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Michael Cohen Paid For A Twitter Account To Call Him A ‘Sex Symbol’
Jenny SingerJanuary 17, 2019‘In a world of lies, deception, and fraud, we appreciate this honest guy,’ reads a tweet Michael Cohen apparently paid for.
The Schmooze
Senators Debate Whether To Support Cardi B’s Anti-Trump Screed
Jenny SingerJanuary 17, 2019Charles Schumer, take some notes from Cardi B
Breaking News
Ben Shapiro This Year’s March For Life Keynote Speaker
Alyssa FisherJanuary 17, 2019“Honored and excited to be this year’s March For Life keynote speaker!”
Opinion
Your Anti-BDS Crusade Hurts Jews
Jeremy Ben-AmiJanuary 17, 2019Headlines like these reveal the disturbing consequences of the American Jewish communal establishment’s unhealthy obsession with BDS
Fast Forward
Rashida Tlaib On Instagram: Uncle Bernie Gets Me
Alyssa FisherJanuary 17, 2019“I had dinner with Amo (Uncle) Bernie tonight! This man gets me,” posted Rashida Tlaib on Instagram.
Opinion
Bernie Sanders Has To Run - To Make Democrats More Critical Of Israel
Peter BeinartJanuary 17, 2019I hope Sanders runs, if only for one reason: To change the debate inside the Democratic Party about Israel.
Breaking News
Cohen Paid To Rig Polls For Trump With Cash In A Walmart Bag And A Boxing Glove
Alyssa Fisher
Breaking News
Cohen Paid To Rig Polls For Trump With Cash In A Walmart Bag And A Boxing Glove
Alyssa FisherJanuary 17, 2019“What I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of [Mr. Trump]. I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn’t deserve it.”
Breaking News
Amid Steve King White Supremacy Scandal, Congressmen Meet With Holocaust Skeptic
Alyssa Fisher
Breaking News
Amid Steve King White Supremacy Scandal, Congressmen Meet With Holocaust Skeptic
Alyssa FisherJanuary 17, 2019“Of course I disavow and condemn white supremacy and anti-semitism,” Representative Andy Harris wrote in a joint statement.
Breaking News
HUC-JIR Names First Four Panken Professorships
Marcy OsterJanuary 17, 2019The $12 million endowment was raised in memory of Aaron Panken, president of HUC-JIR, who was killed in May piloting a small aircraft.
Culture
With ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Jason Reitman Is Picking Up Where His Dad Left Off
PJ GrisarJanuary 16, 2019This ain’t his daddy’s “Ghostbusters.”
Scribe
What Really Happened During The Birthright Walkouts
Kristine HylandJanuary 16, 2019I was a participant on one of the Birthright trips that IfNotNow activists disrupted; don’t believe their propaganda about how things went down.
Opinion
Don’t Believe The Hype. 2020 Won’t Be About Israel.
Batya Ungar-SargonJanuary 16, 2019There’s a narrative emerging on the left that’s surprising only because it’s so commonplace on the right: the Democratic Party is abandoning Israel.
Breaking News
Yad Vashem Designer Moshe Safdie Among Winners Of Israel’s Coveted Wolf Prize
Marcy Oster
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Yad Vashem Designer Moshe Safdie Among Winners Of Israel’s Coveted Wolf Prize
Marcy OsterJanuary 16, 2019About one-third of those recognized with the prestigious Israeli award have gone on to receive a Nobel, notably in physics.
Breaking News
Sackler Family Misled Doctors To Increase Sales Of Opioid Painkiller
Marcy OsterJanuary 16, 2019It is the first evidence that ties the family to company decisions to aggressively market OxyContin even though it is highly addictive.
Scribe
You Can’t Be An Effective American Zionist Without Witnessing The Occupation Firsthand
Eli Cohn-Postell
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You Can’t Be An Effective American Zionist Without Witnessing The Occupation Firsthand
Eli Cohn-PostellJanuary 16, 2019In order to advocate for the ideal Israel, you have to witness how far the state has fallen from Jewish values in the occupied territories.
Fast Forward
Florida Commissioner: Rashida Tlaib Might ‘Blow Up’ Capitol Hill
Alyssa FisherJanuary 16, 2019“A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO place in government! She is a danger and would not put it past her to become a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill.”
Breaking News
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Who Visited North Korea Says Don’t Follow Him
Alyssa FisherJanuary 16, 2019“I was scared because if they open it they’ll see the religious parchment and it would be very dangerous,” Alfasi said of the tefillin.
The Schmooze
Sarah Silverman Is ‘Heartbroken’ About Women’s March Leadership
Jenny SingerJanuary 16, 2019Her response was agonizing.
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