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Fast Forward Candidate Accused Of Anti-Semitism Unveils Ad Highlighting Jewish Heritage
A former CIA operative who faced criticism for sharing anti-Semitic articles on social media and is now running for Congress in New Mexico unveiled her first campaign ad on Monday, which included a reference to her Jewish heritage. Valerie Plame, a former spy whose identity was leaked in one of the George W. Bush administration’s…
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Fast Forward Israeli Students Assaulted By ‘Arabic Speakers’ In Warsaw
(JTA) — Israeli students spending a semester in Warsaw were attacked as they left a nightclub in the city. Two of the students required hospitalization after the early Saturday morning attack. The details of the attack were posted on Facebook by Barak Kashpizky, the twin brother of one of the injured Israelis. Yotam Kashpizky, who…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic, Racist Graffiti Discovered At Revolutionary War Site
(JTA) — Dozens of local residents joined by local clergy gathered at the historic Fort Revere Park in Hull, Massachusetts, to protest anti-Semitic and racist graffiti. The gathering on Thursday came several days after the discovery of the vandalism painted on the walls of the fort, including swastikas, messages advocating violence against Jews, the slogan…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Anti-Semitism Czar Resigns From Parliament Over Labour Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A longtime British Labour Party lawmaker who serves as the country’s anti-Semitism czar announced his resignation from Parliament in protest of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s failure to act enough against rampant anti-Semitism in the party. John Mann’s announcement on Saturday comes just weeks before likely snap Parliamentary elections. He has served as a…
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Fast Forward New York GOP Chapter Vows To Re-Air Anti-Semitic Campaign Ad
The leader of the Republican Party chapter in Rockland County, New York vowed to re-air a campaign ad that it deleted from its Facebook page after being criticized for anti-Semitism, the New York Post reported Thursday. The video, titled “A Storm is Coming,” claimed that local legislator Aron Wieder, who is an Orthodox Jew, and…
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Fast Forward Labor Department Official Back At Work After Sarcastic ‘Anti-Semitism’ Kerfuffle
Department of Labor official Leif Olson was reinstated following his resignation after a Bloomberg Law article accused him of making anti-Semitic comments, which he claimed were in fact sarcastic mockeries of anti-Semites, Fox News reported. Critics on the right and left claimed that Bloomberg Law had misinterpreted Olson’s comments. Olson resigned days before the story…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History Of James Bond
Editor’s Note: George Lazenby, who gained fame for playing the role of James Bond in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” turns 80 today. In his honor, we present our own history of James Bond. It’s hard to imagine anyone less Jewish — or more goyish — than James Bond: He of the shaken-not-stirred-martinis; he who…
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The Schmooze Sharon Osbourne Opens Up About Trauma Anti-Semitism Had On Her Family
When Sharon Osbourne agreed to do the popular BBC show “Who Do You Think You Are,” in which producers and historians trace the lineage of celebrities, she thought it would be fun. But when it came time to investigate her father’s Ashkenazi Jewish side of the family, in Osbourne’s words, “There was nothing for them…
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