Aaron Steinberg-Madow
By Aaron Steinberg-Madow
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News Meet the Jews of Cape Breton, Canada’s ‘Anti-Trump Island’
Google searches for“how to move to Canada”surged 350% Tuesday night after Donald Trump won seven primaries—but a Canadian radio host was way ahead of everybody else. Way back in mid-February, stand-up comedian Andrew Evans started a website called “If Donald Trump Wins” to convince Americans to immigrate to Cape Breton Island, part of Nova Scotia…
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News Jonathan Sacks, Former British Chief Rabbi, Wins $1.5M Prize
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, won one of the world’s largest prizes, the $1.5 million Templeton Prize, which recognizes individuals for contributions to life’s spiritual dimensions, announced the John Templeton Foundation today. During his service as chief rabbi from 1991 to 2013, Sacks…
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Fast Forward Robert Kraft Praises Donald Trump — Stops Short of Endorsement
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft praised GOP frontrunner Donald Trump as a friend, but stopped short of an endorsement. In an interview with the Boston Globe on the eve of the Massachusetts primary on Super Tuesday, Kraft broke his silence on the man he called his “very good friend for close to two decades.”…
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Fast Forward Louis Farrakhan Praises Donald Trump for Shunning ‘Jewish Money’
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has praised Donald Trump for refusing to take donations from Jews in his race for the White House. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Farrakhan said in a sermon last week that the Republican frontrunner is the only presidential candidate “who has stood in front of [the] Jewish community, and…
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Opinion Did Obama Just Make It Kosher To Boycott Settlements?
Last week, President Obama made the strongest statement to date that settlement boycotts are a legitimate tactic for liberal pro-Israel groups and activists to use. Although he certainly did not phrase it that way, his language suggests that a position considered beyond the pale when Peter Beinart advocated it just a few years ago —…
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News Meet the College Student Who Got Bernie Sanders To Open Up About Being Jewish
It’s no secret that Bernie Sanders has been a bit reluctant to explicitly discuss his Jewish identity during his presidential campaign. So it jumped out at us when University of Chicago student Chelsea Fine got him to open up a bit on Thursday night at a nationally televised town hall session on MSNBC. To the…
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Opinion Michael Oren Played Don Quixote — and 18 Other Quirky Things About Him
Even before its publication date this week, the memoir of current Israeli MK and former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael B. Oren has created a firestorm of controversy. But beyond Oren’s claims about the Obama administration, his memoir promises to be a window into his fascinating metamorphosis from childhood victim of bullying to elite…
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