(JTA) — Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s senior strategist, compared left-wing protesters to Nazi Brownshirts in 2012. In interviews to promote his film “Occupy Unmasked,” Bannon made several comments likening the Occupy Wall Street protests against income inequality and financial industry predation to the actions of Nazi paramilitaries, CNN reported. “The Occupy movement is really a…
(JTA) — House Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to vote on a resolution slamming the White House for its International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that did not specifically mention Jews. Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., sought to force a vote Tuesday on a resolution he introduced last week emphasizing that the Nazis targeted Jews during the…
“Fiddler on the Roof” is a musical about finding happiness even in a precarious world. YouTube sensation Randy Rainbow seems to have taken a hint, producing a parody video about the Trump Administration’s challenged relationship with the truth that takes off on the “Fiddler” classic “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.” “Fact-checker, fact-checker, find me some facts, I can’t…
The President of the United States has just spoken to the American people about an urgent matter: The decision of a department store to drop a clothing line owned by his daughter. In a mid-day tweet, President Trump took issue with Nordstrom for their decision to stop selling Ivanka Trump’s brand of clothes and footwear….
Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz took the stage Tuesday night for a historic debate over Obamacare, where the two senators gave voice to two very different visions for American health care. Both agreed on the need to change the status quo in the health care sector, but that’s about where the agreement stopped, as the…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Nordstrom Inc for what he said was its unfair treatment of his daughter Ivanka after its decision to not purchase her clothing line for this upcoming season. Shares of the retailer fell 0.7 percent after the president’s criticism. They later recovered to trade up 0.2 percent. “My daughter Ivanka…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer emerged from a Tuesday meeting with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch unimpressed, telling reporters that the judge dodged touchy issues. “He is clearly a very smart, polite and capable man who loves being a judge,” the New York senator told the press after a closed-door interview with President Donald Trump’s…
As Israeli leaders are sounding the drumbeat for West Bank annexation, a majority of Israelis say “not so fast,” according to a new poll. The Israel Democracy Institute’s Peace Index found that 53% of Israeli Jews are against annexing large parts of the West Bank, with only 37% in favor. Since President Trump took office,…
Jake Tapper, CNN’s chief political correspondent, has not been pulling his punches since President Donald Trump and his aides took the White House. With his sharp retorts, to-the-point fact checks and cutting humor, the reporter has emerged as something of a champion for a news media – and a certain idea of truth – that’s been…
Republicans have their target list out for the 2018 mid-term elections for some Jewish Democrats it means that their reelection bid just became tougher. Politico has the list of 36 Democrats the GOP is trying to unseat in the upcoming elections. A third of them represent districts that went for Trump in 2016. The target…
This weekend, many New Yorkers were shocked to find swastikas painted on subway windows and advertisements. They reacted swiftly and removed the hateful sharpie messages with hand sanitizer. Two days later, the New York subway system yet again saw a swastika – but this time, it was crossed out, and surrounded by a red “No”…
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