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By Benjamin Gladstone
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Visited The Tree Of Life Synagogue – Secretly
Sen. Bernie Sanders forbade his campaign staff from publicizing a visit he paid to the site of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in April because he didn’t want the visit to be seen as a “publicity grab,” The New York Times reported Saturday. Sanders, who is Jewish, met with the rabbi of the Tree of Life…
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Fast Forward White House Disinvited Cartoonist Over Anti-Semitism – But Kept Others Who Promoted Similar Ideas
Cartoonist Ben Garrison said earlier this week that he was disinvited from a White House “social media summit” expected to include several of the internet’s most notorious trolls and “alt-right”-adjacent provocateurs. Garrison received harsh criticism for a drawing of Jewish financiers George Soros and the Rothschild family controlling the U.S. government like puppets, using a…
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Fast Forward Book Of Joshua, Book Of Esther … Book Of Trump? Miriam Adelson Says Yes!
Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson, the wife of Sheldon Adelson and the publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom, wrote last week in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (which she also owns) that a “Book of Trump” should be added to the Bible. “Would it be too much to pray for a day when the Bible gets a…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Jewish Comedian Destroys Anti-Semitic Heckler
Canadian Jewish comedian Steve Hofstetter took on an anti-Semitic heckler in a video posted on his YouTube channel earlier this year. In his act, Hofstetter mocked the white supremacists who chanted anti-Semitic slogans at a violent rally in Charlotesville, Virginia in 2017. A member of the audience responded with a claim that Jews control television….
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Fast Forward Kushner On Trump’s Sexual Assault Boast: ‘I Don’t Think It’s All That Bad.’
Jared Kushner responded to the “Access Hollywood” tape on which his father-in-law, Donald Trump, claimed to have sexually assaulted women, “You know, I don’t think it’s all that bad,” according to an upcoming book. Politico released an excerpt from correspondent Tim Albert’s soon to be released book, “American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the…
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Fast Forward Republican Lawmaker Invoked Oskar Schindler In Email About Loophole Allowing Anti-Gay Discrimination
A Republican Congressional candidate invoked Oskar Schindler with reference to his own anti-LGBTQIA+ legislative work, according to a report in the Huffington Post. As a North Carolina State Senator, Dan Bishop attempted to establish a loophole in anti-discrimination legislation by declaring that North Carolina residents could be exempt from state laws if they felt that…
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Fast Forward Megan Rapinoe’s Brother Was Once In A White Supremacist Gang. He’s Inked Over His Swastika Tattoos.
Soccer champion Megan Rapinoe’s brother, Brian, has a history of involvement with white supremacist prison gang activity, ESPN reported on Sunday. Rapinoe, who was a co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team and the top scorer in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, is known as a champion of not only soccer but also human…
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Culture Israel: What You Need To Know
It can be difficult to enter the Israel conversation. Especially because so many people hold such strong opinions, even the task of separating facts from misinformation can seem daunting. That is why we’ve put together these simple-ish answers to simple-ish questions (but honestly, when it comes to Israel, everything is a little complicated) to help…
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