Sam Kestenbaum is a contributing editor and former staff writer for the Forward. Before this, he worked for The New York Times and newsrooms in Sana, Ramallah and Beijing. Contact him at kestenbaum@forward.com and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum and on Instagram at @skestenbaum.
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By Sam Kestenbaum
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Fast Forward This Chat App Was Key Tool For ‘Alt-Right’ — Until Charlottesville Clashes
Pushed off social media sites, “alt-right” white nationalists have found havens in their own network of apps and sites. Discord, a group chat app, was one of them. The app became very popular with far-right activists, who used it to organize and spread their messages. “They posted swastikas and praised Hitler in chat rooms with…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Daily Stormer Is Back Online — With A Russian Domain
Just a day after the Daily Stormer was booted from two domain registrars, including Google, the neo-Nazi website is back — with a Russian domain name. As first reported by the website arstechnica, the Daily Stormer is back online under the name “dailystormer.ru.” In a post announcing his return, publisher Andrew Anglin said his partner…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Daily Stormer Migrates To Dark Web After Google Boots It
The popular neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer will be moving its domain to the so-called dark web after it was cut off by GoDaddy and then Google, Motherboard reported Tuesday morning. On the dark web, the site will not need to rely on a domain registrar, according to the report. The move comes after GoDaddy…
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News Trump’s Delayed Condemnation Keeps White Supremacists Cheering Him On
President Donald Trump responded to the news of brawls at a white supremacist rally in Virginia by condemning violence “on many sides.” The language was oddly vague — and celebrated by his white nationalist base. “He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us,” wrote Andrew Anglin, the…
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Fast Forward Texas A&M ‘White Lives Matter’ Rally Canceled By College, Citing Safety Concern
A white supremacist rally slated for September at Texas A&M University has been cancelled, with the school citing safety concerns in the wake of violent clashes at at a similar gathering in Virginia. Texas A&M cancels 9/11 event reservation: https://t.co/nquKNDx8cO — Texas A&M University (@TAMU) August 14, 2017 “Alt-right” figurehead Richard Spencer had been slated…
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Fast Forward Hebrew Israelite Group Asks: ‘Are We Ready For Female Rabbis?’
When Rabbi Capers Funnye was inaugurated to the role of Chief Rabbi of his Hebrew Israelite community, he laid out dramatic plans. One of his “highest goals” as leader of the International Israelite Board of Rabbis, he said, would be to admit women into the organization’s rabbinical academy, and allow women to serve on the…
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Fast Forward Kendrick Lamar Says Hebrew Israelite Teaching ‘Is Truth’
In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the rapper Kendrick Lamar spoke publicly for the first time about his cousin Carl Duckworth and the references to Hebrew Israelite doctrine that appeared on his album. When asked about the Hebrew Israelite teaching that black people are under a divine curse, Lamar said he agreed with…
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News ‘Prayer Warrior’ For Trump Trumpets His Jewish Roots
A televangelist who says his prayers stopped a tsunami and who believes Donald Trump was chosen by God is leading a mass prayer campaign in support of the president — as part of a months-long protective effort called POTUS Shield. Frank Amedia, previously a “Christian policy liaison” for Trump’s campaign, and a self-proclaimed “prayer warrior,”…
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