Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the microblogging social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday after the Israeli government barred Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s congressional delegation to the West Bank. Steinem, who is Jewish vowed to never visit Israel under Netanyahu’s rule, stating that his ban was “a welcome sign that I never have to enter…
(JTA)- The New York Times demoted Jonathan Weisman, the paper’s deputy Washington editor, after social media users complained that the Jewish journalist posted multiple racist tweets. “Jonathan Weisman met with [Executive Editor Dean Baquet] today and apologized for his recent serious lapses in judgement,” the Times said in a statement. “As a consequence of his…
A wave of Jewish and non-Jewish supporters are Tweeting “I’m Jewish” in solidarity with journalist Ariel Sobel and others targeted by white supremacists online. On Monday, Jewish Journal columnist Ariel Sobel, who has written before about online harassment of Jewish women, urged her thousands of followers to “avoid typing out the phrase ‘I’m Jewish’ on…
CreepyDershowitz is trending on Twitter, where users are scrutinizing Alan Dershowitz’ legal argument to lower the age of consent to 16. On July 29th, The New Yorker published a profile of Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer and professor Emiretus of Harvard law school who has recently come under fire for his connections to, and alleged involvement…
(JTA) — President Donald Trump continued his attacks on four freshman minority Democratic congresswomen that he has assailed with racist tweets, and involved Israel in the debate. In Sunday’s tweet he called on “the four Congresswomen,” referring to Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and Ayanna Pressley of…
“Shalom goys! Remember to accept more illegal immigrants into the USA! Remember diversity is your strength goy! What’s that? Why doesn’t Israel accept rapefugees? Uh… because… OY VEY LOOK AT THE TIME! Have to go!” These words, which are accompanied by a caricature of a large-nosed, yarmulke-wearing Jew, read like the kind of white supremacist…
The Anti-Defamation League on Monday criticized President Trump for his Twitter tirade that they and other observers categorized as racist. Trump wrote on Sunday that progressive Democratic congresswomen should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Trump’s words were widely believed to refer to the “Squad”…
(JTA) — Dov Hikind, the former Democratic New York Assemblyman, filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for blocking him on Twitter because he holds opposing viewpoints. Hikind filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. on Tuesday, hours after a federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump was violating the Constitution by…
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