An already contentious immigration bill became the lightning rod for more controversy on Friday when a senior Republican U.S. senator linked the measure to the Boston Marathon bombings and the hunt for the two ethnic Chechen suspects. “Given the events of this week, it is important for us to understand the gaps and loopholes in…
When news broke that the alleged Boston marathon bombers were from Chechnya, the Russian republic suddenly became part of the world map for many Americans who hadn’t previously given it much thought. On Twitter, the instant reactions were so bewildered, they were eventually parodied: We think it’s the Czech Republic, but actually it’s Chechnya. CNN,…
This is an updated version of a story that first appeared on forward.com earlier this week. Orthodox Jews convicted of or charged with child sex abuse in Brooklyn should have their identities protected because of the community’s “tight-knit and insular” nature, prosecutors claim in a response to The Forward’s request for information about the cases….
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