Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward LeBron James’s Favorite Coach Was From JCC Basketball
LeBron James is still grateful for his high school coach — whom he first met at his local Jewish Community Center, the Wall Street Journal reported. After getting fired from Central Michigan University, the only coaching job Keith Dambrot could get was at the Akron, Ohio, JCC. He offered free clinics on Sundays, which soon…
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Fast Forward This Israeli Is Making Alexa’s Voice Sound Like One Of Your Family
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is increasingly family-friendly and helpful, largely to the credit of Adva Levin. Levin, a content producer and designer, is the founder Pretzel Labs, an Israel-based voice design studio that focuses on creating experiences for families. In an interview with Forbes, she explained that she implements that focus in applications for Alexa,…
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Fast Forward ‘Drug Dealers In Nice Suits’: Sackler Family Faces Charges For Abuse Of Opioids
Members of the multi-billionaire Sackler family, who own the company that makes the prescription painkiller OxyContin, are facing prosecution and likely a criminal investigation over America’s devastating opioid crisis, The Guardian reported. Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma created and sells OxyContin, a legal narcotic that kills almost 200 people a day. Several family members were recently sued…
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Fast Forward ADL Report On Hate-Filled Saudi Textbooks Buzzkill For New Pal Israel
Saudi school textbooks for the 2018-19 academic year instigate hatred or violence against Jews, Christians, women and homosexual men, according to an analysis by the Anti-Defamation League. Newly released textbooks were translated, and several passages were documented in the ADL’s “Teaching Hate and Violence: Problematic Passages from Saudi State Textbooks for the 2018–19 School Year.”…
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Fast Forward Monica Lewinsky Cooperated With FBI Because Of Threats To Mother, Doc Shows
Monica Lewinsky’s parents opened up about their daughter’s affair with former President Bill Clinton for a new docuseries about the 1998 scandal, Huffpost reported. Bernard Lewinsky and Marcia Lewis were featured in Monday’s episode of the 6-part A&E series, “The Clinton Affair.” Bernard Lewinsky recalled in his interview the moment Lewis told him their daughter,…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Founder Calls For Sarsour To Step Down, Citing Farrakhan
Teresa Shook, founder of the National Women’s March, called for the resignation of its co-chairs, who she said on social media have perpetuated anti-Semitism, anti-LGBTQ and racist rhetoric. Shook said leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, among others, have “steered the Movement away from its true course.” Mallory and Sarsour continue to support Nation of…
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Fast Forward Daily Stormer Not Protected By 1st Amendment — Because, Um, ‘Terror Campaign’?
A federal judge in Montana ruled this week that the neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer is not protected under the First Amendment, after it was accused of organizing a “terror campaign” against a Jewish real estate agent, the New York Times reported. Dana Christensen, the chief judge for United States District Court in Missoula, denied a…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Matched His Green Kippah To Daughter’s Shoes On Her Wedding Day
Alison Schumer, daughter of Sen. Chuck Schumer, married Elizabeth Weiland on Sunday in Brooklyn, New York Post reported. Both dressed in white, the couple posed for photos on the Union Street Bridge before making their way to a nearby event space, where they were married around noon in an intimate ceremony, complete with close friends…
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