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 kestenbaum@forward.com and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum and on Instagram at @skestenbaum.
President Trump-supporting author and preacher Lance Wallnau posted a video describing the president as the biblical king Cyrus and said that Trump will not be impeached, despite the rumblings in Washington D.C. “Trump’s not going anywhere. He’s a Cyrus, but he’s a Cyrus under siege,” Wallnau said. During Wallnau’s address, first noted and blogged about…
The Christian Broadcasting Network is releasing a new documentary about Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Israeli capture of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. It’s the third documentary about Israel that CBN has produced. Why is this major Christian-oriented station so interested in Israel and the Jewish people? “I like to remind…
A suburban Washington, D.C., gym canceled the membership of “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer last week after a professor from Georgetown University recognized and confronted him, calling him a “cowardly Nazi” in public. Now, anti-Semitic trolls are targeting the professor online. “That’s Professor ‘Jew Pig Whore,’” one Twitter user wrote. Another called her a Jewess and…
A suburban Washington, D.C., gym canceled the membership of the “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer last week after he was recognized by a Georgetown University professor who confronted him and called a “cowardly Nazi” in public. Now the professor is being targeted by anti-Semitic trolls online. “That’s Professor ‘Jew Pig Whore,’” one Twitter user wrote. “Get…
Donald Trump’s transformation from real estate mogul and reality TV star to president reads like a strange American fairytale. Dogged by controversy, with no political experience, Trump is now the most powerful person in the world. To some, his triumph was so unlikely that there was only one way to explain in — God played…
Despite some speculation, rap superstar Kendrick Lamar does not belong to the Hebrew Israelite organization of which his cousin is a member, according to the group’s leader. “He is not committed to IUIC. So, just be aware of that,” Bishop Nathanyel, the founder and leader of Israel United In Christ, a New York-based Israelite group,…
With Chelsea Manning released from military prison this week, “alt-right” activist Richard Spencer reminded his followers on Twitter that he has long been a Manning supporter of sorts — seeing her as an anti-government icon. “Manning was heroically brave. She risked her life to oppose and expose a system she viewed as evil,” Spencer wrote…
A Trump-supporting Milwaukee sheriff with ties to antigovernment groups may be headed to the Department of Homeland Security. Sheriff David Clarke, Jr., will reportedly be named an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. The agency has not confirmed this. Clarke is perhaps best known for his very critical — and controversial — comments…
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