Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Bloomberg bows out, endorses Biden for nomination
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he was dropping out of the Democratic presidential race, endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. Bloomberg, who spent an estimated $500 million on his campaign, emerged from Super Tuesday having only won the caucus in American Samoa. “Three months ago, I entered the race to…
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News No kissing Torahs or tearing challah: How synagogues are dealing with coronavirus fears
As the coronavirus has spread across the global Jewish community — first in Italy, and then in Israel and the United States — religious leaders have adjusted ritual practices in order to prevent further contagion. Many synagogues and other Jewish institutions have sent out emails to members urging them to follow the health recommendations of…
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Fast Forward ‘Joe’s taking votes away from me,’ Bloomberg says
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said Tuesday that he had no intention of dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary and endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden, saying that Biden was “taking votes away from me.” Speaking at a press conference in Miami, Bloomberg was asked about former rivals who had dropped out…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu surges but still just shy of power: Israel exit polls
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is likely to once again be the largest party in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, but still may fall just short of a governing majority, according to exit polls. Israel’s Channel 11 and 12 found that Likud (currently at 32 seats) is likely to get 36 or 37 Knesset…
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Fast Forward In Israel, politicians in trouble for bribery but with blessings, not money
Shas, the Israeli political party representing Mizrahi Orthodox Jews, was fined 7,500 shekels ($2,150) for giving voters supposedly holy amulets that would purportedly protect voters from the coronavirus, The Jerusalem Post reported. The amulets included a picture of Shas’ late spiritual founder, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and came in a container with a Biblical quote about…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar ‘one of the greatest people I know’: Sanders at Super Tuesday rally
Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Virginia on Saturday, where the presidential candidate called the controversial congresswoman “one of the greatest people I know,” Patch reported. The two of them will also be campaigning together in Minnesota on Monday night. Virginia is one of the 15 states and territories that will be…
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News Five big questions about this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference
This year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. is shaping up to be one of its most memorable yet — though probably not for the reasons the nation’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby hoped for. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced two weeks ago that she would be boycotting the conference, and Sen. Bernie Sanders followed suit a…
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Fast Forward You’re right, America. Bernie Sanders isn’t religious. Lots of Jews aren’t.
Around 60% of Americans think that Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t religious, according to a survey released by the Pew Research Center Thursday. Nearly a quarter of respondents said that Sanders was “not at all religious,” while 36% said they thought he was “not too religious.” Only 34% thought he was somewhat or very religious. Some…
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