Avichai Scher
By Avichai Scher
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News Why Is The Garden State Okay With This License Plate?
Ira Stickler was driving into the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel when he blinked in disbelief. There in front of him was a New Jersey license plate that read “Aryan10.” As a Jew, Stickler was outraged to be driving behind a Nazi. As a lawyer, he decided right then and there to see if he could get…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Soros Conspiracy Theory Posted by Notable Christian Zionist
An official from Christians United for Israel posted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about George Soros, according to Jewish Currents. Dumisani Washington, the diversity and outreach coordinator for Christians United for Israel, used his personal Facebook page to post a conspiracy theory about Soros that has been widely debunked but has become prominent recently as part…
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Fast Forward Gay Israeli Jews And Muslims Get Cooking Class from French Presidential Chef
The chef from France’s presidential palace traveled to Israel to give a cooking class to gay Jews and Muslims who have been rejected by their families, AFP reported Monday. Guillaume Gomez, the head chef of the Elysee presidential palace, participated in the annual So French, So Food festival in Tel Aviv. He partnered with Beit…
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Fast Forward Bill Nye Thinks Israel Is Leading The World In Medical Marijuana Research
People are getting high in the Holy Land for a good cause. In a recent episode of “Bill Nye Saves the World” in which Nye explore medical marijuana, he sends a correspondent to Israel for a segment called “How is Israel healing the world with marijuana.” The episode highlights the progress Israel has made in…
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Fast Forward Arpaio Claims He Didn’t Know Magazine Was Anti-Semitic – After Fifth Interview
Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona Sheriff and current Republican Senate candidate, is claiming he didn’t know that the American Free Press was anti-Semitic, even though he just gave them his fifth interview, according to the Washington Post. Yesterday, Arpaio explained his position on Twitter. “It was brought to my attention I gave interview to publication…
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Fast Forward “Kill Them All,” Swastika Found on Bathroom Wall in Ohio High School
A swastika and the words “Kill Them All. 2/1/18. For the motherland,” were found written on a boys’ bathroom wall at Wooster High School in Ohio, The Daily Record reported Tuesday. School superintendent Michael Tefs said the threat “seems to have very little credibility,” but would still “take this very seriously.” Security measures include placing…
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Fast Forward Kushner Companies’ High Rent Helped Shutter Guy Fieri’s Times Square Restaurant
Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant struggled with the $1.8 million annual rent charged by Kushner companies, according to the Washington Post.The restaurant closed December 31 and the space remains vacant. Kushner companies was formerly headed by Jared Kushner, before he resigned to join the Trump administration a year ago. The Post reports that Fieri’s restaurant,…
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Fast Forward Circus Clown Admits To Taking Nude Pics Of Teenage Acrobat
The Big Apple Circus’s Grandma the Clown, portrayed by Jewish performer Barry Lubin, has resigned after admitting to coercing a 16-year-old aerialist into posing for sexually inappropriate photos, the New York Times reported. In 2004, Lubin offered Zoey Dunne work in Big Apple Circus’s mini troupe for hire, but before beginning work, he brought her…
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