Molly Boigon is an investigative reporter at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @MollyBoigon.
Molly Boigon
By Molly Boigon
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News There’s a Proud Boys chapter in Israel
The Proud Boys, a club of self-identified “western chauvinists” who have been energized by President Donald Trump’s request during Tuesday night’s debate that they “stand by,” have a chapter in Israel, despite the group’s association with antisemites and white nationalists. The Israel chapter of the Proud Boys was established in February of 2018, and according…
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News ‘Get ready for war:’ Proud Boys, allies see debate remarks as ‘call to action’
Members of the Proud Boys, a group of self-described “Western chauvinists” who yearn for violent civil conflict, are taking President Trump’s debate remarks that they should “stand by” as a “call to action,” said an expert on extremism at the Anti-Defamation League. “Stand by” is a law enforcement and military term, said Joanna Mendelson, associate…
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News Trump refuses to condemn white supremacy, urges antisemitic Proud Boys to ‘Stand by’
In response to a question about whether he would condemn white supremacists and militia groups and ask them to stay peaceful in the coming weeks and months, President Trump singled out the Proud Boys, a racist and antisemitic white supremacist group and told them to “stand by.” “Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists…
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News Israel, conspiracy theories, antisemitism: What to look for at tonight’s debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will face off Tuesday night in the first presidential debate ahead of this November’s election. The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News (who is Jewish himself, and the son of journalists) has chosen to ask the candidates about each of their records, the Supreme Court, the…
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News He was famous for fighting antisemitism. Now, his antisemitic statements are out.
A Saudi official who received an award for his work fighting antisemitism and racism in June made antisemitic comments on a Saudi radio program in 2014, according to a report released Monday by a Washington, D.C. think tank that is critical of the Saudi government. Muslim World League Secretary General Dr. Mohammed al-Issa, among the…
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Community Read this for effortlessly clear skin
Once a month in seventh grade, my mother would pick me up from school and drive me to a blood clinic in Greenwich, where a nurse would draw blood from my arm and make sure I was not pregnant. It was a ridiculous way to spend a late afternoon — I had not started menstruating…
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News Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt spoke at the Capitol as Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rabbi spoke on Friday at the Capitol building as the body of Supreme Court justice, feminist icon and Jew arrived for the high honor of lying in state for two days. She spoke about a framed piece of art in Justice Ginsburg’s chambers that said tzedek, tzedek tirdof, “Justice, justice you must…
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Fast Forward Meet the rabbi who led Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral service
Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt spoke and sang at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral Wednesday in the Supreme Court. “This was Justice Ginsburg’s life’s work, to insist that the Constitution deliver on its promise that ‘We the People’ would include all the people,” she said. “She carried out that work in every chapter of her life.” She also…
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