Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Former Orthodox Feminist Leader Now Studying To Be Reform Rabbi
The former executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance announced Wednesday that she was studying to become a Reform rabbi. Elana Maryles Sztokman wrote on her blog that her decision was “about finding a home where I can share values with the people around me, where I don’t have to explain myself all the…
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Fast Forward TMZ’s Harvey Levin: I Have Inside Info On Mark Cuban’s Presidential Plans
Celebrity news guru Harvey Levin says he knows which political party billionaire Mark Cuban will choose if the Dallas Mavericks owner decides to run for president in 2020 — but he’s not sharing until the time is right. Cuban taped an interview for Levin’s upcoming Fox News show “OBJECTified.” “I’m not going to give the…
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News Jewish Retirement Homes Still Without Power As Heat Rises In South Florida
Thousands of Jewish seniors in parts of South Florida are still without power due to the after-effects of Hurricane Irma, an issue of growing concern after at least seven people died in a local nursing home. “At the moment, we’re still working on getting people food and water, and we’re waiting on electrical in a…
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Fast Forward Some North Carolina LGBTQ Groups Boycott Pride Event On Yom Kippur
A coalition of North Carolina LGBTQ groups are boycotting Raleigh-Durham’s annual gay pride festival because it falls on Yom Kippur. The NC Pride parade was originally scheduled for September 30, the day of Yom Kippur. After a backlash from Jewish community members, the organizers of NC Pride sought to fix things by changing the parade…
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Fast Forward Historic Israel-Africa Summit Cancelled Amid Boycott Threats
A landmark diplomatic summit involving Israel and dozens of African countries has been postponed amid a pressure campaign by pro-Palestinian activists and African Arab states to cancel the event. The summit, scheduled for October 23-27 in the West African nation of Togo, has been postponed “to a date to be agreed upon between the two…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Get Green Light To March Outside Swedish Synagogue On Yom Kippur
Members of the Jewish community in Sweden’s second-largest city are protesting a police decision to allow a neo-Nazi march less than 500 feet from a synagogue on Yom Kippur. “Aside from out of fear for our own security, it evokes uncomfortable associations for us Jews,” Aron Verständig, the chairman of the Official Council of Swedish…
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News Jews Hunker Down As Irma Rips Swath Across Florida
Hurricane Irma lashed at both coasts of Florida, cutting power to nearly 6 million people and causing widespread damage — even though some experts said the state may have dodged the worst-case scenario. In the Miami area, home to one of the United States’ largest Jewish populations, water began flooding the streets in the morning….
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Fast Forward ‘Great British Bake-off’ Judge Apologizes For Nazi Costume
One of the judges of the international hit reality show ‘The Great British Bake Off’ has apologized after an old photo was published in a British newspaper of him wearing a Nazi costume. The British newspaper The Sun published on Sunday a photo of Paul Hollywood, who has worked as a judge on the cooking…
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