Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Gets Mexico’s Order Of The Aztec Eagle
The Mexican government said Tuesday that it will award Jared Kushner with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor the country gives to foreigners, “for his significant contributions in achieving the renegotiation of the new (trade) agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada,” AP reported. Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser,…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer’s First Grandchild Named ‘Melvin’ After Cabbie Ancestor
Senator Chuck Schumer’s family just got a little bigger. His eldest daughter, Jessica Schumer, and her husband, Michael Shapiro, recently welcomed a baby boy, Noah Melvin Schumer-Shapiro, Axios reported. Schumer’s first grandchild, Noah was born at NYU Langone Tisch Hospital. The “happy Brooklyn baby” was 7 pounds, 21 inches long. Noah’s middle name, Melvin, was…
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Fast Forward Florida Governor-Elect DeSantis Vows To Keep Safety Funding For Jewish Schools
Florida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor-elect Jeanette Nuñez visited a Jewish day school in South Florida on Monday morning, where they toured classrooms and held a discussion on continued funding for safety measures, CBS Miami reported. Kindergarten through second-grade students greeted the politicians at Brauser Maimonides Academy Jewish Day School in Fort Lauderdale, where…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Pleaded To Increase Saudi Arms Deal To $110 Billion
President Trump’s refusal to condemn Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi comes from a $110 billion arms deal that was expanded by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, ABC News reported. Choosing to add an arms exchange to the already hefty figure was Kushner’s idea of cementing the new alliance between…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez And Lindsey Graham Have Heated Exchange Over Holocaust Comparison
Sen. Lindsey Graham clapped back at New York Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, after she compared members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Germany during the Holocaust. In a tweet Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez cited Nazi Germany, along with other refugee crises, as an example of how “asking to…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbis Call For Airbnb Boycott, Citing Double Standard On West Bank
Several groups and public figures have called for a boycott of Airbnb after it stopped listing Jewish-owned properties located in the West Bank. The Coalition for Jewish Values created a petition for people to pledge not to use the home-renting platform, condemning the decision as anti-Semitic. Airbnb made the announcement last week, following pressure from…
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Fast Forward Migrant Caravan Is Like Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany, Says Ocasio-Cortez
New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared in a tweet Sunday members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews leaving Germany during the Holocaust. She made the comparison to illustrate her point that “asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime.” She used three examples,…
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Fast Forward Wisconsin Boys Who Struck Nazi Salute In Prom Photo Probably Won’t Be Punished
The Wisconsin high school students who appeared to have posed in a Nazi salute may not be punished because of free speech, the school district said in response to the photo that caused outrage online. Baraboo School District Administrator Lori Mueller sent out a letter last week, explaining that the district finished part of its…
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