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 Fox Soul channel cancels plans to broadcast Farrakhan speech on July 4th
The streaming channel Fox Soul cancelled its plans to broadcast a speech by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on July 4 after an online uproar. Farrakhan for decades has been accused of anti-Semitism and homophobia, calling Jews “satanic” and saying that they are responsible for “degenerate behavior in Hollywood turning men into women and…
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Fast Forward Jewish groups condemn attack on Althea Bernstein
Jewish groups across the United States condemned the alleged attack on Althea Bernstein, a Black Jewish college student who said she was set on fire by four white men. Bernstein, who identifies as culturally Jewish and Unitarian, said she was in her car at a stoplight in Madison, Wisc. on Wednesday when she was sprayed…
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Fast Forward Researchers investigate if ‘Jewish factor’ caused high COVID death rate
Researchers in the United Kingdom are investigating a possible “Jewish factor” that could explain why Jews there were disproportionately likely to die of coronavirus, the Jewish Chronicle reported. A study by Britain’s Office of National Statistics found that Jewish males were more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than Christian males. The heightened…
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News A top pro-Israel congressman lost his primary. Was it a fluke or a harbinger?
Rep. Eliot Engel, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and one of the top congressional allies of the Israeli government, is expected to lose his primary. With more than 33,000 in-person votes cast in New York’s 16th District, containing parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman was beating Engel…
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News 8 American monuments celebrating anti-Semites
Updated June 23 In the weeks since protests against racism began after the killing of George Floyd, activists around the world have been toppling statues, either by pressuring public officials or by tearing the monuments down themselves. Activists have naturally focused on memorials to Confederate leaders or others who enacted racist policies, and associate monuments…
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Breaking News AIPAC’s biggest Democratic allies break ranks to publicly oppose Israeli annexation
Top congressional Democrats have issued multiple public statements Thursday and Friday expressing their opposition to Israel’s plan to annex part of the West Bank. The pro-Israel organization AIPAC has publicly expressed its opposition to such statements, but some of the signatories include the lobby’s most prominent and longstanding Democratic allies. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer…
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News Jewish groups race to support Engel as AOC-backed challenger surges
Pro-Israel groups worried that Israel could lose an important ally have stepped up their support for New York Rep. Eliot Engel, but the national debate about race, as well as Engel’s unforced errors, put him in a weak position going into his primary on Tuesday. The election in Engel’s 16th Congressional District, which contains parts…
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Fast Forward ‘If not now, when’? Trump fundraising email tries to channel Hillel
A fundraising email from President Trump’s reelection campaign manager Brad Parscale asked would-be donors to give right away, asking them, “If not now, then when?” The email was first noticed by Twitter user Jessie Losch, who pointed out that the quote was reminiscent of a famous dictum by Hillel the Elder, an ancient rabbi. HOLY…
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