Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Under Investigation For Bank Fraud Over $20 Million In Loans
Federal authorities investigating whether President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen committed tax fraud are focusing on more than $20 million in loans collected by taxi businesses that he and his family own, the New York Times reported. The bank loans came from Sterling National Bank and the Melrose Credit Union, two New York financial…
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Fast Forward Ivanka’s Ex-Business Partner Sued By Government As Alleged Fraudster
The Justice Department is suing a friend and former business partner of Ivanka Trump for his alleged role in defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars in tax liabilities on his father’s estate, Politico reported Friday. The suit follows a Politico investigation of New York businessman Moshe Lax’s alleged financial crimes, and the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Will Cross U.S.-Mexico Border To Observe Migrant Crisis
More than 40 leaders of national Jewish organizations will meet in San Diego, California, on Tuesday to cross the border into Mexico to witness the migrant crisis. Over two days in Tijuana, the participants will visit Instituto Madre Asunta, among other detainment sites. They’ll meet with American and Mexican government officials, immigration attorneys, humanitarian workers,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Mail Reaches West Bank After 8 Years
Eight years worth of letters and packages are being delivered to Palestinians in the West Bank, the New York Times reported. The mail, which has been held in Jordan, began being released to the Palestinian Authority on Monday, according to a statement from Palestinian officials. Some of it was badly damaged in the delay. Israel…
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Fast Forward NYC School Chancellor Says 15 Yeshivas Didn’t Give Investigators Access
Fifteen ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools haven’t let New York City officials investigate allegations that they don’t provide enough secular education, according to a letter Wednesday from the city schools chief. Chancellor Richard Carranza sent a 14-page letter to New York’s state education commissioner expressing “serious concern” about this lack of access, the Wall Street Journal reported…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka’s Back With A New Title At Fox News
Despite his two recent Fox News controversies, former White House official Sebastian Gorka blithely returned to the station Tuesday night. Gorka, the controversial ex-aide to President Donald Trump and former national security adviser to Steve Bannon, resumed his role as a frequent guest on The Sean Hannity Show. Hannity didn’t question the phony, homemade Fox…
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Fast Forward 250 People Denied Entry Into Israel This Year
Israel’s Shin Bet security service has denied around 250 people entry into the country since the beginning of the year, for reasons such as involvement in terror and fears of spying, according to the Times of Israel. Some of those stopped were Christians, but most “were Muslims, or were in the process of becoming Muslims,”…
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Fast Forward Latin American Jews Whose Ancestors Fled Inquisition Will Get First Rabbi
For the first time, “long-lost” Jewish communities in three Central American nations will have their own full-time rabbi. The Bnei Anousim — whose ancestors were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Spanish Inquisition — will be led in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala by Rabbi Elisha Salas of Shavei Israel, an organization that contacts…
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