Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward UC Berkeley Jews Condemn Anti-Semitic Remarks At Student Council Hearing
The UC Berkeley Jewish community put out a letter condemning anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist remarks made at a recent student government meeting, The Daily Californian reported. The student government was meeting Wednesday after deciding to disqualify candidates from the Student Action party from elections after discovering campaign finance violations, according to The Daily Californian. But one…
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Fast Forward FBI: Militia Group At The Border Was Training To Kill Soros, Obama and Clinton
The leader of a militia that has been detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border once said that the group was “training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama,” NBC News reported. Larry Mitchell Hopkins was arrested Saturday on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He appeared in…
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Fast Forward Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty In Nxivm Sex Slave Cult Case
Heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday to being involved in the alleged sex-slavery cult Nxivm, CBS News reported. In her plea, Bronfman admitted she hid someone living in the U.S. illegally for unpaid “labor and services.” She also said she committed credit card fraud while working for Keith Raniere, who led Nxivm in upstate…
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News Ukraine Elected A Jewish Comedian But Have Ya Heard About The Jews Who Ran Peru
Ukraine has become the first country whose president and prime minister are both Jewish — besides Israel, of course. Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish Ukrainian actor, was elected president of the country over the weekend and will soon serve with Volodymyr Groysman, who has been prime minister since 2016. It’s an interesting first that brought up the…
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Fast Forward How Is This Passover Different From All Others? Mueller Jokes.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was released Thursday, the eve of Passover. While the report, in which almost 12.5% was redacted, was being reviewed and digested, people across the internet couldn’t resist the glaring Passover puns. Maybe we’re loopy from grocery shopping, meal prepping and kashering our homes. Or maybe the news has finally broken…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz ‘Welcomes Lawsuit’ Over Alleged Epstein Sex Ring
Alan Dershowitz is being sued for defamation by one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, the Miami Herald reported. In the lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre said that she was sex trafficked and abused by Epstein over a decade ago — and that Dershowitz, his lawyer, falsely accused her of lying about it. And it claims that Dershowitz,…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Says He Can Expose The Mueller Report’s Redactions
Don’t let the redactions in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report get you down — Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, is prepared to “tell it all.” According to his lawyer, Lanny Davis, Cohen is familiar with the report and can “fill in the bulk of redactions.” Cohen confirmed in a tweet that he is ready to…
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Fast Forward Detroit Rabbis Help Set Up Clinics To Vaccinate Thousands Against Measles
Health officials in Detroit have been working with local rabbis to vaccinate the Orthodox Jewish community after a man traveling from Brooklyn unknowingly infected 39 people with measles, The Washington Post reported. After the man tested positive for measles last month, with his strain of the disease matching that of New York City’s outbreak, health…
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