Molly Boigon is an investigative reporter at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @MollyBoigon.
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By Molly Boigon
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News 50 years of Jewish voting habits, deconstructed
Throughout the turbulent last four years, various pundits have predicted either that President Donald Trump could attract unusually high numbers of Jewish votes during the 2020 election cycle — or lose many of the ones he had in 2016. As American careens toward a historic Election Day, the picture remains a bit muddled, with news…
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News ‘Loxism’ is not the belief in lox
OCT. 27, 2020 • 7 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The…
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News The Republican Jewish Coalition has funneled more money to Lindsey Graham than any other group
South Carolina’s population of some 5 million people is only about .3% Jewish. Yet the biggest player on behalf of the incumbent in its Senate race — the most expensive in the country — is the Republican Jewish Coalition. That race is also a big priority for J Street, the progressive Israel advocacy organization. “This…
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News JewishPrivilege
OCT. 21, 2020 • 13 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The…
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News Orthodox neighborhoods are getting fewer tests for Covid. Why?
Borough Park’s high Covid case rate is well-documented. But city data also shows that the neighborhood has among the lowest testing rates in New York City. The relative lack of testing could mean that Borough Park and other coronavirus hotspots are actually even hotter than we know, said Mark Harrington, the executive director of Treatment…
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News Neo-Nazis who vandalized a synagogue are recruiting in plain sight
A group of neo-Nazis and domestic terrorists called The Base whose members vandalized a Wisconsin synagogue in 2019 are recruiting on social media platforms, on messaging apps and even in video games, according to new podcast episodes out Thursday from the Southern Poverty Law Center. “It’s all done quite openly,” said the co-host of the…
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News Why is Facebook making so many reforms right now? Not out of altruism, experts say.
Facebook’s steady drumbeat of recent reforms, from banning pages and groups that openly identify with the conspiracy theory QAnon to this week’s ban on Holocaust-denying content to Tuesday’s ban on anti-vaccination ads, might be a sign of things to come, according to experts in the hate and disinformation space. The platform is likely “reading the…
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News Will Jews make a JEXIT from the Democratic Party?
OCT. 13, 2020 • 21 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The Forward. THE 411: CALLS…
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