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Fast Forward Meet Mike Tolkin, The Jewish Millennial Running For Mayor Of New York
NEW YORK (JTA) — Mike Tolkin apologizes for checking his phone as he sits down at a café in this city’s Flatiron district. The 32-year-old Democratic New York mayoral hopeful was waiting to hear Tuesday whether he would be allowed to participate in the final primary debate the following day, which would boost his exposure amid…
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Fast Forward Wannabe Jew Admits Painting Swastikas On His Own Home
(JTA) — A would=be Jewish convert in upstate New York admitted to spray-painting swastikas and hate messages on his own home. Andrew King, who is not Jewish but wears a kippah, pleaded guilty last week in Schenectady City Court to week to falsely reporting an incident, which is a misdemeanor crime, the Albany Times Union…
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Fast Forward Body Of Missing Orthodox Mom Found In Hudson River
(JTA) — The body of a haredi Jewish mother from Monsey who had been reported missing was discovered in the Hudson River, near Bear Mountain Bridge in Upstate New York. The body was discovered Wednesday and positively identified Thursday as that of Malky Lebowitz, nee Einhorn, the news site Crownheights Info reported. Lebowitz was married and…
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Fast Forward Subway Rider Spotted Wearing Swastika Necklace
Craig Lenti, of Astoria, Queens, was riding the subway last week when he thought he saw a swastika necklace around one man’s neck. He double- and then triple-checked the man’s pendant: Yes, it was a real swastika necklace. “I was disgusted, but I couldn’t believe what I saw, so I walked back and forth past…
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News Could Grant’s Tomb Be The Next Monument To Go — Over Anti-Semitism?
Statues of Confederate generals are being targeted for removal across the country as “hate symbols” in the wake of the bloody white supremacist riots that rocked Charlottesville, Virginia. But in New York, a monument to an iconic Union Army leader and U.S. president is the latest lightning rod for controversy. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s alleged…
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Fast Forward Kushner Co. Gets Dumped By New York PR Firm
Risa Heller, the high-powered New York public relations maven, is no longer representing the Kushner Companies, the family real estate firm of presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner. Heller’s action took place in the aftermath of the Charlottesville, Va. terror attack and the highly-criticized response to it by President Trump. Heller has represented the Kushner firm for…
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Fast Forward Queens Condo Building Has Hitler Poster In Lobby, Mengele In Directory
The lobby of a condominium building in the New York borough of Queens is decorated with images of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, among other bizarre ornaments. The lobby at 47-55 39th Place in the Sunnyside neighborhood also includes a swastika and Confederate imagery, as well as posters depicting President Trump and Rev. Martin Luther…
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Breaking News Should New York Remove Statues Of Its Anti-Semitic Governor?
(JTA) — Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson … and Peter Stuyvesant? One of these things is not like the others. Amid the impassioned debate over whether, when and how to remove statues memorializing the Confederacy, an Israeli nonprofit is seeking a piece of the action. On Tuesday, Shurat HaDin, which represents terror victims…
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