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A Year After Death, ‘Angel’ Daniella Moffson Inspires Outpouring of Emotion — and Giving
In the year since Daniella Moffson’s tragic death, many of her friends – and even some complete strangers – have been honoring her memory by raising money for causes she cared about. Moffson, 21, was one of three people killed in a bus crash in Honduras last January when the vehicle, which carried 25 Columbia…
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Google ‘Did the Holocaust Happen’ — and a Neo-Nazi Site Is the Top Hit
Googling “did the Holocaust happen” returns an unsettling answer: A page from the Neo-Nazi website Stormfront titled “Top 10 reasons why the Holocaust didn’t happen.” The page’s place on the Google search results was originally reported by the Guardian on Sunday and picked up by a slew of other sites. On Tuesday afternoon, the site…
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BREAKING: New Hearings in Holocaust Lawyer’s Challenge to FBI Behavior in Clinton Email Scandal
Lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg is well-known for his work pursuing restitution of art stolen in the Holocaust; this week, he’s made headlines for filing a lawsuit against the FBI. The lawsuit demands the agency honor Schoenberg’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the search warrant they obtained to investigate Anthony Weiner’s laptop as…
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Con Ed Threatens to Turn Out the Lights on Jared Kushner Properties
Jared Kushner’s real estate empire isn’t paying all its bills, according to the New York City electric company Consolidated Edison, which is threatening to cut off power at some of his properties in the East Village after one of his management firms failed to pay hundreds of dollars in fees. “We regret to notify you…
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Sophie Wilansky Leaves Hospital After Nearly Losing Arm to ‘Grenade’ at Standing Rock Protests
The young Jewish woman whose arm was nearly torn off by a grenade at the protests against a natural gas pipeline at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is back home this week, preparing for more surgeries. Sophia Wilansky posted a photo of herself with her dog, Angus, at her parents’ home in The Bronx after…
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BDS Backer Loses Bid to Lead Britain’s Jewish Students — Gets Just 12% of Vote
Eran Cohen, the supporter of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel who wanted to lead Britain’s Union of Jewish Students, was routed in his bid for the presidency of the body, coming in a distant third to two other candidates, according to results announced on Sunday that showed him garnering under 12% of votes. The…
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Rex Tillerson Faces New Chorus of Condemnation From Jews as Secretary of State Pick
Rex Tillerson will be Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, the president-elect tweeted this morning, setting off a new round of condemnations from Jewish groups. Jewish leaders are joining senators on both sides of the aisle in raising concerns about the Exxon Mobil CEO, who has close ties to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. While…
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Trump’s Pick of Exxon’s Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State Spooks Jewish Groups
Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of State is making Jewish groups very nervous. Rex Tillerson, the multi-millionaire CEO of the multinational oil corporation Exxon Mobil, has been tapped succeed John Kerry as the chief U.S. diplomat, Trump’s transition team announced Tuesday. “There’s some real causes of concern,” said Ron Halber, executive director…
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Meet the Jewish Transgender Reporter Ben Shapiro Mocked at Yeshiva U.
A Jewish transgender reporter who physically threatened conservative pundit Ben Shapiro on TV says Orthodox Jews are flirting with white nationalists. “The Jewish Orthodox community is playing footsie with the alt-right,” Zoey Tur told the Forward in an exclusive interview. Last July, Tur and Shapiro clashed on CNN’s Headline News over the rights of transgender…
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Neo-Nazis Shed the Swastika in New Effort To Reach Mainstream
Last month, the country’s leading neo-Nazi group did away with their swastika logo. Emboldened by Donald Trump’s victory in the election, they saw this as a moment where their movement could go mainstream. The National Socialist Movement, which has its roots in the original American Nazi Party, has replaced it’s swastika insignia for an a…
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In Germany, You Can ‘Rent a Jew’ to Fight Anti-Semitism
100,000 Jews live in Germany, and it’s the country with the world’s fastest-growing Jewish community. But many Germans have never – consciously – met a Jew. There’s a new project wants to change that: Rent a Jew. The Munich-based European Janusz Korczak Academy launched the project, which aims to bring together Jews and non-Jews in…
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