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 Jewish Official Wrote Justification For Firing James Comey
President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday evening, based on justifications provided by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein’s three-page memo to Attorney General Jeff Sessions explained that the primary motivation for Comey’s firing was his alleged mishandling of accusations against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, specifically his announcement on July 5…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues Idaho Over Lack Of Kosher Meals In Prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho filed a suit last week against the state’s Department of Correction over the prison system’s lack of kosher food. The class action suit, led by four Jewish prisoners of various denominations, asked for a preliminary injunction to force the prisons to serve kosher meals immediately. They argue that…
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Fast Forward Dear Abby’s Grandson Hopes To Give Trump Some Advice — By Running For Congress
A Minnesota Jewish businessman and philanthropist will soon launch a Congressional campaign to unseat a Republican congressman who voted to repeal Obamacare. Dean Phillips told the Star Tribune newspaper on Tuesday that he will launch a campaign in the coming weeks to challenge Rep. Erik Paulsen, who has held his seat in the Minneapolis suburbs…
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Fast Forward ‘Fake’ Kosher Cheese Leads To Criminal Charges in Canada
For the first time, the Canadian government has introduced criminal charges against a company for falsely claiming that its products were kosher. The company Creation Foods and its vice-president Kefir Sadiklar have been accused by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of sending non-kosher cheddar cheese to Jewish summer camps in 2015 with forged documents that…
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Fast Forward IDF Using Virtual Reality Headsets To Prepare For Next Gaza War
The Israeli Defense Forces are using virtual reality headsets in order to train soldiers how to navigate and fight in Hamas’ network of underground tunnels. The IDF began utilizing technology made by the Facebook-owned Oculus and the Taiwanese program HTC Vive in April, Bloomberg News reported Monday. Despite costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the…
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Fast Forward Saudi Arabia Forbids New Father From Naming Daughter ‘Ivanka’
A Saudi father will not be able to name his newborn daughter Ivanka after the government told him that he couldn’t use the name, the news website Zawya reported Sunday. “The civil status department informed me that the name could not be approved because it was foreign,” Salem Al Anzi told the newspaper Okaz. “I…
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Fast Forward Fidget Spinners Were Created To Stop Palestinians From Attacking Israelis
Fidget spinners, the incredibly popular toys that have driven thousands of schoolchildren to distraction in classrooms across America, were invented after their creator sought to create an alternative activity for Palestinian boys to do instead of throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. Catherine Hettinger told Money magazine on Wednesday that her wheels starting turning after observing…
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Fast Forward Did Trump Ask To Host The Miss Universe Pageant On Masada?
The White House announced on Thursday that President Trump would visit Israel later this month as part of his first foreign tour as president. Israel’s Channel 2 News went on to report that the White House’s travel team had asked if the president could give a speech at Masada, the ancient desert fortress where hundreds…
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