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 Universal Studios Says Gaza War Wasn’t A War In Bizarre Insurance Fight
Universal Cable Productions, a subsidiary of media conglomerate NBCUniversal, is suing an insurance company for millions of dollars in a case that hinges on whether Operation Protective Edge, the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas, was a “war” or merely “terrorism.” The Universal-owned USA Network was filming a show in Israel in the summer of…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Activist Linda Sarsour Picked To Speak At CUNY Graduation
Muslim-American political activist Linda Sarsour has been selected to deliver the commencement address at the City University of New York’s School of Public Health, drawing criticism from some Jewish leaders. Sarsour, who is scheduled to speak at CUNY on June 1, was one of the organizers of the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. in January,…
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Fast Forward The Anne Frank Center Is No Longer Apolitical — And Has Limited Ties To Frank Family
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the small New York nonprofit that has grown in prominence over the past year due to its new executive director’s incendiary rhetoric toward President Trump, reportedly does not consider itself a “pro-Jewish” group — and has only tenuous ties to the Frank family. The Atlantic reported Monday that,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Students Protest Outside Home Of Former Nazi Guard
Jewish high school students protested on Monday outside the home of the last known Nazi concentration camp guard in the U.S. The Queens, N.Y. home of Jakiw Palij, 92, was the site of signs and chants by students from the Rambam Mesivta on Long Island. “It is outrageous that a Nazi who is involved in…
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News ‘I Wore A Tallis To Protest Sebastian Gorka At Georgetown’
Jewish and Muslim students at Georgetown University protested and sharply questioned White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka, who appeared on campus on Monday for a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news” amid growing controversy over his background and views. Before his appearance, the students gathered outside the lecture hall with signs saying “Hate has…
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Fast Forward First New Hebrew-German Prayer Book In 100 Years Published On Yom HaShoah
The first new Hebrew-German Jewish prayer book in over a century was unveiled in Berlin on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. The prayer book, called Tehillat Hashem, contains over 1,400 pages and took four years to write, according to Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the book’s publisher and the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to the German capital. In…
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Fast Forward Right-wingers Troll Sebastian Gorka’s Jewish Georgetown Protesters
Right-wing bloggers and activists are criticizing Georgetown University students who protested an appearance on campus by Sebastian Gorka, the White House counterterrorism adviser who has been dogged by accusations that he is a member of a far-right Hungarian group with historical ties to Nazism. Gorka bolted from a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news”…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: Gorka Storms Out Of Georgetown Conference After Student Questions
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism aide, stormed out of a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news” at Georgetown University on Monday after some students silently protested him and others asked him pointed questions. Gorka, a former adjunct professor at Georgetown, has come under heavy criticism in recent months for his longstanding ties to…
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