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Community 120 Years of The Jewish Daily Forward: Now On Pinterest
This year, The Jewish Daily Forward is celebrating our fulfillment of the Jewish blessing — “ad meah v’esrim!” — and marking our 120th year as the leading Jewish publication in the world. To celebrate, we invite you to to view, interact with, and comment on our new Pinterest board, 120 Years of the Forward. Pinterest…
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Fast Forward Jewish Labour Official Joins Effort To Oust Jeremy Corbyn After Brexit Debacle
Luciana Berger, a senior Jewish member of Britain’s Labour Party, has resigned her post in the party’s so-called shadow cabinet and joined an effort to oust Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the the country’s main opposition party. Berger wrote that it was with “deep sadness” that she quit as shadow mental health minister, joining more…
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The Schmooze Comedian Gets Out Nazi Balls To Prank Trump
As Donald Trump faces charges of not doing enough to rein in his white supremacist supporters — especially with regard to online anti-Semitism — British comedian Simon Brodkin was pranking him with Nazi swastika golf balls. Just as Trump was supposed to be speaking to a press conference at Trump Turnberry, a new luxury resort…
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The Schmooze Virtuoso Pianist Martha Argerich Joins The Eagles and James Taylor for Kennedy Center Honors
This year’s list of Kennedy Center Honors winners mostly contains some familiar and not-all-that-surprising names. Among them, James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, and — for better or worse — The Eagles. But the most intriguing name on that list is 75-year-old Argentine pianist Martha Argerich. Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter told the Washington Post…
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Fast Forward Beloved New York Police Rabbi Attacked on Manhattan’s West Side
The New York Police Department’s popular chief chaplain, Rabbi Alvin Kass, was attacked as he walked on Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Rabbi Kass, 80, was wearing a tracksuit when an unknown assailant shoved him to the ground and ran off around 6:45 am on Sunday, the New York Post reported. Kass suffered a cut to…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein Leads Parade of Jewish Fundraisers for Hillary Clinton
Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein is reportedly hosting a plush fundraiser for Democrat Hillary Clinton — kicking off a day of cash-raining events hosted by wealthy Jewish Democrats. Weinstein will be joined by superstars Leo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at the cozy event for 50 big-money types at his Manhattan townhouse,…
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Fast Forward Could Green Party’s Jill Stein Be ‘Plan B’ for Unhappy Bernie Sanders Backers?
Now that Hillary Clinton has wrapped up the Democratic nomination, she can rest easy about Bernie Sanders backers and start worrying about Donald Trump, right? Not if Jill Stein of the Green Party has anything to say about it. Stein hopes to be the second Jewish thorn in Clinton’s left side, picking up where Sanders…
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Fast Forward Hungary Soccer Fans Probed for Nazi Salutes at Euro Tournament
Hungarian soccer fans are reportedly being investigated for performing Nazi salutes during a match at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France. Black-shirted Hungary fans were captured making the salutes during their national team’s match with Iceland on Saturday in Marseille, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3648911/Now-Ultra-fans-caught-doing-NAZI-salutes-Euro-2016-Hungarian-supporters-sick-gestures-match-saw-fans-battle-stewards-stands.html) “The pictures are clearly very shocking,” a police…
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