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Fast Forward Online Racists Come Up With New Offensive Codewords
This brief is, sadly, not suitable for work or small children. Google’s Jigsaw project — that uses AI to remove hostile bigoted language from Google searches and YouTube pages among others — has met with a depressingly predictable reaction from the trolls that inhabit some specific depths of 4chan. Digression 4chan’s recently exposed financial difficulties…
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Culture Is New York Times Critic Comparing Trump to Hitler?
Sometimes, when New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani is channeling the voice of Holden Caulfield or over-using the word limn, she can be a tad grating. Other times, though, she still has the capacity to knock one out of the park. That’s the case today with Kakutani’s already-gone-viral review of “Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939,” which uses…
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Culture Is a Jewish Accent Still a Thing — And If So, What Is It?
Over at Atlas Obscura, writer Dan Nosowitz poses a question that all of us have probably thought about at one time or another — Is there such a thing as a Jewish accent? And if so, what is it? And if we can define what it is, is it still a thing? Nosowitz’s answer to…
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The Schmooze Opinion Editor Sigal Samuel Honored With Canadian Literary Prize
“The Mystics of Mile End,” by The Forward’s opinion editor Sigal Samuel, will receive the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Best Novel. At a gala awards ceremony to be held on October 30, 2016 at York University, Samuel will be honored along with such authors as Agata Tuszyńska and Sarah Philips Casteel. “‘The Mystics of…
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News Remembering Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, in Photos
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres died today, leaving behind a political career that spanned seven decades. We’re commemorating the politician’s life with a look back at some of his greatest photo ops.
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres’s Condition Deteriorates Rapidly
The condition of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres has reportedly deteriorated rapidly in the past day. The 93-year-old liberal icon had been stable since suffering a severe stroke on Sept. 13. But in recent hours he has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, the Times of Israel reported.. The paper quoted Channel 10 news as…
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News Turns Out, Don King Likes All Flags — Not Just Israeli Ones
Why is boxing promoter Don King always toting around an Israeli flag? King was spotted earlier this month brandishing an Israeli flag at a Donald Trump event — and at the first presidential debate last night he also had one by his side. Don King on what Trump has to do to give Clinton the…
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News 2016 Presidential Debate Liveblog
On September 26 at 9:00 PM, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take part in the first 2016 presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The debate, moderated by NBC’s Lester Holt, will be broadly focused on the anodyne subjects of “America’s Direction,” “Achieving Prosperity,” and “Securing America,” which will each be debated…
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