Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Israel News Think tank failed to disclose six-figure grant from Israeli government
An American think tank that studies Jew-hatred — including weighing in on when criticism of Israel becomes antisemitic — took a six-figure payment from the Israeli government but didn’t disclose it to the public or to the federal government. That information was detailed in an internal financial spreadsheet that listed payments approved by Israel’s Ministry…
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Israel News Israel approved grant to Tennessee anti-Muslim ‘hate group’
The Israeli government approved a grant to a Tennessee-based Christian Zionist organization that is on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s watch list of hate groups, according to a government spreadsheet acquired by the Forward. The document, which details payments approved to entities around the world by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs in the first quarter…
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Israel News U.S. pro-Israel groups failed to disclose grants from Israeli government
More than half of all American states have passed laws designed to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. No advocacy group was more important to this push than the Israel Allies Foundation, an American non-profit that supports a network of pro-Israel legislators across the globe. It was the IAF that in 2014…
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News Why I’m leaving The Forward to become a rabbi
My grandparents were concerned for my safety amidst a steady rise in attacks. My parents worried about long hours with little gratitude. My brother warned of trends indicating I was entering an unstable and shrinking job market. I decided to become a journalist anyway. Working at The Forward was the fulfillment of a childhood dream,…
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Israel News Despite criticism, Mike Pompeo spoke at the RNC from Israel
It was an unprecedented address, started in an unprecedented way. “Hi, I’m Mike Pompeo,” the United States Secretary of State said. “I’m speaking to you from beautiful Jerusalem, looking out over the Old City.” Pompeo was addressing the 2020 Republican National Convention from Jerusalem via satellite from Israel on Tuesday night. The fact that he…
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News Meet the synagogue leader Joe Biden calls ‘my rabbi’
Many friends and associates of former Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled to share video testimonials about him on Thursday, the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Among them will be Rabbi Michael Beals of Congregation Beth Shalom, a Conservative synagogue in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden’s hometown. Lots of Delawareans have stories about how they…
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News How can YouTube and Reddit successfully fight Holocaust denial, but not Facebook?
While Facebook continues to struggle with Holocaust denial on its platform, policies implemented by YouTube and Reddit show that eliminating anti-Semitism on social media is still possible, a British think tank claimed in a report released last week. The document, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, tracked the frequency of the word “Holohoax” – a…
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News Colleges express outrage about anti-Semitism— but fail to report it as a crime
Binghamton University in upstate New York is known as one of the top colleges for Jewish life in the United States. A quarter of the student population identifies as Jewish. Kosher food is on the meal plan. There are five historically-Jewish Greek chapters and a Jewish a capella group, Kaskeset. When a swastika was drawn…
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