Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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News GOP Candidate Disavows ‘Jews Must Be Stopped’ Robocalls — But Sticks With Holocaust Denial
California Republican John Fitzgerald claims the robocalls received by people in the Bay Area — declaring that Jews are taking over America — are “unauthorized” and a “smear against” his campaign. Although the call’s message is consistent with his anti-Semitic rhetoric — he’s an known Holocaust denier — Fitzgerald denied responsibility, writing on his congressional…
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Fast Forward Swastika Floor Tiles Adorn Brooklyn Apartment Complex
Tiles with swastikas on them are found throughout a Greenwood Heights apartment complex, Brooklyn Paper reported Thursday. Other tiles in the Brooklyn Garden Apartments are emblazoned with crowns, crosses and interlocking circles. The complex was build in 1928, according to city records, and the architect’s name is illegible. Vance Koehler, a tile historian, told Brooklyn…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews Must Be Stopped’: California GOP Congressional Candidate Robocall
Robocalls in support of California congressional candidate John Fitzgerald assert that Jews are taking over the world and ‘must be stopped.’ Robert Gammon, business development director for Telegraph Media, tweeted Tuesday that he received one of the calls from Fitzgerald, the GOP candidate for the 11th district. He said it was “easily the most racist…
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Fast Forward Yes, Zuck Is Jewish And He’s At Sun Valley. No, He Didn’t Pack A Yarmulke.
Morning Brew, a chatty business newsletter, tried to use a Jewish joke to get in on the buzz about the annual Sun Valley conference for media, tech and entrepreneurship, writing Wednesday morning that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “excitedly packed his sunscreen, sleeping bag, and yarmulke” for the networking conference, which kicked off earlier in the…
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Fast Forward Op-ed Defending Scarlett Johansson Transgender Casting Decision Is Yanked
Business Insider removed a published op-ed defending the casting of Scarlett Johansson as a transgender man in an upcoming film, the Daily Beast reported. The Weekly Standard went on to publish the piece by conservative columnist Daniella Greenbaum, which had been taken off Business Insider’s website after staffers complained that it was offensive. In “Scarlett…
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Fast Forward ‘Alt-Right’ YouTube Star Banned From Australia
An “alt-right” Canadian YouTube star popular with white nationalists has been banned from entering Australia, the progressive news site ThinkProgress reported. Australian media had discovered that the Australian Visa Bureau had declined Southern’s application for an Electronic Travel Authority. Australia declines visa for Canadian @Lauren_Southern pic.twitter.com/1wJ0Iqq1Iy — Ross Cameron (@RossCameron4) July 8, 2018 Southern lamented…
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Fast Forward Jewish Community Unites In Support of Unionizing Hotel Employees
More than 100 people, including Jews from the local community and New York City, gathered outside a Hilton hotel in Stamford, Connecticut to support newly-unionized hotel employees in the fight for their first contract. The rally on Sunday outside the Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center was organized by the Jewish Labor Committee and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Social Media Monitoring Cuts Terror Attacks
Israel has stepped up its monitoring of social media, questioning or convicting users whose posts are flagged for being potentially harmful, The Washington Post reported. Security forces and intelligence agencies are also using computer algorithms to predict the likelihood that a given person will carry out a lone-wolf attack to intervene before it happens. Israel…
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