Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Pauses Gym Workout To Press Rand Paul On Israeli Security Aid
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took a break from his routine morning workout in the official Senate gym to beseech Sen. Rand Paul to stop his efforts to prevent the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 from passing, Jewish Insider reported. Paul is using Senate procedures to single-handedly “hold” the bill, which would ensure…
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Fast Forward ‘I Will Not Be The Villain’: Michael Cohen Says Trump Knew Hush Money Was Wrong
Michael admitted on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he knew it was wrong to make the hush-money payments to women ahead of the 2016 campaign to cover up their alleged affairs with President Trump. And, he said, the president knew, too. “I stood up before the world yesterday, and I accepted the responsibility of my…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Yeshiva Demands Apology From New York Times For ‘Subpar’ Photo
Yeshivah of Flatbush is angry at the New York Times for using its photo to illustrate an article about poor education in Jewish religious schools, The Yeshiva World News reported. The Times initially used a photo of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, meeting the wrath of its dean Rabbi Yaakov Bender, who penned a letter in YWN…
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Fast Forward Protesters Decry Stephen Miller’s Border Policy By Twerking Outside His Home
A queer dance party raged outside White House senior adviser Stephen Miller’s housing complex Wednesday night. Activist group WERK for Peace organized a twerk-filled protest outside CityCenterDC for Miller’s work on the Trump administration’s immigration policy, DCist reported. The group launched the #WerkNotWalls campaign to call attention to the grim treatment of migrants and refugees…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Is Going To Prison — But At Least It’s Very Jewy
Michael Cohen was accepted into his top choice prison: FCI Otisville, 70 miles northwest of New York City and beloved of the best white-collar Jewish criminals for its range of ethnic amenities. Perks include a full-time Jewish chaplain, kosher kitchen — featuring matzo ball soup, gefilte fish, beef cholent and rugelach — and weekly Shabbat…
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Fast Forward Media Mogul Complained Of ‘Jewish Cabal’ – Leading To $2.5 Million Settlement
Tribune Publishing made the first in a series of secret payments totaling more than $2.5 million to avoid a lawsuit by the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times, ultimately covering up an anti-Semitic slur made by the largest shareholder of the company, NPR reported. After taking control of Tribune Publishing Co. as chairman in…
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Fast Forward Ann Coulter: Jews ‘Hate White Men’ Like Rest Of Democratic Base
Arch-conservative pundit Ann Coulter is fingering Jews as a key part of a liberal “hate white men” coalition that she claims runs the Democratic Party. The right-wing talking head posited that Jews and other Democratic voting blocs like LGBT people and black women actually despise one another — but unite around an implicit shared hatred…
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Fast Forward NYU Jewish Student Center Closed After Threatening Anti-Semitic Posts
New York University’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life announced that it would temporarily close Wednesday after staff found “several public online postings by an NYU student which were antisemitic in nature and potentially threatening,” the organization’s director said in a statement. “Due to heightened tensions at NYU, we are taking all threats seriously and…
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