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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Candidate Praises Anti-Semitic Robocalls Targeting Sen. Feinstein
Supporters of Patrick Little, a neo-Nazi and avowed anti-Semite running as a Republican on California’s Senate primary ballot, have purchased radio ads full of anti-Semitic slurs aimed at Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The 90-second robocalls encouraged listeners to back Little, who the call says has “vowed to end Jewish control over…
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Community The Misinterpretation Of The Diaries Of Anne Frank And Luis De Carvajal, El Mozo
Myths and martyrs hold significant space in Jewish storytelling and Jewish belief, and there are no two texts that prove this quite like “The Diary of Anne Frank” and the “Memoirs of Luis de Carvajal, El Mozo.” Anne Frank was one of eight people captured by the Nazis in the Secret Annex, and Luis de…
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Community He Went Viral For Mocking A Jewish Child’s Hair — But Will Be Remembered For His Heartfelt Apology
On Friday May 4, Yonkers resident Quai James posted a short video making fun of a Hasidic child’s haircut, filmed in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn. The film quickly went viral, and Jewish community members were outraged. Soon after, James issued a heartfelt video apology — and stopped by the Forward’s offices the next week…
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News Is Jordan Peterson Enabling Jew Hatred?
Editor’s Note, May 14, 1:08 p.m.: The original version of this article featured an illustration juxtaposing Jordan Peterson’s image with that of Hitler. In the eyes of many, the art equated Peterson and Hitler, which was not our intent. We were trying to convey Peterson’s intellectual interest in the phenomena of Hitler and the Holocaust….
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Flyers In Omaha Advertise White Supremacist Book Club
Anti-Semitic flyers urging people to join a white supremacist book club were recently found in Omaha neighborhoods, the Omaha World Herald reported Tuesday. The flyers contain hate messages against Jewish people, encourage people to join pro-white activist clubs and direct people to a neo-Nazi website. There are 19 of the “book clubs” across the nation,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Man Apologizes For Viral Video Taunting Hasidic Child
The man who filmed himself taunting a young Hasidic boy over his haircut has issued a video apology. Quai James’ apology came a few days after the original video went viral, with the original clip viewed over 1 million times and copies of it seen at least a million more. “I recently posted a online…
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Fast Forward Man Punches 14-Year-Old Yeshiva Student In Latest New York Anti-Semitic Attack
A 14-year-old yeshiva student in the New York borough of Queens was punched and called a “Jew boy” on Sunday in an attack that the police are investigating as an anti-Semitic incident, the Forest Hills Post reported. The boy was reportedly walking home outside Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah Grodno at around 8:00 p.m. when a man…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Chapter Tells Tamika Mallory: We Won’t Accept More Anti-Semitism
The Women’s March chapter in Connecticut issued a public warning to a leader of the national group, Tamika Mallory, about her perceived acceptance of anti-Semitism. Upon returning from her recent visit to Israel, Mallory tweeted: “Donald Trump’s #muslimban + #deportationplan are all lines of out the #Netanyahu book of oppression.” “As you tweet about your…
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