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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Elena Kagan Compares Muslim Ban To Anti-Semitism At Supreme Court Hearing
During a Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on whether President Trump has the authority to ban immigrants from Muslim-majority countries on national security grounds, Justice Elena Kagan asked whether similar logic would protect an anti-Semitic president banning immigration from Israel. During questioning of Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who was arguing for the Trump administration, Kagan asked…
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Fast Forward ZOA President Mort Klein Slams ‘Beautiful’ Natalie Portman As ‘Not Too Bright’
After Natalie Portman announced that she would withdraw from the Genesis Prize awards ceremony in Israel to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of her harshest American critics has been the Zionist Organization of America and its president, Morton Klein. Now, Klein has stepped it up a notch, drawing criticism in the process. “Natalie…
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Fast Forward Cuomo Urges ‘Pivotal’ Rogue Democrat Simcha Felder To Rejoin Caucus
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote what The New York Times called a “strongly worded letter” to state Sen. Simcha Felder, urging the nominal Democrat to stop caucusing with the Republicans now that he stands as the sole vote preventing the Democratic Party from completely controlling the state’s executive and legislative offices. “Let me say…
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News Barnard Students Rage Over President’s Rejection Of Landslide BDS Vote
As the end of the school year approaches and the temperature rises, so are tensions at the most Jewish college in the United States. Last week, Barnard College students voted in a referendum to divest from eight companies that do business in Israel. Anti-occupation groups were exultant; pro-Israel organizations devastated. Then the administration unilaterally rejected…
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Israel News Natalie Portman Has Snubbed Israel. Why Aren’t Pro-Israel Groups Snubbing Her?
American pro-Israel organizations normally hew to the Israeli government’s line on controversial issues. But after Natalie Portman announced last week that she would not travel to Israel to accept the Genesis Prize because of her opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government reacted with fury — while their American allies did not…
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Fast Forward Jewish Fraternity At Temple Suspended Amid Sex Assault Probe
Temple University in Philadelphia suspended the school’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity amid an investigation into two alleged sexual assaults at their off-campus house. University police said Friday that they had received “multiple credible reports” of alleged crimes at AEPi events, including sexual assaults, underage drinking and drug use. One alleged victim told…
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Fast Forward ‘True Fanatic’ Clare Bronfman Now Heads Sex Slave Cult After Leaders Busted
Clare Bronfman, the daughter of the late Jewish philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, is now in charge of the alleged sex slavery cult Nxivm after its leaders were arrested, the New York Post reported Saturday. Bronfman, who along with her sister Sara has reportedly poured millions of dollars into the group, moved their headquarters from Mexico to…
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Fast Forward 2,000 Barnard Alums Sign Petition Urging Trustees To Reject Student BDS Vote
Updated 6:20 p.m. More than 2,000 alumni of Barnard College, including members of the Board of Trustees, have signed a petition urging the school administration to reject the results of a student referendum calling on them to divest from eight companies that do business in Israel. The elite women’s college, one of the most heavily…
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