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Fast Forward Jewish Cemetery In St. Louis Starts Repairs After Vandalism
A St. Louis Jewish cemetery is repairing dozens of headstones toppled or damaged by vandals over the weekend, and accepting donations to the restoration efforts on its website. Repairs now underway at Chesed Shel Emeth, the historic Jewish cemetery, where vandals knocked over 150+ headstones yesterday. pic.twitter.com/QIUotjvuqq — Kiya Edwards (@KSDKkiya) February 21, 2017 Police…
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Community The Latest Trend In Zionism? Anti-Semitism.
“The truth,” writes Bernard Henri-Levy in his recent book, The Genius of Judaism, “is that one can now be anti-Semitic only by being anti-Zionist; anti-Zionism is the required path for any anti-Semitism that wishes to expand its recruiting pool beyond those still nostalgic for the discredited brotherhoods.” Is that true, or has the ancient virus…
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Food Ivanka-Brand Lox Dropped By Brooklyn Shop? Now We’ve Heard Everything
Did another Ivanka-branded product just get dropped by a retailer? Ivanka-brand lox, whitefish and herring apparently will no longer be sold at Shelsky’s of Brooklyn, the smoked fish and appetizing emporium. If you’ve read this far, you may have figured out that Ivanka smoked fish doesn’t exist, and that Shelsky’s co-owner Peter Shelsky was making…
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Community No, Trump Is Not Hitler — Here’s Why.
Trump is not Hitler. Only Hitler was Hitler. There’s nothing worthwhile to be accomplished by introducing that comparison as a rhetorical tactic. As German historian Thomas Weber points out in his article on DW, comparing anyone to Hitler is a distraction and any argument that draws that parallel is destined to futility. And yet this…
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Fast Forward Trump Might Hire Jewish Investor To Review Spy Agencies
The New York Times reported Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump is planning to hire private equity billionaire Steve Feinberg to run a “broad review of American intelligence agencies.” Feinberg, who has no intelligence experience, is a founder of Cerberus Capital Management, a $40 billion firm with a wide range of assets, including the military…
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Fast Forward Asked About Anti-Semitism, Trump Brags About Election Win. Huh?
President Trump responded to a question about rising anti-Semitism in America following his election with a random boast about his Electoral College win. The answer sounded more like a series of non-sequiturs than an answer to the question about rising hate crimes since the November vote. “I just want to say we are very honored…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Watch and Wait on Trump Two-State Solution ‘Shift’
In the hours before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump, Jewish groups are mostly staying mum on a statement from the White House that could signal an historic shift in U.S. policy. An unnamed White House official told reporters that the Trump administration was not necessarily committed to a two-state solution to…
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Fast Forward READ: Ex-Congressional Staffers Write Anti-Trump Resistance Guide
As protests roil the country, a group of progressive former Congressional staffers have put out a handy guide on how to pressure members of Congress to vote against President Donald Trump’s agenda. “Donald Trump is the biggest popular-vote loser in history to ever call himself President-Elect. In spite of the fact that he has no…
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Fast Forward Joe Kent, now under investigation, insinuates to Tucker Carlson that Israel might have killed Charlie Kirk to stoke Iran war
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Fast Forward ‘I’m alive!’: Netanyahu speaks in-person amid ongoing online rumors claiming he’s dead
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