Lili Bayer and Larry Cohler-Esses
By Lili Bayer and Larry Cohler-Esses
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News Chabad Feuds With Jewish Leaders Over Cozy Ties To Eastern European Autocrats
In the former Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, established mainstream Jewish groups are increasingly worried that Chabad, the international Hasidic movement, is allying itself with authoritarian governments. In countries from Hungary to Russia, they say, Chabad is at times playing down anti-Semitism in a bid to compete with local Jewish groups and win…
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Fast Forward Hungary To Hold Pre-Election ‘National Consultation’ Targeting Soros
The Hungarian government announced early Thursday plans for a national consultation on what it alleges is Hungarian-born Jewish financier George Soros’ plan to bring a million migrants into Europe. Soros has been the target of constant criticism from the authorities in Budapest, who say that the 87-year old philanthropist is trying to destabilize their country,…
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News Evil Soros: Dog Whistling Anti-Semitism In Viktor Orbán’s Hungary
For over a year now, Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orbán, has been waging an increasingly shrill campaign against billionaire George Soros, using classical anti-Semitic imagery to signal to his listeners that the Hungarian-born American businessman is a shadowy foreign Jew exercising sinister influence over their country. It is an invocation that is deeply ironic on at…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka Could Face Immigration Probe Over ‘Membership’ In Nazi-Allied Group
A prominent retired immigration judge and ex-Nazi hunter says Sebastian Gorka could face a serious probe over his purported membership in a far right wing Hungarian group that was allied with the Nazis. Bruce Einhorn, a professor of immigration and nationality law at Pepperdine University, said if the top White House terrorism aide was a…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right group that is listed by the U.S. State Department as having been “under the direction of the Nazi Government of Germany” during World War II, leaders of the organization have told the Forward. The elite order, known as the Vitézi…
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