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Fast Forward A Trump Nominee Makes Jewish Groups Choose Between Israel And Sexual Harassment
WASHINGTON (JTA) — If there’s overlap between Hillel and the National Council of Jewish Women, it’s in two areas: defending Israel and combating violence against women on campus. Leaders of the campus Jewish organization took a look at the record of Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run civil rights at the Department of…
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The Schmooze Anthony Rapp Speaks Out About Kevin Spacey Accusations: ‘I Was Trying To Protect People’
Anthony Rapp, the “Startrek: Discovery” actor whose allegations in Buzzfeed that Kevin Spacey had made sexual advances on him as a child had an explosive impact on the #MeToo movement in October, gave his first TV interview about Spacey on Friday. WATCH: @startrekcbs star Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) responds to the outpouring of support he has…
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Fast Forward University of Iowa Will Drop Steve Wynn’s Name From Major Institute He Funded
The University of Iowa says it is planning to remove Steve Wynn’s name from a major institute on its campus in the wake of sexual assault allegations made against him, the Washington Post reported. In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wynn had pressured employees into sex. In 2013, the University of Iowa unveiled…
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The Schmooze Michael Douglas Denies Sexual Misconduct, Preemptively
From James Rosen to James Franco, Gene Simmons to Russel Simmons, and from Kirk Douglas to Michael Douglas, men are scared. As powerful men, particularly in media and entertainment, continue to face accusations about sexual misconduct, it has become clear that the climate surrounding sexual charges is changing. Nothing signifies this change more profoundly than…
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The Schmooze James Franco Is Accused Of Sexual Assault. Why Did Colbert Let Him Off The Hook?
Nobody wants to live in a world where lives are made and ruined by the court of public opinion. Nobody wants rumors on Twitter to decide punishments for accused public figures. Everybody wants justice to reign and for the law to be decided by Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Ruth Bader Ginsberg alone (at least I…
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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi From Brooklyn Probed Over Molestation Accusations — By Dutch Jews
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The umbrella group of Dutch Jewish communities began a probe of the actions of a local Chabad rabbi who is accused of molesting children in the United States. The Organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK, on Wednesday announced the initiation of the probe of Rabbi Mendel Levine, a man in his…
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Yiddish World Banning Carlebach Melodies Would Be Self-Defeating
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. As the list of accusations of sexual harassment against well-known figures continues to grow, it isn’t surprising that charges against spiritual leader and composer-singer Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach have resurfaced, leading some of his accusers to call for a ban of his melodies, many of which have become…
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Fast Forward Matt Lauer’s Wife Plans To Win Bigly In Divorce Suit
Annette Roque, the wife of disgraced NBC anchor Matt Lauer, is lawyering up for the couple’s impending divorce battle — and plans to win bigly, Page Six reported. Roque, a former model, was seen visiting the New York offices of Latham & Watkins, the world’s highest grossing law firm. Lauer was accused in November of…
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