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 Naked Protesters Sentenced To Prison For Killing Sheep At Auschwitz
A court in Poland sentenced two activists to prison, and nine others were ordered to pay fines, in connection with a bizarre 2017 incident in which the protesters slaughtered a sheep, stripped naked and chained themselves to the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Protest organizer Adam Bialiatski, who killed the…
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Fast Forward Owners Of Noah’s Ark Replica Sue Insurance Company Over Rain Damage
The owners of a Kentucky theme park featuring a replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark are suing its insurance company over rain damage to the property, the Deseret News reported Sunday. Ark Encounter’s main attraction is a 510-foot-tall replica of the ark based on the specifications offered in the Book of Genesis. But the park…
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Fast Forward Trump Complained ‘The Jews Always Flip,’ Michael Wolff Writes In New Book
President Trump was so upset by the cooperating witness deals struck between federal prosecutors and several associates — including former attorney Michael Cohen, Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker — that he vented, “The Jews always flip,” journalist Michael Wolff wrote in his new book. The Guardian,…
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Fast Forward Al Franken Has A New Podcast. It Doesn’t Mention Sexual Misconduct.
Former Senator Al Franken has a new podcast, but the recordings don’t mention the sexual misconduct allegations that led him to resign from the Senate last year, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. In a brief interview with the Post outside the Washington, D.C. studio where he records “The Al Franken Podcast,” Franken said that there…
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Fast Forward Harriet Tubman Won’t Be On $20 Until After Trump Leaves Office, Mnuchin Says
The redesign of the $20 bill to feature Harriet Tubman, scheduled for release next year, has been delayed until 2028 at the earliest, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in congressional testimony last week. “The primary reason we have looked at redesigning the currency is for counterfeiting issues,” Mnuchin told the House Financial Services Committee. “Based…
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania Lawmaker Refuses To Apologize For Selfie With White Supremacist
A state representative in Pennsylvania refused to apologize after taking a selfie with a member of a white supremacist group, the Jewish Exponent reported Wednesday. Rep. Stephanie Borowicz posed with a member of The American Guard at a gun rights rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg on May 6, which was spotted by progressive…
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Fast Forward One Day. Four Cities. Four Swastikas.
Reports of four different cases of swastika vandalism were published in four different cities on Wednesday, the latest examples of anti-Semitic incidents that have affected the Jewish community this month, ranging from defacement of property to attempted arson. In New York City, police are investigating who drew a swastika on the front door of the…
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Fast Forward UCLA Guest Speaker Called Zionists White Supremacists In Mandatory Class Lecture
A guest lecturer appearing in an anthropology course at the University of California, Los Angeles called Zionists white supremacists and brought a Jewish student to tears, the Jewish Journal reported Tuesday. Rabab Abdulhadi, a professor of Arab and Muslim ethnicities and diasporas at San Francisco State University, spoke to around 100 students during a mandatory…
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