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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Says Trump’s Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Chuck Schumer wasn’t exactly bowled over by President Trump’s first address to Congress on Tuesday night. The Senate Minority Leader said he would judge the newly minted commander-in-chief by his actions, not a few well-crafted applause lines and an ability to stay on message for an hour and a half. “This president’s speech matters a…
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Fast Forward LOOK: 6 Bizarre Hitler-Trump Mashup Memes
Much has been said on the Trump-Hitler comparison. Is it fair? Is it useful? Earlier this month a prominent Hitler scholar offered a detailed comparison in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Just this week a card game designer sent a Hitler-themed board game to U.S. senators, urging them to resist Trump. Of course, Trump…
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Fast Forward ‘Cards Against Humanity’ Co-Creator Sends Hitler Game To Every Senator
The co-creator of Cards Against Humanity has sent his new game that “models the rise of fascism in a democracy” to every U.S. senator. The name of the board game is Secret Hitler — and its creators think the senators could learn something from it about President Trump. Max Temkin, one of the creators of…
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Fast Forward Progressive Jews Enter ‘Shadow Cabinet’ Against Trump
Taking their cue from the British parliamentary system, 15 American policy experts on the left announced the formation of an informal “shadow cabinet” to counter President Trump’s agenda with arguments and ideas of their own. Liberal Jews have been prominent in the new group, including Harvard Law professor Larry Tribe as “Attorney General” and U.C….
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Expert Criticizes Netanyahu For ‘Following’ Trump On Anti-Semitism
The academic adviser of Israel’s Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his delayed response to the uptick in anti-Semitism in America under President Trump. Netanyahu “follows President Trump,” Yad Vashem anti-Semitism expert Yehuda Bauer told National Public Radio. “He did not react immediately.” Some Israeli analysts say that Netanyahu’s…
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Fast Forward Jenna Jameson Defends Trump’s Sweden Comments
Jenna Jameson, the porn star who converted to Judaism and loves Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defended President Trump’s speech that referred to fictional terrorism in Sweden. In a series of tweets, Jameson ranted against “roving Muslim rape gangs” in the Scandinavian country. Swedish citizens were baffled after President Trump referred to “what’s happening last…
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Community Did Netanyahu’s Visit To Australia Teach Us Anything New?
A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian Jewish publication. If Benjamin Netanyahu could pack up the audience at the Central Synagogue in Sydney and take them back to Israel, he would. No critics. No opponents, from the left, or worse, the right. No journalists waiting to pounce. No police waiting to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Cemetery In St. Louis Starts Repairs After Vandalism
A St. Louis Jewish cemetery is repairing dozens of headstones toppled or damaged by vandals over the weekend, and accepting donations to the restoration efforts on its website. Repairs now underway at Chesed Shel Emeth, the historic Jewish cemetery, where vandals knocked over 150+ headstones yesterday. pic.twitter.com/QIUotjvuqq — Kiya Edwards (@KSDKkiya) February 21, 2017 Police…
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