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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Fast Forward Chabad Hosting Kosher Tailgate Outside Super Bowl LII
Many Jews will go to extreme lengths to find kosher food, and Super Bowl Sunday is no exception — even when that means braving a tailgate in expected subzero temperatures. U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, which is hosting Super Bowl LII, does not have a kosher concession stand. So a group of rabbis affiliated with…
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News At L.A.’s Jewish Newspaper, New Editor Hires Commentators, Freelancers, Family
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is one of the country’s biggest Jewish publications, with 50,000 subscribers. It covers the ins and outs of heavily Jewish Hollywood. And it publishes big-name journalists like Ben Shapiro, whose podcast is consumed by a million people every day. Since October 1, 2017, however, more than a third…
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Fast Forward Hamas Co-Founder Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself In The Head
One of the founders of the Palestinian terror group Hamas died on Tuesday, three weeks after he was shot in the head in what officials said was an accident. Imad al-Alami, 62, was inspecting his weapon at home when it accidentally discharged, a Hamas spokesman said earlier this month. He was transferred to Shifa Hospital…
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Fast Forward Maryland Considers ‘Jared Kushner Act’ To Ban Arresting Tenants For Unpaid Rent
A bill recently introduced in the Maryland state legislature would ban judges from issuing arrest warrants for tenants being sued for less than $5,000 in unpaid rent — a proposal that its author is calling the “Jared Kushner Act.” The Kushner Companies, the real estate firm which presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner used to run and…
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Fast Forward Federal Judge Blocks Kansas Anti-BDS Law
A federal judge has issued an injunction stopping the enforcement of a Kansas law that bans the state from contracting with individuals or businesses that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that the law should not be enforced while he judges a case involving a…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jewish Congresswoman To Skip State Of The Union
President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday will be missing at least one important audience member: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg has a previously-scheduled speaking engagement in Rhode Island on Tuesday and so will not be attending the speech in Washington, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Ginsburg attended all eight…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To Chile Is A Major Kushner Business Partner
President Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to Chile has numerous close business ties with the family of Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. Andrew Gellert is the president of his family’s food import company, which does business in Chile. His father George is one of Jared Kushner’s father Charles’s most trusted business partners, Bloomberg Politics…
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News Why Are So Many Israeli Politicians Backed By Twitter Bots?
Updated, January 30 Everyone, it seems, is concerned about Twitter bots, a catch-all term for non-human Twitter accounts that are often used to game the system — artificially amplifying its message, or lending it unmerited prestige. Twitter was at the center of inquiries from at least three Congressional committees just last week whose members were…
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