Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Dodges Question On Whether He Feels Safe As A Jew In America
Senator Bernie Sanders skirted around a question about whether he, as a Jewish presidential candidate, feels less safe in America today, saying it’s “not only Jews” who have been targeted. On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, host Jake Tapper called on Sanders to comment on the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton…
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Fast Forward Pelosi To Trump: Speak To Your ‘Slumlord’ Son-In-Law About Baltimore’s Rats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested President Trump take his questions about supposed infestation in her hometown of Baltimore to his “slumlord” son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Pelosi was asked Thursday about the president’s recent comments, in which he called Baltimore, represented in part by House Oversight Committee chair Elijah Cummings, a “rodent infested mess” where “no human”…
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Fast Forward Jeffrey Epstein Dreamed Of Growing Human Race With His DNA
Sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein revealed to scientists about his dream of expanding the human race with his DNA, The New York Times reported. Epstein, a billionaire financier, was arrested last month for sex trafficking young girls. The Times reported Wednesday that another plan of his was to impregnate women as his New Mexico ranch. For…
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Fast Forward French Official Celebrates His Birthday With A Swastika Cake
A French city official recently turned 40, and in his honor was given a cake decorated with a swastika, Israel National News reported. The Simon Wiesenthal Center reposted the photo of Montpelier councillor Djamel Boumaaz’s cake: white with a graham-cracker-like bottom layer, candied-cherry border and a swastika drawn in the center with black icing. The…
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Fast Forward Skinhead’s Death Sentence Overturned After Court Says His Nazi Tattoos Were Irrelevant
The California Supreme Court unanimously overturned a white supremacist’s death sentence after they found that prosecutors tainted the jury’s deliberations by focusing on his Nazi tattoos, The Washington Post reported. Jeffrey Scott Young, who at the time was affiliated with neo-Nazi groups like the Aryan Brotherhood, was on trial for murder in 2006. He was…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Owns Several Mice-Infested Apartment Buildings In Baltimore
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment buildings in Baltimore that have received hundreds of code violations, The Washington Post reported. Kushner’s Baltimore enterprises were brought up again this weekend, after his father-in-law President Trump called the city, represented in part by House Oversight Committee chair Elijah Cummings, a “rodent…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Uses 15-Story Posters Of Trump, Putin For Election Ad
The Likud party’s new election campaign involves giant posters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posing with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Jerusalem Post reported. Three sides of Likud’s 15-story headquarters in Tel Aviv feature a photo of Netanyahu with each world leader. A Likud spokeswoman told the…
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Fast Forward Maccabi Games’ New Esports Tournament Lets Jewish Teens Compete In Super Smash Bros, FIFA
The JCC Maccabi Games have added video game tournaments to the Olympic-style competition. Three-thousand Jewish teenagers are due to compete in various athletic events at the upcoming Maccabi Games, in Atlanta from July 28 to August 2, and Detroit from August 4 to 9. This year, esports are joining the lineup of events. Esports are…
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