
As Rashida Tlaib prepared to be sworn in as the first Palestinian-American congresswoman on Thursday, she wore a traditional Palestinian robe — and was joined by activist Linda Sarsour. “It’s a national holiday, I’m doing no work today,” Sarsour, who is also Palestinian-American, said in a video she posted on Facebook. “You’re witnessing history today,”…
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Fast Forward Jewish, Muslim Members Of Congress Agree: Time To Impeach Trump
As the new Congress was sworn in on Thursday, representatives and senators were eager to introduce legislation. The first bill in the House of Representatives calls for re-opening the government. But soon to follow will be another effort that is less likely to succeed: impeaching President Trump. Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California, told…
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