From Chelsea Handler’s rally in Utah to Scarlett Johannson’s speech in Washington D.C., Jewish women across the country are participating in today’s Women’s March. Lena Dunham has joined protestors in the nation’s capital, and she’s brought along a feminist ally: her mother, Laurie Simmons. Yes, my mother is captaining that pink bus of art world…
President Donald Trump’s passionately nationalistic speech was written by two of his most hard-right aides, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Senior Adviser Stephen Miller. With its calls to put “America First” and end “American carnage,” address carried the trademarks of both of them. Trump had promised to write his own address. Miller served…
On Thursday night, dozens gathered at the Base DWTN synagogue near Union Square to bake challah and other traditional Sabbath foods to hand out to those marching in Saturday’s Women’s March on New York City. Rabbi Avram Mlotek, a Base co-founder and the rabbi of Base DWTN, told the Forward that many members of his…
Protesters, looking for a prayer to carry with you this weekend? The Glittery Rebbetzin, aka JoJo Jacobson, has one for you. In a post to the liberal Jewschool, Jacobson wrote: “I have heard the argument made that everything we are protesting against has already come to pass, and it’s pointless to go and wear out…
(JTA) — Reacting to the inaugural address of President Donald Trump, Jewish groups stuck to their ideological bearings. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations praised the unifying portions of Trump’s speech and called on him to safeguard Israel’s security and other Jewish interests. “We welcome President Trump’s acknowledgement of the need to…
Former head of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke has long seen in Donald Trump a champion of his own anti-Semitic white nationalist agenda. And during the 45th president’s inauguration today, Duke celebrated what he perceived as Trump declaring “war” on a perceived Jewish agenda. Duke, who commented on the speech on Twitter, used the…
We’ve had a lot of bad presidents. But David Frum thinks the one we inaugurated on Friday is the worst — ever. And he’s making very clear that his characterization includes all the men who’ve led the country. The worst human being ever to enter the presidency, and I include all the slaveholders. — David…
Trump’s inauguration brought in a tweetstorm from Jewish critics cringing at the next four years. Here’s a selection: Joshua Malina had better things to do than listen to the speech: Listening to the finale of Bernstein’s Candide rather than the Inauguration.— (((Joshua Malina))) (@JoshMalina) January 20, 2017 Mayim Bialik was not too happy during the…
While Rabbi Marvin Hier gave a blessing after the inaugural speech of President Donald Trump, Rick Perry had other things on his mind — and in his mouth. Here’s Rick Perry blowing a bubble with his gum behind President Trump as the rabbi spoke pic.twitter.com/zrvrINKISs — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 20, 2017 Video shows him…
Simon Weisenthal Center founder Rabbi Marvin Hier delivered a benediction at President Donald Trump’s inaugural ceremony, just moments after Trump employed a slogan in his address that was made famous by a 1940s-era anti-Semitic organization. “Bless President Donald J. Trump and America and our great nation,” Hier said. “By the rivers of Babylon we wept…
The rumors were true: Ralph Lauren, born Lifshitz, designed Melania Trump’s Inauguration Day outfit. For this morning’s swearing-in, the new first lady wore a pale-blue cashmere skirt suit designed by the Bronx-bred son of immigrants. He also designed her snow-white election night jumpsuit. According to CNN, the fashion house “declined to comment on how the…
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