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 Facebook ad boycott sees little participation from Jewish groups
Jewish organizations like the Jewish Federations of North America, HIAS and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum are joining more than 300 companies in a boycott of Facebook advertising. The campaign’s leaders, which include the Anti-Defamation League, describe the boycott as a response to the persistence of hateful content on the platform, including Holocaust denial,…
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Fast Forward Ice Cube tells Jake Tapper ‘Watch your mouth’ over Farrakhan criticism
Rapper Ice Cube clapped back at CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Twitter this week after the host criticized a Fox channel for planning to air a program hosted by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. “Watch your mouth Jake,” tweeted Ice Cube in response to Tapper’s tweet, which called Farrakhan a “vile anti-LGBTQ anti-Semitic misogynist”…
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Fast Forward WH staff couldn’t reach Trump on golf outing to get him to delete ‘White Power’ retweet
White House officials could not reach President Trump to tell him to delete a retweet that featured a video of a Trump supporter saying “White Power” because he did not have his phone at his golf club, NBC News reported. The post was up for more than three hours because Trump put his phone down…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen on Trump’s ‘White Power’ retweet: I told you so
President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen condemned the president’s Sunday retweet, saying it was “offensive” and “indefensible.” Remember what I said about @POTUS @realDonaldTrump during my live testimony before @OversightDems @GOPoversight committee. Mr. President, do the right thing and denounce the #offensive and #indefensible chant of “white power”! — Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) June 28, 2020…
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News Criticizing Cuomo, de Blasio, judge loosens COVID restrictions on religious gatherings
A federal judge in Syracuse issued a preliminary injunction Friday preventing New York officials from enforcing different coronavirus restrictions for houses of worship than for secular nonessential businesses. Senior U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe wrote that Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Letitia James and Mayor Bill de Blasio had made decisions that led to…
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Fast Forward Firefighters rescue 100-year-old Torah from Boca Raton fire
Firefighters saved a 100-year-old Torah from a house fire on Arcadia Court in Boca Raton, Fla. on Tuesday. The firefighters extinguished the blaze and went back into the home to get the Torah at the owners’ request. In a video posted by the local CBS News affiliate, a woman, presumably a resident of the home,…
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News Facebook failing to contain content from far-right ‘Boogaloo’ movement, experts say
Facebook is failing to contain content from a growing right-wing extremist group called the “boogaloo” movement, experts say. Researchers from Avaaz, a not-for-profit that works to combat disinformation, found more than 20 Facebook pages calling for armed violence and promoting conspiracy theories about the George Floyd protests by self-identified “Boogaloo Boys,” members of an anti-government…
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News Claims Conference executive who led during fraud scandal to serve as new chairman
Gideon Taylor, the former executive director of the Claims Conference who was one of the leaders under which employees perpetrated an elaborate fraud, will be the new chairman of the organization on June 30 barring extenuating circumstances, a spokeswoman said. Taylor is the sole nominee to replace Julius Berman, who served in the role for…
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