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Fast Forward Jewish Governor Candidate Loses Key Endorsement After Running Mate Backs BDS
A longshot left-wing campaign to win the Democratic nomination in Illinois’s gubernatorial race just got longer after candidate Daniel Biss lost the endorsement of a key member of Congress due to his running mate’s support for the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Daniel Biss, a Jewish state senator and former math professor running a…
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Fast Forward Will Treasury Sec. Mnuchin Stop Plan To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill?
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to commit to the Obama administration’s plan to put African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill when interviewed by CNBC Thursday. “Ultimately we will be looking at this issue,” he said. “It’s not something I’m focused on at the moment.” When pressed, he reiterated that his primary focus was…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Gives Blessing To Trump Freeze Of Equal Pay Rule
The Trump administration has frozen the implementation of an Obama-era rule designed to ensure equal pay for women — a move that was backed by first daughter/presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, who has put women’s equality issues at the forefront of her public platform. The federal Office of Management and Budget sent a memo Tuesday to…
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Fast Forward Businessman Who Once ‘Counted Jews’ For Nixon Tapped By Trump For Smithsonian Board
A controversial businessman who once compiled a list of Jewish government employees to give to President Richard Nixon will be nominated by President Trump to chair the board of a Smithsonian think tank, the White House announced Wednesday. Trump intended to nominate Fred Malek to chair the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, one of…
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News He Thought Hurricane Harvey Washed Out His Bar Mitzvah — Then This Happened
Adam Buchsbaum had been preparing for his bar mitzvah for months. But with Hurricane Harvey lashing his hometown of Houston last Saturday, the boy’s temple closed its building and cancelled all services — including his coming-of-age ceremony. The Buchsbaum family was devastated when they found out Congregation Beth Israel had closed — and resigned themselves to…
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Fast Forward One Jewish Family’s Harrowing Escape From Hurricane Harvey
A Jewish family in the Meyerland neighborhood of Houston was only able to escape from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey after the water outside their home was already above their heads. Ramit Plushnick-Masti shared her story with the Associated Press. She recounted how the water continued to rise from just six inches to reach…
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Fast Forward Trump Aide Gary Cohn Trashed Charlottesville Response In Long Island Bistro
President Trump’s top economic advisor publicly complained about his boss’s response to the white nationalist rally and ensuing violence in Charlottesville, Va. when dining with friends in Long Island, The Washington Post reported last week. Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, had been standing next to the president at a Trump Tower…
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Fast Forward Jewish College Students Brave Hurricane Harvey
College freshmen – many away from home for the first time in their lives – moved into Houston-area universities within the past couple of weeks. Now, Hurricane Harvey and the ensuing flooding have devastated their new home city. Jewish students at Rice University and the University of Houston have been resilient in the face of…
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