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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Fast Forward Jewish Nonprofit Employees Are Sharing How Much They Make in A Google Spreadsheet
Employees at Jewish nonprofits all over the country are disseminating a spreadsheet meant to help inform workers — especially female ones — about the salaries of their peers. The Google spreadsheet collected 210 entries in its first 12 or so hours. “If you don’t know what people are making, you don’t know what to ask…
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Fast Forward Facebook Will Not Let Laura Loomer Back On Even Though She’s Running For Office
Far-right activist Laura Loomer will not be allowed to return to Facebook while running for Congress, according to CNN. “People who have been banned from our services aren’t able to set up a new account even if they’re running for office,” a spokesperson told the network’s Oliver Darcy. Loomer is banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,…
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Fast Forward New York State Sues B&H Foto For Tax Fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Orthodox-owned B&H Photo for failing to pay more than $7 million in taxes, according to a complaint filed today in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The attorney general’s office alleges the photo and electronics retailer intentionally miscalculated the amount it was supposed…
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News Feel Like Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Are On The Rise In New York? You’re Not Wrong
Twitter and other social media forums are abuzz with worry and anger about two anti-Semitic incidents in New York City: the smashing of windows at a girl’s yeshiva, and the scrawling of swastikas and a message — “Kill all Jews” — on a Manhattan subway station wall. These two incidents, which happened between Friday night…
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Fast Forward ‘Kill All Jews,’ And Broken Windows: Two Anti-Semitic Incidents Strike New York
Two more instances of anti-Semitic crime shocked New York City this past weekend, the latest in a slate of incidents targeting Jews here. The 103rd street subway stop was vandalized with swastikas and the words “kill all Jews,” and a man used a gun to smash the windows at a girls’ yeshiva, Bais Rikvah School,…
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Fast Forward Virginia Could Have Its First Jewish Speaker Of The House
Virginia might have its first Jewish and first female Speaker of the House of Delegates as of Saturday. Eileen Filler-Corn, a 55-year-old mother of two, is a Democrat who represents the Fairfax county suburbs of Washington D.C., and was Virginia’s first Jewish and first female Democratic Caucus leader. She, along with three other Democrats, are…
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News Special Coverage: Pittsburgh, One Year Later
After a day of community service, Torah study and community gathering, Pittsburgh residents say they are closing a chapter in their healing after last year’s deadly synagogue shooting. Sunday was the one-year mark, a date loaded with significance. There was a long roster of activities and ceremonies that, amid tears and unanswered questions, enabled the…
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News After Synagogue Shooting, Congregants Daunted By Looming, Lengthy Death Penalty Process
In Terre Haute, Indiana, a man named Marvin Gabrion has been in prison awaiting death for 17 years, seven months and 11 days. He committed his crimes in 1996 and 1997, then was tried, convicted of murder and sentenced in 2002. Gabrion is currently the longest-serving inmate on federal death row, and though he terrorized…
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