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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg Only Worth A Pathetic $69 Billion Now
Like a Holocaust-denier plunging confusedly through a thicket of historical evidence, Mark Zuckerberg’s worth has plunged precariously. Zuckerberg, who has been in hot water since purporting in an interview that most Holocaust deniers are just confused and since the news leaked that Facebook’s profit from the Trump Campaign’s social media advertising is much greater than…
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Fast Forward Singer Pink Talks Emotional Visit To Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Singer-songwriter Pink opened up on her pal Reese Witherspoon’s show about her family’s emotional visit to the Berlin Holocaust memorial last year, The Jerusalem Post reports. On Witherspoon’s web series “Hello Sunshine,” Pink discussed her daughter’s reaction to viewing the memorial. “She was like, ‘Wait, so [grandma’s] Jewish… my mom’s Jewish, well then I’m Jewish,’”…
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Fast Forward Facebook Puts Holocaust Denial Groups in Top Search Results
Mark Zuckerberg insisted Facebook is burying Holocaust denial at the bottom of search results, but actual search results say otherwise, according to the Daily Beast. Facebook still puts groups devoted to denying the idea that six million died in the Holocaust among the top results for searches on the site, as well as in searches…
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Fast Forward Germany Blasts Mark Zuckerberg On Holocaust Denial Remarks
(JTA) — Berlin issued a withering critique of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that he would not remove Holocaust denial posts from the widely used social platform, stating that such a policy was contrary to German law. “There must be no place for anti-Semitism. This includes verbal and physical attacks on Jews as well…
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The Schmooze DVF’s Auschwitz Survivor Mom Used To Trap Her In A Closet — Now She Fears Nothing
In an extraordinary interview with the Times of London, legendary Jewish fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg spoke about growing up with a mother who survived Auschwitz, marrying a prince, and why Viagra is “the worst thing that has happened to women in the last 15 years.” “I have never worn something that’s uncomfortable,” the iconic…
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Life Top Nine Holocaust Movies To Watch On The Ninth Of Av
If you’re a graduate of the traditional Jewish summer camp system, you probably think of Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, the commemoration of the destruction of the Temple, as “Holocaust Movie Day.” Observant Jews dwell on mourning on the Ninth of Av. Not only do we fast and refrain from any bodily pleasures, but…
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Opinion Mark Zuckerberg Falls For Nazi B.S.
Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that he would not remove Holocaust deniers from Facebook, because he did not think they were deliberately lying. In an interview with Recode, Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, raised the issue of Holocaust denial himself as an example of speech Facebook would allow on its platform. “I find [Holocaust denial] deeply…
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Fast Forward Zuckerberg Clarifies Comments Defending Holocaust-Denying Posts On Facebook
(JTA) – Mark Zuckerberg clarified remarks he made in an interview published online in which he said that he would not automatically remove Holocaust-denying posts from Facebook. The remark by Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, said in an interview with tech journalist Kara Swisher that was published on the Recode website, was…
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