Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Israel News Hoenlein Says His Role With Israeli Gas Giant Is ‘Completely Transparent’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Malcolm Hoenlein, who is the professional head of one of American Jewry’s most influential organizations and who sits on the board of a large Israeli energy company, told JTA he sees no conflict between those roles. Hoenlein is executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,…
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Israel News Israel Is The Star At A National Security Conference In Mississippi
BILOXI, Miss. (JTA) – A homeland security conference took place in a southern Mississippi town with an Air Force base and a shipbuilding yard. Among those in attendance were the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard; a general from India, the world’s second-largest country; and representatives from Taiwan and South Korea, a U.S. ally in…
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Fast Forward Most American Jews Oppose Trump. He Was Cheered At AIPAC Anyway.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A poll last year by the American Jewish Committee showed that 77 percent of American Jews disapproved of President Donald Trump’s job performance. American Jews had voted 70 percent to 25 percent in favor of Hillary Clinton over Trump. With the exception of the Orthodox, majorities of all the major Jewish denominations voted for Clinton….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Is Mired In Scandal In Israel. At AIPAC, He’s A Hero
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mired in several corruption scandals back home, and his political future seems increasingly under threat. But you wouldn’t know it from his speech Tuesday at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: He looked energized and right at home. His address to the…
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Fast Forward Louis Farrakhan Is An Anti-Semite. But Is He Still Relevant?
(JTA) — Louis Farrakhan was an anti-Semite in 1972 when he said Jews were “in control of the media.” He was an anti-Semite in 1984 when he said “Hitler was a very great man.” He was an anti-Semite in 1995 when he said “You are the synagogue of Satan, and you have wrapped your tentacles around…
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Fast Forward Meet The Jewish Teenager From Maryland Running To Be Governor Of Kansas
(JTA) — Ilan Cohen loves Kansas. He knows a couple of people in Kansas. He’s currently, officially, running to be governor of Kansas. And one day he hopes to visit Kansas. And turn 18. And be able to vote. And graduate from high school. Right now, Cohen is a 17-year-old junior at the Charles E….
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Fast Forward Prominent NY Jewish School Supports Student Walkouts To Protest Gun Violence
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Ramaz School, a prominent Jewish day school in New York City, will support the student-led campaign calling for gun control. The Manhattan school is backing student demonstrations in March and April that were planned in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and teachers….
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Fast Forward Jaime Guttenberg’s Aunt Pleads For End To Gun ‘Sickness’ After Florida Shootings
(JTA) — Abbie Youkilis, the aunt of slain teenager Jaime Guttenberg, doesn’t want prayers. She wants action. Jaime, 14, was one of the 17 students and faculty killed in the high school shooting Wednesday in Parkland, Florida. In an emotional Facebook post published Thursday, her aunt called guns a national disease and demanded change. “Fred…
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