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Israeli Spy Firm That Approached Trump First Proposed Dirty Tricks Against BDS
The Israeli private intelligence company that offered to manipulate social media for the Trump campaign offered similar services a year earlier to a group of U.S. Jewish donors who sought to target Israel’s critics, according to a document obtained by the Forward. In late 2015, the Israeli private intelligence firm Psy-Group approached an ad hoc…
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Donor Gave $5K To Florida Black GOP Caucus Day After Report He Used N-Word
A Florida Republican activist donated to a prominent African-American organization the day after a report was published broadcasting the fact that he called former President Barack Obama a “F—— MUSLIM N——” on Twitter, public records show. Steven Alembik, who first made national news for holding a pro-Israel fundraiser at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort following the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Former JCC Camp Official Accused Of ‘Sexual Misconduct’ With Camper
Updated 5:15 p.m. A Jewish community center in southern California is evaluating an allegation that a top official at a summer camp it was associated with had sexual encounters with an underage female camper for several years more than 35 years ago, the Forward has learned. The Alpert JCC in Long Beach is investigating the…
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A Sex-Offender Synagogue President Resigns Despite Rabbi’s Support
Jason Wasserman was on the child sex offender registry. He completed his sentence and has been pardoned.
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Jews Fight For Immigrants — But Face Fierce Backlash From Anti-Israel Activists
In Tucson, another sign of division on the left
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Prestigious Jewish School Knew About Predator’s Abuse But Rehired Him Anyway
Stanley Rosenfeld liked to wrestle with his middle school students. In his underwear. The matches would take place in his apartment when he was an assistant principal at SAR Academy, a prominent Orthodox school in New York City. Rosenfeld frequently hosted his male students for weekend sleepovers. He would cook Friday night dinner and take…
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Fired Teacher Sues SAR — Says He’s Sex Scandal Scapegoat
A teacher fired in connection with the Jewish educator Stanley Rosenfeld’s abuse of children at an Orthodox school in the 1970s is suing the school and claiming wrongful termination. Rabbi Sheldon Schwartz, a 45-year veteran of SAR Academy in the Bronx, alleges that the school has not followed its own procedures in firing him, a…
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Is SAR Reckoning With A Sex Abuse Scandal — Or Looking For A Scapegoat?
Robert Eckmann finally decided ten months ago to email his middle school about the principal who molested him in the 1970s. He couldn’t have known the consequences. His private message has led to revelations about Stanley Rosenfeld, who the Forward found had admitted to molesting hundreds of boys over a decades-long career in Jewish education….
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Candidate Seth Grossman Compares Kavanaugh Inquiry To Lynching Of Jews, Blacks
A Republican Jewish congressional candidate in New Jersey who once said “diversity is a bunch of crap” again sparked outrage when he compared the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the lynching of “innocent Jewish and black men.” Seth Grossman, who according to a recent poll is trailing Democrat Jeff Van…
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Israel Uses Canary Mission Blacklist Info To Bar Activists
Israel’s Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy Ministry is using information from the controversial right-wing website Canary Mission, to bar political activists from entering the country, according to documents obtained by Haaretz. The internal documents, some of which were submitted to the appeals tribunal in the appeal against the deportation of American student Lara Alqasem, show…
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Ben Shapiro Continues To Rise, Buoyed By Kavanaugh Controversy
Ben Shapiro wasn’t satisfied with having one of the most downloaded podcasts in America, a nationally syndicated radio show, millions of followers on Facebook and Twitter, a website quickly growing to be one of the most prominent in the American conservative ecosystem and sold-out lecture halls whenever he visits college campuses. Now, at age 34,…
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