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News Jewish NAACP Leader Rails Against N-Word — Says Reporter Has ‘Nice T**s”
In railing against the N-word, the white Jewish head of the Phoenix, Ariz. NAACP used the T-word, and then dropped several F-bombs when he apologized. Now, 77-year-old Don Harris, is facing calls to resign for both his sexist remark and his foul-mouthed mea culpa. Harris, who was born in Brooklyn (which is known for its…
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Breaking News Oberlin Alums Say BDS Drive is Fueling Campus Anti-Semitism
Jewish alumni and students of Ohio’s Oberlin College say the pro-Palestine Boycott Israel movement has become a springboard for growing anti-Semitism. “Several student organizations at Oberlin have assumed the role as the mouthpiece of the BDS (Boycott, Divest From, and Sanction Israel) movement, which claims to be a defender of Palestinian rights, but whose inflammatory…
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News The ‘Jewyorican’ Mom Who Skewers Michael Bloomberg on Twitter
In 2011, when Hurricane Irene was bearing down on New York City, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg took to the airwaves to warn New Yorkers, in English and in Spanish, to take the necessary precautions and stay safe. Residents in some parts of the city, just as they were two years later in the devastating Sandy, were…
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Breaking News Ted Cruz Embraces Preacher Who Said Jews Will Die If They Reject Christ
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trumpeting the endorsement of a doomsday preacher who warned Jews must accept Jesus — or face extermination. His name is Mike Bickle, and he is the founder of the International House of Prayer (yes, IHOP), based in Kansas City, Mo. Back in 2004, Bickle had this to say about…
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The Schmooze Simon & Garfunkel Lend ‘America’ to Bernie Sanders
Simon & Garfunkel have let the Bernie Sanders campaign use their song “America” in new political video. We double dare you not to feel something after watching the new Bernie Sanders campaign ad. He, and you, can thank famous Jewish folk singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, who are allowing Sanders to use the yearning…
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Breaking News Trump-Promoted Twitter That ‘Gassed’ Sanders Now Pro Bernie — Not
That @WhiteGenocideTM Twitter that Donald Trump retweeted from? It’s now morphed into a mock “Bernie 4 Prez” feed. Trump retweeted a deprecating post about Jeb Bush last week from the Twitter, but critics quickly noted that by doing so he was promoting a site filled with anti-Semitic ramblings directed at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,…
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Breaking News Liza Minnelli’s Chiropractor’s Dying Wish: Don’t Vote for Trump
In lieu of flowers, please don’t elect Donald Trump. Those were the dying wishes of 70-year-old Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, a “Chiropractor to the Stars” who passed over the weekend. Among his famous patients: Liza Minnelli and Weird Al Yankovic. The Pittsburgh back doctor’s obit in the local newspaper is quite a read even without the…
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Breaking News Bibi Lashes Out at Israel’s Critics in Visit to Family of Slain Mom of 6
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the grieving husband and six kids of slain settler mom of Dafna Meir — and vowed to destroy the family home of her alleged teen killer and to take away their work permits, Israeli media reported Tuesday. He also railed against Israel’s critics, particularly in the European Union, and…
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