Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Small Hawaiian Island Gets First Reform Rabbi
A Hawaiian island’s small Reform Jewish community gained a permanent rabbi for the first time, Honolulu Civil Beat reported. The Jewish Community of Kauai community was founded 30 years ago, and it’s taken that long to employ a permanent rabbi. Rob Kvidt, a community member for 16 years who was ordained in June, will be…
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Fast Forward Heckler Calls Hillel Rabbi ‘Hitler’ At Anti-Hate Rally
An event promoting solidarity against hate at Indiana University was disrupted when a man heckled a rabbi leading the event, the Indiana Daily Student reported. Bloomington United’s Evening of Solidarity took place at the Monroe County Courthouse on Tuesday, where 200 people gathered against white supremacy. Rabbi Sue Silberberg, executive director of the Helene G….
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Fast Forward Canadian Army Fires Soldier For Being Neo-Nazi Recruiter
Correction, August 29, 9:50 a.m.: The Forward previously mislabeled Patrik Mathews’s title. Master corporal is not an officer ranking in the Canadian Forces. A Canadian military soldier was fired after it was revealed that he was a recruiter for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. Master Corporal Patrik Mathews will be formally…
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Fast Forward Steve King Is Back With More Racist Comments, This Time About Uighurs
Rep. Steve King made an off-color joke at a town hall-style meeting about Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group that has been detained by the Chinese government, The New York Times reported. “The Uighurs, the Muslims in China — a million of them — they’re being put into camps, and they’re taking their children away,…
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Fast Forward Estee Lauder Targeted For Boycotts Due To Ronald Lauder’s Trump Support
The group that led the boycott of SoulCycle and other brands owned by billionaire Trump supporter Stephen Ross has turned its attention to Estee Lauder due to the relationship between President Trump and board member and heir Ronald Lauder. Ronald Lauder, the son of Estee Lauder, is a leading Jewish philanthropist and the president of…
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Fast Forward Kushner: Former Inmates Are Becoming Republicans Thanks To My Prison Reform Law
Jared Kushner told Republican donors that people being released from jail are registering for the party, Axios reported. The senior White House adviser talked up his prison reform law at a donor retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week, according to people in attendance. President Trump, his father-in-law, signed the bill into law at the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Brings His Softball A-Game To Iowa’s Field of Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders was a natural while playing softball at Iowa’s Field of Dreams on Tuesday. The Democratic presidential candidate tends to flex his athletic skills on the basketball court, but this week he played a good game of softball with his political colleagues at the site where the famous baseball movie was filmed. He…
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Fast Forward California High School Team Gives Nazi Salute During Awards Ceremony
High school athletes in southern California gave a Nazi salute during an awards ceremony last year, The Daily Beast reported. A video showed water polo team members from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove saluting and chanting a song that was played during the rise of Adolf Hitler to support the Nazi troops. One of…
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