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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Fast Forward Is The Richest Person In Your State Jewish?
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the richest people in each state — and once again, Jews are overrepresented in the annals of the nation’s billionaires. Jews top the lists in seven of the 50 states, according to Forbes’ analysis released on Monday. They include Mark Zuckerberg, the richest person in California and the…
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News Why Did Army Abruptly Fire Ft. Campbell’s Jewish Leader After Two Decades?
The Jews on the country’s second-largest military base haven’t had a rabbi for years. Until very recently, though, they had Jeanette Mize. She and her family led services and cooked holiday meals there. Because of her, the Jews of Fort Campbell, the Army base that straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border, didn’t have to drive 60 miles…
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Fast Forward Trump Urged Sessions To Prosecute Oakland Mayor For Warning City Of ICE Raid
President Trump urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to consider prosecuting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on obstruction of justice charges after Schaaf publicly warned the city in February of an upcoming immigration raid, Politico reported. “I mean, you talk about obstruction of justice, I would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Rising Star In Swing District Gave $300K To Pro-BDS Groups
The foundation run by the newly minted Democratic candidate for Congress in one of the most heavily Jewish congressional districts in the country has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations that promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel, the Forward has learned. Scott Wallace, a multimillionaire philanthropist and the grandson of…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson’s Paper Runs Praise-Singing Jerusalem Piece — By His Wife
The Las Vegas newspaper owned by Sheldon Adelson ran a rare front-page opinion piece in its Monday edition, written by Adelson’s wife. The opinion piece, entitled “A great day for Israel — and for America,” praised the Trump administration’s move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. It was written by Dr. Miriam Adelson,…
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Fast Forward Massachusetts GOP Candidate Blames Holocaust On Gay Nazis
A Republican candidate who won enough support at the party’s Massachusetts convention to advance the primary for governor is a pastor who once wrote a book claiming that the Holocaust was caused by a conspiracy of gay men within the Nazi party. Scott Lively, an attorney and pastor who has advocated for anti-LGBT laws around…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka Blessed By Israeli Rabbi Who Compared Black People To Monkeys
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump reportedly received a blessing in Jerusalem on Sunday from Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef — who was condemned by the Anti-Defamation League earlier this year for comparing black people to monkeys. Kushner and Trump, both senior advisors to President Trump, are in Israel as part of the American delegation…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soccer Club Infamous For Racism Adds ‘Trump’ To Name
The best soccer team in Jerusalem announced Sunday that it was renaming itself to honor President Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital. Beitar Jerusalem praised the president on Facebook. “For 70 years has Jerusalem been awaiting international recognition, until President Donald Trump, in a courageous move, recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of…
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