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Fast Forward Rabbi Mourns Big-Hearted Family Killed In Costa Rica Plane Crash
The rabbi of a suburban New York temple mourned a family of five that were killed in a tragic plane crash during a paradise vacation to Costa Rica. Rabbi Jonathan Blake of the Westchester Reform Temple identified the family as Bruce and Irene Steinberg and their sons William, Zachary and Matthew. “This tragedy hits our…
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Yiddish World Recalling The Unsavory Characters Of Jewish History, From ‘Prophets’ To Murderers
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press By Eddy Portnoy Stanford University Press, 280 pages $15.25 When the study of Jewish history began in the 19th century, it had two goals: To create an objective picture of the Jewish past and to…
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Fast Forward Why Ivanka Trump’s Vote Wasn’t Counted In New York Elections — And Jared Didn’t Even Try
Ivanka Trump’s absentee ballot wasn’t counted in New York’s elections last month, the Daily News reported. The president’s daughter did send her absentee ballot to New York City’s board of elections. But she mailed it on election day, which was too late for the vote to be counted. Her stepmother, Melania Trump, had a similar…
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Fast Forward Elderly Man Beaten In Hate Crime At Jewish Nursing Home
An 84-year-old resident of a Jewish nursing home in the Bronx, New York, was beaten, nearly robbed and subjected to anti-Semitic remarks on Saturday by a man who was able to make his way into the facility by pretending that he needed to use the bathroom. The incident occurred at the New Jewish Home facility….
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Fast Forward Is This Hasidic Halloween Costume Anti-Semitic?
A trick-or-treating couple in Rockland County, New York dressed as a Hasidic family toting a wagon full of babies and the sign “we buy houses cash.” “This is not funny, this is blatant anti-semitism,” one account called Rockland is One posted on Facebook. “It’s no different than if these people had dressed in blackface. It’s…
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Fast Forward Furious Schumer Rejects Trump’s Criticism After New York Terror Attack
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. accused President Donald Trump of “politicizing” the deadly attack in New York after Trump blamed Schumer for the immigration program that purportedly allowed in the attacker. “I have always believed and continue to believe that immigration is good for America,” Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Jewish Businessman Among Victims In New York Truck-Ramming Terror Attack
(JTA) — Five of the people killed in a truck ramming attack in New York Tuesday afternoon were Argentine tourists visiting Manhattan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation, including one Jewish businessman. Ariel Erlij, 48, a Jewish steel mill owner from the central Argentinian city of Rosario, was killed along with…
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer blames New York terror on ‘all Muslims’
Using the hashtags #banIslam and #proudIslamophobe, Loomer called Islam “cancer” and tweeted that all Muslims are responsible for the deadly violence
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