Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Nebbishy New York Senator ‘Chuck’ (Schumer) Attains One-Name Level Of Fame
It’s Chuck. Just Chuck. The senior New York senator has arrived at a new level of fame. Joining the likes of Madonna, Cher and Bono, Chuck Schumer has attained one-name status, as has Nancy Pelosi, the likely next Speaker of the House. With the possibility of a government shutdown looming, media outlets Tuesday have been…
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Fast Forward Miracle Baby Fights For Life After Israeli Pregnant Mom Shot In Terror Attack
Doctors delivered a baby Sunday night after the Israeli mother was shot and critically wounded in a terrorist attack in the West Bank, the Times of Israel reported. The baby boy’s health is declining, following reports of being in stable condition after being delivered by Cesarean section at 30 weeks. He is now hooked up…
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Fast Forward Two Children Fleeing Lev Tahor Cult Kidnapped On Shabbat In Catskills
Two children were reportedly kidnapped in Upstate New York on Saturday morning after attempting to escape from the Ultra-Orthodox cult Lev Tahor, The Yeshiva World reported. Two children of the Teller family, which fled from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in Guatemala, were spending the weekly holiday with a family in the Catskills, sources told YWN….
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Fast Forward Some Jews Don’t Want Ocasio-Cortez, Just Like With Paul Ryan
At a Hanukkah party Sunday evening, Ocasio-Cortez shared in a speech that Puerto Ricans can have descendants from several ethnicities, including Jewish refugees, Spanish colonizers and indigenous peoples. But as when outgoing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan discovered Jewish ancestry, politics determined whether or not AOC got a warm Jewish welcome. No. You don’t…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Ocasio-Cortez Sings In Ladino After Acknowledging Jewish Roots
At a Hanukkah party Sunday evening, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sang a festive song in Ladino, a language associated with the Sephardic Jewish community, derived from Spanish. Ocasio-Cortez gave an impassioned speech at the menorah lighting, hosted by the Jews For Racial and Economic Justice in New York, sharing that her family has Jewish heritage. She…
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Fast Forward Fox Disavows Guest Louie Gohmert’s Anti-Semitic Ramblings About George Soros
Fox Business apologized Thursday following Rep. Louie Gohmert’s comments about Jewish billionaire George Soros during a segment about Google and China, The Daily Beast reported. The Texas congressman did the opposite and doubled down. “You mention Orwell, it also reminds me of another George—George Soros,” Gohmert said, following a discussion on China and the idea…
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Fast Forward Bukharian Jews Targeted By High School Students In Queens
There have been numerous fights between Bukharian Jews and other students at a New York high school, with one teenager in the hospital, the Queens Chronicle reported Thursday. A 16-year-old Bukharian Jewish boy and yeshiva student was beaten by a groups of teenagers, allegedly Forest Hills High School students, on November 29 and is still…
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Fast Forward Don’t Worry: Sheldon Adelson Got His Latkes At White House Hanukkah Party
President Trump and First Lady Melanie Trump hosted their second annual White House Hanukkah party on Thursday, for a total of more than 600 guests, Jewish Insider reported. It was split into two: one in the afternoon and one in the evening. U.S. Army Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Rabbi Shmuel Felzenberg and Rabbi Avraham Friedman of…
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