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 California GOP Condemns Another Republican Candidate Over Anti-Semitism
The California Republican Party has distanced itself from a candidate running under its party banner over charges of anti-Semitism for the second time this year. John Fitzgerald is the only Republican running in the heavily-Democratic 11th District, northeast of Oakland. His campaign website includes false claims that 9% of U.S. government officials are dual citizens…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Senate Candidate Patrick Little Now Polling At 0%
Patrick Little, the white supremacist candidate running as a Republican in the upcoming California Senate race, polled at 0% in a recent survey — a far cry from the 18% he received last month. Little, who has called for a government “free from Jews,” ended last month’s poll from SurveyUSA in a surprising second place,…
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Fast Forward Are Seals Kosher? A Jewish Inuit Activist Says Yes.
A 21-year-old Jewish Inuit activist from Canada’s far north has spoken out about the similarities between her two backgrounds — and how it may affect Jewish dietary laws. Killaq Enuaraq-Strauss grew up in Iqaluit, the capital of the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Inuk (the singular for…
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Fast Forward Cornell Student Found Dead In Gorge Two Days Before Graduation
A senior at Cornell University in upstate New York was found dead in a nearby gorge on Friday, two days before his graduation ceremony. Avram “Avi” Pinals of Newton, Massachusetts, had planned to attend medical school at the University of Michigan, the Cornell Sun reported Sunday. He majored in biological sciences with a concentration in…
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Fast Forward Shabbat Services Resume At Major U.S. Army Base After Firing Of Jewish Leader
Shabbat services are resuming at a major U.S. Army base after they were suspended due to the firing of its longtime volunteer Jewish service leader, organizers say. Shabbat services at Fort Campbell had been formally suspended after the head chaplains on the base fired longtime leader Jeannette Mize in February. But a source on the…
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Fast Forward Woody Allen’s Son Defends Father From Sex Assault Claims
Woody Allen’s son Moses Farrow posted a nearly 5,000-word blog post on Wednesday defending his father from sexual assault claims made by his sister. Farrow also wrote that his mother Mia Farrow had been abusive towards him and his siblings, and claimed that she had coached her daughter Dylan to make the sexual assault claims…
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Fast Forward Will Richard Spencer Represent Himself At Charlottesville Trial?
White nationalist leader Richard Spencer may be forced to represent himself at a trial over the violence following the “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year. Spencer had attempted to crowdfund $25,000 for a lawyer but had only reached $19,000 ahead of his scheduled court appearance on Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported Wednesday….
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Fast Forward Shabbat Services At Army Base Still On Hold As Chaplain Probe Drags On
Updated 3:50 p.m. After the controversial firing of the longtime volunteer leader of Jewish religious services at a major U.S. Army base in February, top brass promised to name a new leader in time for Shavuot. But the holiday came and went without any progress, likely forcing the local Jewish community to continue going without…
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