Jesse Bernstein
By Jesse Bernstein
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Fast Forward British Muslim Politician Heckled For Saying Israel Has Right To Exist
Naz Shah, a British member of Parliament representing a city with one of the country’s largest Muslim populations was heckled with cries of “Jew, Jew, Jew” when she said during a political debate on Thursday that Israel had a right to exist. The incident in Bradford was captured on video: @NazShahBfd reiterating her belief in…
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Fast Forward John Legend, Jackson Browne Join Jon Ossoff’s Money Machine
Democratic hopeful Jon Ossoff raised over $8 million in support of his campaign for Georgia’s 6th District ahead of the April special election, one that may be the most expensive House race in history. Ossoff’s high profile celebrity donors were well publicized (Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Fonda, and Chelsea Handler., to name a few), but…
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Fast Forward Israeli Arts Festival Shows Featuring Nudity Could Lose Funding
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev said that her office would not subsidize two productions featuring nudity at the country’s top arts festival, calling the shows “harmful to the basic values of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.” In a letter to Israel Festival director Eyal Sher, Regev said that full nudity, even in the…
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Fast Forward Google’s Sergey Brin Will Splash $100M On ‘Air Yacht’ — Will It Also Ferry Humanitarian Aid?
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is in the midst of constructing what will become the world’s largest aircraft, a blimp that will supposedly double as both a luxury “air yacht” and a humanitarian aid carrier able to bypass road traffic and airport congestion. Sources close to the project peg the eventual cost at up to $150…
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Fast Forward Game Show Host Chuck Woolery Accused Of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweets About Jews And Communism
Chuck Woolery, the former host of the game show Love Connection, made waves on Monday when he shared his thoughts on Twitter about the supposed Jewish roots of Communism: Believe it or not. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin were both Jewish. I was shocked to find, most of the original Soviet Communists were Jewish —…
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