Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward 4 Times Dinesh D’Souza Should Have Kept Quiet About The Jews
President Trump last spring pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative commentator and filmmaker who pleaded guilty in 2014 to making illegal campaign contributions. D’Souza has been criticized even by fellow conservatives for his frequently racially-charged public output, such as his decision to criticize former president Barack Obama’s use of a selfie stick by tweeting, “You can…
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News ‘President Hate’ Greeted By Protests And Unity In Heartbroken Jewish Pittsburgh
They came in their thousands, singing Jewish songs and folksy protest anthems like “This Land Is Your Land.” Holding signs denouncing Donald Trump as “President Hate,” they marched in the fall sunshine through the tree-lined streets of Squirrel Hill, the quintessential Pittsburgh Jewish neighborhood that was scarred forever by deadly violence a few days earlier….
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News Pittsburgh Brothers Buried As They Lived, Together, And Sheltered By Their Faith
Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh is the oldest synagogue in Western Pennsylvania — but nothing in its long history was quite like what happened there Tuesday, when it hosted the funerals of brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, who were two of 11 people killed while praying at the nearby Tree of Life Congregation on Saturday….
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News Dodge Ball, Psalms And Explaining ‘Bad Man’ To Fourth Graders Of Pittsburgh
Elementary school students at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh had a few surprise guests during recess: Mayor Bill Peduto and two police officers newly assigned to protect the Jewish school. “I wanted to introduce you to two of my friends,” Peduto told the children in the play area on Monday afternoon. “They’re Pittsburgh police officers. They’re…
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News They Died As They Prayed In The Place That Bound Them Together
PITTSBURGH — One was a sprightly 97-year-old who was a regular sight walking around her Pittsburgh neighborhood. Another was a big hearted retired accountant who did folks’ tax returns for free — and helped collect clothes for a black church after Hurricane Florence struck. Two were grown brothers who were mentally challenged and had a…
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Fast Forward Daniel Stein Shot In Sanctuary Where Grandson Was Welcomed To Jewish Community
After Daniel Stein was killed during the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday, his son Joe posted a photo on Facebook of Daniel playing with his new grandson. “My dad was a simple man and did not require much,” Joe wrote. “In the picture below he was having a great day doing two things he…
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Fast Forward Melvin Wax Was ‘Pure Soul’ Who Was First In Line To Help Others
Even at age 88, Melvin Wax knew how important it was to stand up for others. Wax, who was killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue rampage, was among the first to volunteer to help the shul’s partner, Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church, when it held a clothing drive to help people in North Carolina affected by…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Victims Cecil And David Rosenthal Were Brothers Bound By Love
Brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal were named Sunday as two of the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue the day before. Cecil, 59, “was kind of a fixture in our community,” Rabbi Seth Adelson of nearby Congregation Beth Shalom told the Forward. Cecil and his brother David, 54, lived together in…
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