Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward House Dems Vote Against Anti-BDS Measure After GOP Adds It To Yemen Resolution
Almost every House Democrat voted Thursday against an anti-BDS measure introduced by Republicans as an add-on to a resolution to end American support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. Democrats slammed Republicans for attempting to add the anti-BDS language, saying that the introduction of unrelated matters into an already-controversial resolution harmed the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus….
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Fast Forward Two Oklahoma Democratic Party HQs Vandalized With Swastikas In One Week
Democratic Party offices in two different Oklahoma cities have been vandalized with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti in the past week. The most recent incident was discovered at the Cleveland County Democratic Party building in Norman, which was sprayed late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning with swastikas and messages like “gas the Jews” and “Trump…
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Fast Forward Hospital Withdraws Job Offer To Doctor Who Tweeted About Giving Jews Wrong Meds
A hospital in southern California announced Monday that it was withdrawing a job offer to a doctor who had posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets. Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield said that Dr. Lara Kollab, who was fired from the Cleveland Clinic last year over her history of anti-Semitic online statements, would not be participating…
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Fast Forward Denver Messianic Jewish Church Vandalized With Swastika
A Messianic Jewish church in Denver was vandalized on Tuesday with a spray-painted swastika and other graffiti, the Denver Post reported Wednesday. The vandalism took place at Church in the City-Beth Abraham, which according to its website holds a contemporary Christian service on Sundays and a Messianic Shabbat service on Saturdays. A suspect was arrested…
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Fast Forward Jexodus’s Cover Photo Is The First Result When You Search ‘Jewish Woman’
The Exodus Movement, the conservative political group formerly known as “Jexodus,” has slowly built up a following since its launch last month – with help from promotion from President Trump. It’s launched a fancy new website, and has Facebook and Twitter pages with a combined following of more than 6,000 users, despite criticism that it…
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Fast Forward Former Spy Accused Of Anti-Semitism Eyeing Senate Run
Former CIA spy Valerie Plame Wilson is considering a run for the United States Senate in New Mexico, the Washington Examiner reported Friday. One early obstacle for Plame Wilson, should she choose to run, is an anti-Semitism controversy: She was criticized in September 2017 for tweeting links to anti-Semitic articles, including a column titled “American…
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News Here’s What It’s Like To Celebrate The Jewish Sabbath On An Air Force Base
No matter where a Jew is, Shabbat starts at sundown. Except when it doesn’t, as at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. There, due to Air Force orders, services for the Jewish Sabbath start hours before the light begins to fade. The rabbi, Captain Shaul Rappeport, lives placidly with this quirk of custom. It’s…
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Fast Forward FACT CHECK: Did Democratic Presidential Candidates Really Boycott AIPAC?
The grassroots liberal advocacy organization MoveOn called last week on Democratic presidential candidates to boycott the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington because, a group leader told Politico, “AIPAC has worked to hinder diplomatic efforts like the Iran deal, is undermining Palestinian self-determination, and inviting figures actively involved in human rights violations to its stage.” Speaking…
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