Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward Rapper Jay Electronica sparks anti-Semitism controversy
(JTA) — The respected rapper and producer Jay Electronica — a friend of Louis Farrakhan — released his debut album on Friday and it’s already causing controversy. On the “Ghost of Soulja Slim” track, about a late rapper friend, Electronica raps in the second verse: “And I bet you a Rothschild I get a bang…
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Fast Forward British House Of Commons’ Jewish Speaker John Bercow Resigns
(JTA) — John Bercow, the British House of Commons speaker who became widely known for his cries of “Order!” and other colorful rhetoric, announced Monday that he will resign his post by the end of October. Bercow is Jewish and said last year: “I’ve always been very open about my Jewishness and I have experienced…
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Fast Forward Israeli Held In Russian Jail For Months On Marijuana Charge
(JTA) — An Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The Jerusalem Post reported that Issachar’s sister said the 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, who was traveling back to Israel…
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Fast Forward Omar: U.S. Should Reconsider Aid To Israel After Banning Her, Tlaib
(JTA) — Rep. Ilhan Omar said that Israel’s decision to bar her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib from visiting the country last week was an unprecedented step in the U.S.-Israel relationship, and hinted that Congress should consider the move when allotting the approximately $3 billion in aid the U.S. supplies to Israel every year. “Denying a…
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Fast Forward Tlaib Gets Israel’s OK To Visit Her Grandmother, Then Decides Against It
(JTA) — After being barred from entering Israel on Thursday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib submitted a humanitarian request to visit her aging grandmother in the West Bank, and Israel’s interior minister approved it. But Tlaib changed her mind Friday morning, saying that in the end she could not enter Israel “under these oppressive conditions.” “Silencing me…
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Fast Forward Soros Has Doubled His Presidential Campaign Spending Compared To 2016
(JTA) — George Soros has donated $5.1 million to a new super PAC ahead of the 2020 presidential election — over twice as much as he had spent at this point in the campaign leading up to the 2016 election, Politico reported Wednesday. The Hungarian-born Jewish billionaire’s Democracy PAC is his first involvement in the…
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The Schmooze Barbra Streisand’s Forthcoming Memoir Will Focus On Anti-Semitism: ‘It’s Ever-Present’
(JTA) — Barbra Streisand has been “writing a lot” about modern anti-Semitism in her memoir, which she has been working on for years. “It’s an extremely complex topic, and there’s not enough room in this interview to adequately cover it,” the show business icon said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune last week. “So I’ll just…
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The Schmooze Sandy Koufax Joins Jackie Robinson As The Only Statues At Dodger Stadium
(JTA) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will add a statue of legendary Jewish pitcher Sandy Koufax to their stadium as part of a $100 million renovation project. The statue will be located next to one of Jackie Robinson, another Hall of Fame Dodger and Major League Baseball’s first black player, the Dodgers revealed at a news…
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