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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Compares Anne Frank To Current Migrants Hiding From Ice
In 1997, novelist and cultural critic Cynthia Ozick wrote an article for the New Yorker criticizing the “distortion” of the historical and literary figure of Anne Frank. “Complicit in this shallowly upbeat view,” she wrote, are two unlikely confederates — Frank’s father Otto, and a promising child actress named Natalie Portman. Portman starred on Broadway…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez And Lindsey Graham Have Heated Exchange Over Holocaust Comparison
Sen. Lindsey Graham clapped back at New York Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, after she compared members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Germany during the Holocaust. In a tweet Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez cited Nazi Germany, along with other refugee crises, as an example of how “asking to…
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Fast Forward Migrant Caravan Is Like Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany, Says Ocasio-Cortez
New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared in a tweet Sunday members of the migrant caravan trying to enter the United States to Jews leaving Germany during the Holocaust. She made the comparison to illustrate her point that “asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime.” She used three examples,…
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Fast Forward George Soros Is The Face Of Another Conspiracy Theory: The Migrant Protest
Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros is the face of another conspiracy theory, alleging that he’s funding the caravan of migrants traveling from Mexico to the United States, the New York Times reported. President Trump and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida are among those spreading the false claims, according to the Times. There is…
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Fast Forward Israel Must Protect African Migrants Who Came As Children: Jewish Agency
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel should grant legal status to over 500 young African migrants, The Jewish Agency board said. The board called on Interior Minister Arye Deri to grant legal status to the more than 500 young migrants who arrived in Israel several years ago as unaccompanied minors and were integrated into Israeli society through…
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Fast Forward Congressional Black Caucus Urges Israel Not To Deport African Migrants
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Congressional Black Caucus is urging Israel’s government to end a plan that forces some 40,000 African migrants in the country to choose between deportation and jail. Under the Israeli plan, migrants face a choice between jail and deportation later, or deportation now with cash incentives and free airfare. Until now, most…
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