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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Who Called Pittsburgh A ‘Dry Run’ Busted By FBI
A Washington D.C. man was arrested on a gun charge after his family contacted authorities, worried when he called the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting a “dry run,” the Washington Post reported. Jeffrey R. Clark Jr. described himself to law enforcement officers as a white nationalist, according to federal court filings. He also followed the Pittsburgh shooting…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Reopens Washington Office After Nearly 10 Years
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hadassah is reopening its Washington office, nearly a decade after the women’s Zionist group was crippled because of its unwitting involvement in investment counselor Bernie Madoff’s fraud. Ellen Hershkin, the president of the group, which claims 300,000 members in the United States, on Monday named Karen Paikin Barall as the director of…
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Fast Forward ‘Sortition’ Believer Busted In Election Day Bomb Plot On National Mall
Federal authorities were holding a New York man who they said planned to blow himself up on Washington’s National Mall on Election Day in November to promote his ideology that requires government leaders to be randomly selected. Paul Rosenfeld, 56, was charged on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan with building multiple explosives, including…
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Fast Forward D.C. Synagogue Preschool Probed Over Sex Abuse Claims
Police in Washington, D.C., investigated allegations of child sexual abuse at a synagogue preschool
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The Schmooze Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary, ‘Memoir Of War’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
On August 25, 1918, as World War I barreled further into its final phase and a play called “Lightnin’” prepared for the next-day open of what would be a Broadway run of record-breaking length, a baby was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts with the name of Leonard Bernstein. Over the rest of the 20th century, Bernstein’s…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrat Wins Primary In Washington Swing Congressional District
Jewish Democrat Kim Schrier eked out a narrow primary victory against Jason Rittereiser to take on Republican Dino Rossi in a key Congressional race in Washington state. The Associated Press called the win for Schrier, a pediatrician, who leads by a little more than 1,100 votes. The Democrat, who has the backing Emily’s List, is…
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News Left Debates Tactics In Confronting ‘Unite the Right 2’ In D.C.
The organizers of the coming weekend’s “Unite the Right 2” event say it’s a “rally.” Certain Jewish counter-protesters call it something very different — a “pogrom” — and they do so for a very specific reason. A wide range of Jewish and anti-hate organizations are planning to participate in events opposing the August 12 march,…
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Community On The Anniversary Of Charlottesville, Don’t Forget That Nazis Hate More Than Just Jews
On August 6, the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington issued a joint “Community Advisory” on upcoming protests in the District of Columbia. The advisory speaks of “the current rise in bigotry, racism, and anti-Semitism” and says “we must stand together and draw strength from our diversity in order to…
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