Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Cracks Showing in Democrats’ Stance on Israel as Many Back Push for Palestinians
The Democratic Party has spent the first couple days of its convention projecting unity on issues from fighting racism to fair trade. But fissures are showing here on one issue that Democrats have long been united on: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their party, which has long commanded the vast majority of Jewish votes, like the Republican…
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Fast Forward DNC Staffers Question Demand for Holocaust Remembrance Day Statement in Leaked Emails
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Democratic National Committee staff members questioned Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s request for the group to put out a statement in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, leaked emails show. In an from May released as part of the batch of DNC emails leaked by Wikileaks this week, a staffer wrote that an statement marking the…
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Fast Forward Nick Muzin, Ex-Ted Cruz Campaign Official, Is Candidate for Yeshiva U. President
(JTA) — As Yeshiva University continues its search for a new president with an emphasis on financial sustainability, JTA has learned the name of at least one candidate: the deputy chief of staff for Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign this year. Nick Muzin, who earned a medical degree at Yeshiva’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine,…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Surrogate Michael Flynn Retweets Anti-Semitic Post
PHILADELPHIA — Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a surrogate for Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign, retweeted an anti-Semitic post and then apologized, saying it was in error. The tweet, from a user called Saint Bibiana, alleged that Jews were blaming the former Soviet Union for leaks that were published recently from internal Democratic National Committee emails. “CNN implicated,” reads…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Vows To Put ‘America First’ in Dark Speech to Republican Convention
CLEVELAND — Accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump pledged to restore law and order to America, to put “America first” in world affairs, and to work with Israel — which he called “our greatest ally in the region.” Attacking presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state in his speech Thursday at…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Downplays #Suitegate Rift With Ted Cruz Over Trump Non-Endorsement
(JTA) — Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are doing a little damage control at the Republican convention. After being stung by the gripping tale of a dramatic, sudden repudiation of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the major pro-Israel philanthropist and Republican donors sought to douse the flames a bit Thursday. There is no rift, they asserted, only…
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News 5 (Jewish) Things To Expect From Donald Trump — and Ivanka
(JTA) — We’ve caught glimpses of him this week. He gave a three-line speech Monday night. The next day, he addressed the crowd via video feed. But Thursday night is the real thing: Donald Trump, the official nominee of the Republican Party, will address 50,000 of his faithful from the convention stage in Cleveland. Cable…
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Fast Forward Amid Trump Turmoil, Republicans Agree on One Thing: Israel
(JTA) — On Wednesday, the Republican National Convention should have felt, well, conventional. Gone were B-list celebrities like Scott Baio and Willie Robertson. The crowd finally stopped chanting for the presumptive Democratic nominee to go to prison. And no one — at least as far as we know — plagiarized their speech. For once, the…
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