Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Christian Couple Posed As Orthodox Jews To Convert Neighbors
Updated 4:00 p.m. A couple that had moved to a heavily-Jewish neighborhood in Chicago were actually Christian missionaries who had been trying to pass as Jewish in order to promote their religion, the Jewish news website COLlive reported. The proselytizers, who went by David and Rivkah Costello, were exposed by a visitor from Brooklyn, New…
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Fast Forward Rod Rosenstein’s Final Speech: ‘Truth Is Essential To Justice’
Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein’s final speech was a love letter to the Justice Department and the privileges and responsibilities that accompany it. Rosenstein recently stepped down as the department’s second-in-command, and he used his last words to speak highly of its role in society. He spoke about the inspiration he drew from the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Vaccine Rally Draws Hundreds Of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews attended a “vaccine symposium” in New York, where leaders of the anti-vaccination movement shared false information on the measles outbreak among the Jewish community, The New York Times reported. Organized by a Jewish group in Rockland County, northwest of New York City, the event called on doctors, rabbis and lobbyists to…
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Fast Forward Omar, Jewish Congresswoman Call For United Front Against White Nationalism
Representatives Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky wrote a joint op-ed for CNN to call on Jews and Muslims to stand together against the common threat of white nationalism. Omar, a Muslim American representing Minnesota, and Schakowsky, a Jewish American representing Illinois, said that the evidence of a rise in hate crimes against religious minorities is…
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Fast Forward GOP Senators ‘Underwhelmed’ With Kushner And Miller’s Immigration Plan
Republican senators were “underwhelmed” by White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller’s proposal to overhaul the United States’ immigration system, CNN reported. “I think folks in the room were underwhelmed” with the “whole plan,” a senior GOP official told CNN. The pitch meeting was held after weeks of discussions with key officials on…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Man Burns Neighbor’s Nazi Flag
A Canadian man was so horrified to see a Nazi flag hanging from a nearby home that he tore it down and burned it, local news outlet CTV Regina reported. Caleb Pelletier of Saskatchewan posted a video on Facebook of himself burning the flag, which was red with a black swastika. He told CTV Regina…
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Fast Forward Profane 14-Year-Old YouTuber Spreads Hate And Far-Right Conspiracy Theories
A 14-year-old girl is the newest face of hate speech and conspiracy theories on YouTube. A Bay Area high school freshman who goes by “Soph” on the platform has amassed more than 800,000 followers with videos making racist, Islamophobic and homophobic comments, BuzzFeed News reported. She also spreads conspiracy theories about George Soros, the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Victim Of Brooklyn Anti-Semitic Hate Crime Attack Shares His Story
The victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime in Brooklyn shared his story with CBS New York, detailing the day he was beaten by four men earlier this month. The 42-year-old, who is Jewish and declined to be named, said he was walking down the street in the Williamsburg neighborhood on May 4 when four men…
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