Lilly Maier is a news intern at the Forward. She is a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she studies as a Fulbright scholar. She also holds a B.A. in Jewish history from the University of Munich.
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By Lilly Maier
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News Jewish Vice Presidential Candidate Mindy Finn Touts Independent Ticket as ‘Extremely Pro-Israel’
As you might or might not have heard , there is a Jewish woman running for vice president. Two weeks ago, Mindy Finn joined the conservative ticket of independent candidate Evan McMullin. Finn is a proud Jew, a fierce early critic of Donald Trump — and a staunch supporter of Israel. In a recent interview…
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News Online Neo-Nazi Hit List Shut Down After Forward Report
Less than a week after the Forward broke the news about the existence of an online neo-Nazi hit list, the provider hosting the website suspended the account. The page with the deceptively innocent name “Jews in Modern Society” listed names, photos and professions of almost 400 Jews from academia, social-activism, the financial world and left-wing…
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News 9 Things We Learned From the ADL Report on Trolling Jewish Journalists
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report showing the unprecedented online harassment Jews – and especially Jewish journalists – are facing in the age of Twitter and Trump. “The spike in hate we’ve seen online this election cycle is extremely troubling and unlike anything we have seen in modern politics, ADL CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, said…
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News Twitter Gives Online Hate Speech Its Biggest Platform — Why?
During the last months, anti-Semitic attacks and trolling has risen to seemingly unprecedented levels on social media sites. The problem’s gotten so bad that the Anti-Defamation League created a task force combating online hate speech. (Their first report will be released this Wednesday.) Of course the biggest problem is those who are posting all that…
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News This Neo-Nazi Hit List Helps Jew-Hating Trump Trolls Find Their Targets
A website with the deceptively innocuous name of “Jews in Modern Society” lists the names, photos and professions of almost 400 Jews from academia, social-activism, the financial world and left-wing politics. It’s basically a hit list for neo-Nazis or white supremacists. The mission statement of the site complains that “Jews have had over 100 years…
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News 10 Truths About Mindy Finn, the Jewish, Pro-Life Texan Running for Vice-President
Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin announced a Jewish running mate last weekend: Mindy Finn. Finn is a veteran GOP strategist who runs a feminist non-profit. She and McMullin, a former CIA agent, see their independent candidacy as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump. With their religious makeup — a Mormon and a Jew — and…
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News MuslimsReportStuff Tweets Satirize Trump’s Attacks
Donald Trump’s debate performance was full of dog-whistle references against Jewish people. But there was another group that Trump attacked completely outright: Muslims. Asked about his famous call for a Muslim ban, the Republican presidential nominee said it has now morphed into “extreme vetting from certain areas of the world.” Trump also called Clinton’s plan…
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News Jared Kushner Tried to Seat Clinton Accusers in Family Box at Debate
The second match-up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was full of personal attacks, idle threats and hovering glares. But if things had gone Jared Kushner’s way, the debate would have started with even more TV drama. Kushner, Trump’s orthodox son-in-law, and Breitbart-chairman-turned-Trump-adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, cooked up a plan to embarrass and intimidate Hillary…
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