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It’s Kermit vs. Pepe as Twittersphere Fights ‘Alt-Right’ With Feel-Good Frog
Watch out, Pepe! In a fight against anti-Semitic and racist attacks, Twitter users are now using a secret weapon: Kermit the Frog. Kermit is framed as an anti-bigotry (but equally green) alternative to Pepe the Frog. Pepe is popular among “alt-right” Twitter trolls and white supremacists, and was recently declared an official hate-symbol by the…
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Girlfriend of Dan Markel’s Brother-In-Law Charged With Murder
Police have made a new arrest in the 2014 murder of Jewish law professor Dan Markel, nabbing Katherine Magbanua in Broward County, Florida, and charging her with first degree murder. Magbanua has two children with Sigfredo Garcia, one of two men already charged in the alleged murder-for-hire. She was also in a relationship with Charles…
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World’s Oldest Man Celebrates Bar Mitzvah — 100 Years Late
The world’s oldest man, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, celebrated his bar mitzvah a century late. Kristal, of Haifa, celebrated the rite over the weekend with his two children, grandchildren and nearly 30 great-grandchildren, The Associated Press reported. He was recognized as the world’s oldest man in March. He missed his…
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Rodney Dangerfield Finally ‘Gets Some Respect’ With Mural in Queens Neighborhood
Rodney Dangerfield, who got “no respect” in life, got some after death. A mural dedicated to the late marquee comic was unveiled in his Kew Gardens, Queens neighborhood. Designed by Italian artist Francesca Robicci and appearing on the back wall of an area movie theater, the mural pictures the comedian, with rumpled suit and puckered…
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How a Bagel Explains Super-Confusing Theory That Helped Jewish Physicist Win Nobel Prize
How does a bagel explain the physics theory that helped a British Jewish professor win a share of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics? More than you might think. Michael Kosterlitz, who is Jewish, shared the prestigious prize with colleagues David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in…
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Tim Kaine Cites Holocaust Survivor — Mike Pence Slams Iran Deal at Vice Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON — In the vice presidential debate, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence repeatedly tussled over whether the Iran nuclear deal stopped Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at least four times throughout the debate Tuesday night at Longwood University in Virginia, listed the Iran nuclear deal as an accomplishment for his running…
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Does Rising Anti-Semitism Justify More ‘Jewish Earmark’ Security Funding?
Citing a growing threat to Jewish institutions, advocates for Jewish groups are asking Congress to increase funding for a federal security grant program that almost exclusively benefits Jewish charities. The effort comes amid signals that the federal program, which has drawn criticism from the editorial pages of this newspaper, has now achieved a new level…
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Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel and 8 Other Inspirational Jews Who Died in 5776
It’s a fact of life: Scores of notable people pass away each year. But for some reason — whether it’s the of the baby boomer generation, the increasingly loud echo chambers on social media of condolences, or maybe just the expansion of who (or what) constitutes a celebrity in our collective psyche — the past year has…
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WATCH: Sara Netanyahu Warmly Greets Mahmoud Abbas at Shimon Peres Funeral
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged greetings with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas before the funeral of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres — but it was First Lady Sarah Netanyahu who dominated the encounter by inviting the Palestinian leader for a visit. It was the first time the men had shaken hands in over a year….
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5 Reasons White Supremacists Love Donald Trump
This week the Anti-Defamation League officially listed Pepe the frog to its list of “hate symbols” — just weeks after Donald Trump’s son posted a photoshopped image of his father standing beside the now-officially Jew-hating amphibian. Trump’s links to anti-Semitic groups will surprise no one who has been following the rise of the Republican presidential…
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For Jewish Left, a Conflict in Brooklyn Exposes Bitter Split Over Anti-Semitism
In Brooklyn, the progressive left is fracturing over charges of anti-Semitism. A group of Jewish activists pamphleted an open mic event held last week at Brooklyn Commons, a progressive gathering space in Boerum Hill, condemning the venue’s leadership for partnering with “anti-Semities and white nationalists” — and the scene descended into chaos. The crowd shouted….
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