Sam Kestenbaum is a contributing editor and former staff writer for the Forward. Before this, he worked for The New York Times and newsrooms in Sana, Ramallah and Beijing. Contact him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum and on Instagram at @skestenbaum.
Sam Kestenbaum
By Sam Kestenbaum
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Fast Forward White Supremacists Cheer Yair Netanyahu For Anti-Semitic Meme
The Israeli prime minister’s son won acclaim from American white supremacists after posting an anti-Semitic meme online. White supremacist leader David Duke took to Twitter over the weekend to cheer Yair Netanyahu. “Welcome to the club, Yair – absolutely amazing,” Duke wrote, “wow, just wow.” Welcome to the club, Yair – absolutely amazing, wow, just…
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Ramp Up Campus Outreach As Students Return
The white nationalist group Identity Evropa may be ramping up its college campus outreach ahead of the school year. The group, led by “alt-right” figure Nathan Damigo, targeted dozens of universities last year with pamphlets promoting their cause. Now, according to the Anti-Defamation League, Identity Evropa is gearing to target campuses “just as students arrive…
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Fast Forward An Intimate Look At Judaism In Nigeria — Thanks To A New Blog
A new website from Nigeria offers an intimate view into a little known Jewish community — despite decades of activity and its growing numbers. Launched this summer, the blog is run by Tikvat Israel Synagogue, an influential Igbo congregation in Abuja that has longstanding ties to American and Israeli religious outreach groups. A September post…
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Fast Forward Was ‘Swastika’ Blanket That Caused Uproar A Native American Symbol?
Last month, a group of activists rallied at a Flea Market in Utah to protest what they said was a swastika-decorated blanket on sale. But flea market organizers said this this was no swastika — but instead a sacred Native American symbol. “I know antiques and I knew exactly what it was when I saw…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka Says White Supremacists ‘Not Serious Threat’
Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka said yesterday that white supremacists are “not a serious threat” in America. The real threat? A “rising tendency toward political violence” on the left, he said. Speaking on Breitbart radio, Gorka said that the loosely organized antifa movement is part of the “normalization of violence on the left.” “Let’s…
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News Amar’e Stoudemire Won’t Return To Play In Israel
Basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire, who led the Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem to victory in national championships, announced that he would not return to play another season. “Although I would have liked to return for another season, the team, coach and I could not find a role that I felt would allow me to meaningfully…
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Fast Forward ‘Firefighter Prophet’ Says Steve Bannon’s Ouster Is Also God’s Plan
The evangelical Christian “firefighter prophet” Mark Taylor — who believes that Donald Trump was lifted up by God to bring America and Israel closer together in a sacred union — is now saying that Steve Bannon’s ouster from the White House is also part of God’s plan. In a podcast last week, Taylor suggested that…
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Fast Forward Controversial New Jersey Eruv Wins Backing From Muslims
The country’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization is rallying to support a controversial Jewish religious boundary known as an eruv, which officials in two New Jersey towns have demanded be removed. The New Jersey branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said local resistance to the boundary amounted to religious intolerance, NewJersey.com reported. The eruv…
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