Drew Gerber
By Drew Gerber
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News Will Mike Pence Give Donald Trump a Pro-Israel Boost?
Donald Trump’s reported pick of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate could give him a boost among pro-Israel voters amid widespread concerns that Trump is losing ground among Jewish voters. Several news outlets reported that Trump will announce Pence as his vice presidential candidate on Friday. Some Republican insiders are trumpeting Pence aa…
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News Meet the Shadowy Jewish Couple At the Center of the Trump Institute Scandal
New revelations about one of Donald Trump’s for-profit educational ventures have turned the spotlight on a Jewish Florida couple with their own checkered past in business — and a record of devotion to Jewish causes, especially Israel. Though the now-defunct Trump Institute bore the name of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, in reality it had…
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News The Rare Infection That Almost Killed Sarah Silverman — and Why You Should Care
A rare infection put comedian Sarah Silverman into intensive care for five days, but she said she has recovered and feels “insanely lucky to be alive.” Silverman posted on Facebook yesterday detailing how she ended up hospitalized last week in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “Don’t even know why I went…
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News Louisiana Sheriff in ‘Jew Bastard’ Rant Faces Recall Push
A Louisiana sheriff who allegedly called a federal prosecutor a “son-of-a-bitch Jew bastard” and threatened to shoot him “right between [his] goddamned Jewish eyes” is facing a recall push over the shocking rant. Despite protests calling for Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s resignation since April, he has remained employed as the sheriff. Donald Broussard, vice…
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News Fight Against Bullying Brings Tikkun Olam Home for Budding Teen Philanthropist
For Valerie Weisler, repairing the world began close to home. After suffering bullying in her school, the newly minted New York high school graduate founded the Validation Project, a program that connects struggling kids with mentors who can help them explore and build on their passions “This is a larger, global issue,” she said. “This…
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News Were 2 Jews Booted From Mexican Restaurant for Supporting Donald Trump?
A Jewish man and woman in upstate New York claim they were kicked out of a Mexican restaurant Sunday due to their support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. According to The New York Post, Esther Levy, along with retired local judge Alvin Goldstein, showed up at the Cancun Inn restaurant in Orange County…
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News Teenage Whiz Creates Bot To Fight Unfair Parking Tickets — and It’s Winning!
A Jewish teenager from London felt something was terribly unjust about senior citizens and other needy people being hit with unjust parking tickets. So he created a crusading ‘chatbot,’ an internet tool based on articial intelligence, to fight the powers that be. Joshua Browder, the creator of DoNotPay, told the Forward the elderly and disabled,…
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News Louisiana Sheriff Unleashes ‘Jew Bastard’ Rant at Federal Prosecutor
A Louisiana sheriff charged with federal civil rights violations allegedly called a federal prosecutor in his case a “son-of-a-bitch Jew bastard” and threatened to shoot him “right between [his] goddamned Jewish eyes.” Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal made the comments, which are believed to reference Justice Department special counsel Mark Blumberg, while being secretly recorded…
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