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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News Jews unite at rally against anti-Semitism, but diverge on police response
The “No Hate, No Fear” march in New York on Sunday saw tens of thousands of Jews united against anti-Semitism – but divided over the proper response from the government. In Brooklyn neighborhoods that have seen frequent anti-Semitic assaults, many Jews are welcoming the increased presence of New York Police Department officers and New York…
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News Need To Know: How the government is responding to anti-Semitism
Over the past few weeks – after the violent attacks at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey and a Hanukkah party in Monsey, New York – officials have come forward with proposals about how to respond. Here’s what you need to know about what local, state, and national government leaders are responding: Security…
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Fast Forward Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be going to the big march against anti-Semitism
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be among many elected officials attending a massive rally against anti-Semitism in New York on Sunday. A staffer for Ocasio-Cortez confirmed to the Forward that she planned to attend the “No Hate. No Fear.” march, which was organized by local Jewish organizations after a spate of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn…
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Fast Forward Facebook page accused of fomenting anti-Semitism goes back up
Updated January 21 Public officials and Jewish community members in New Jersey were hearkened after learning that a Facebook page accused of fomenting anti-Semitism among residents of a town with a large Orthodox Jewish population had been suspended by the social media network. But it turned out that page administrators had temporarily taken it down…
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Fast Forward New Jersey NAACP suspends official for bashing Hasidic Jews at community forum
Updated January 8 A New Jersey NAACP leader was suspended from his position for six months after delivering a 20-minute speech in a community forum about his issues with the local Orthodox Jewish population, the news site Montclair Local reported. The Montclair NAACP’s executive committee unanimously voted Tuesday for James Harris to temporarily step down…
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Fast Forward Monsey stabbing suspect used to volunteer for Jewish families on Shabbat, mom says
The man accused of stabbing five Jews at a Hanukkah house party in Monsey, New York once volunteered helping Orthodox Jews operate electrical equipment that they were forbidden from touching on Shabbat, his mother told the New York Post on Wednesday. Grafton Thomas, who grew up in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Attacked On New York Subway
A Jewish woman suffered apparent facial injuries after allegedly being attacked by a woman screaming anti-Semitic epithets on the New York City subway. Lihi Aharon, who is from Israel, recorded a video recounting her experience, which included video she took of her alleged assailant apparently being detained by police while yelling anti-Semitic abuse. Aharon claimed…
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Fast Forward Jersey City Shooter Believed Khazar Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory
One of the suspects in the attack on a Jersey City, New Jersey kosher grocery store wrote several Facebook posts demonstrating belief in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the Anti-Defamation League revealed Tuesday. David Anderson, one of the two suspected shooters in the attack, used the alias Dawad Maccabee on Facebook from July to December 2015, according…
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