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Fast Forward Trump Wishes He Could Pick Ivanka As U.N. Ambassador
President Trump said Tuesday that he wished he could nominate his daughter and advisor Ivanka as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, but said he wouldn’t do so because he wouldn’t want to be “accused of nepotism.” “I’ve heard a lot of names. I’ve heard Ivanka. How good would Ivanka be?” Trump told…
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Fast Forward American Jewish University No Longer Accepting Undergrad Students
American Jewish University announced Friday that it would “pause” undergraduate admissions and eliminate its current curriculum. Recruiting for next year’s class will stop immediately, but the roughly 70 active students in the current undergraduate program will be able to complete their degrees, university president Jeffrey Herbst said in a statement. “For decades, AJU has committed…
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News Jews Fight For Immigrants — But Face Fierce Backlash From Anti-Israel Activists
In Tucson, another sign of division on the left
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Fast Forward Virginia JCC Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti For Second Time In 18 Months
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia was vandalized with 19 spray-painted swastikas early Saturday morning. JCC employees discovered the vandalism when they were opening up the building that day. Security footage captured a suspect spray-painting the swastikas at around 4:30 a.m. Police are working to identify the culprit. The JCC was also hit with…
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Fast Forward Mandatory Lecture At University Of Michigan Compares Netanyahu To Hitler
Updated 3:00 p.m. A presentation that required mandatory attendance to receive credit for a class at the University of Michigan featured a former Black Panther leader comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Michigan student Alexa Smith shared on her Facebook an image from the lecture, part of the Penny Stamps…
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News Ben Shapiro Continues To Rise, Buoyed By Kavanaugh Controversy
Ben Shapiro wasn’t satisfied with having one of the most downloaded podcasts in America, a nationally syndicated radio show, millions of followers on Facebook and Twitter, a website quickly growing to be one of the most prominent in the American conservative ecosystem and sold-out lecture halls whenever he visits college campuses. Now, at age 34,…
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Breaking News Obama Endorses More Jewish Candidates As Elections Heat Up
Former president Barack Obama released a list of more than 200 endorsed candidates on Monday, including several Jewish candidates whose races could decide which party controls the House of Representatives. “Democratic candidates up and down the ticket, all across the country, make up a movement of citizens who are younger, more diverse, more female than…
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Fast Forward Kavanaugh Derides Julie Swetnick Sex Assault Claim As ‘A Joke’
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday that sexual assault accusations made against him by federal contractor Julie Swetnick were “a farce.” “The Swetnick thing is a joke, a farce,” Kavanaugh told Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). “Would you like to say more about it?” Feinstein asked. “No,” Kavanaugh replied….
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