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Fast Forward Alexander McQueen’s Human Skin Handbag Provokes Furor
A fashion student in London has proposed making a leather handbag made from Alexander McQueen’s skin. Its echoes of rumored Nazi atrocities have been enough to provoke controversy. “Lampshade” traces the rumors of a human skin lampshade referred to succinctly in Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus,” in which she wrote about “skin/ Bright as a Nazi…
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Slideshows 7 Great Moments From the Work of Stanley Kubrick
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Slideshows Rembrandt and the Jews
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Comments Shut Down Chat on Republican Convention Live Stream
A barrage of anti-Semitic comments shut down the Chat alongside the live YouTube feed from the Republican National Convention on Monday afternoon, Raw Story reported. As former Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle made scathing comments about the Democrats lack of support for Israel, anti-Semitic trolls wrote “MAKE AMERICA JEWISH AGAIN,” “press h for hitler,” “F——————- THE…
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Fast Forward Deputy Mayor Shot Dead in Turkey Amid Post-Coup Turmoil
The deputy mayor of Istanbul’s Sisli district has died after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant on Monday, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported. A Turkish official said the incident was not related to Friday’s abortive military coup in which more than 200 people were killed. Turkey remains in a state of high tension,…
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News The Forward Scoops 17 Rockower Awards From Jewish Press Association
The Forward has been awarded 17 Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism by the American Jewish Press Association, including 10 first-place prizes. The AJPA praised the Forward, which won for coverage in both English and Yiddish, for its “gutsy” and “hard-hitting” coverage and “gripping storytelling.” “It is gratifying to win this many awards…
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Fast Forward Connecticut TV Weatherman Justin Goldstein Busted on Child Pornography Charges
Justin Goldstein, a meteorologist for a Connecticut television station, has been arrested on child pornography possession charges, police said. Goldstein, 33, was busted at the New Haven station’s studios after a police investigation found digital files of suspected child pornography in a search of Goldstein’s home, reports local newspaper Hamden Patch The probe by the…
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Fast Forward Ex-Trump Official Blames ‘Political Correctness Run AMOK’ for Furor Over Star of David Tweet
Corey Lewandowski, the recently fired campaign manager for Donald Trump, pooh-poohed the controversy over the Republican frontrunner’s Tweet of an image that many Jews find anti-Semitic — even as it emerged that the image was first posted on a site aimed at white supremacists. The former official said he saw little wrong with the image…
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