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A Kenosha rabbi speaks, as violence surrounds her synagogue
The killings in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday night of two people protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake happened one block from Kenosha’s historic synagogue. Beth Hillel Temple sits on a park along with a library and other public buildings. The Reform synagogue’s position in the center of this small, lakefront town is no accident….
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Who is Lee Zeldin?
Rep. Lee Zeldin is a Republican congressman from Long Island, N.Y., who has positioned himself as a staunch political supporter of President Donald Trump and the standard bearer for Republican support of Israel. Zeldin is speaking in a primetime slot on Wednesday evening during the Republican National Convention. He is currently one of two Jewish…
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Who is George Soros? And why is he the ‘boogeyman’ of the right?
Editor’s note: Almost every day, political figures and commentators on the right accuse George Soros of nefarious behavior. This week, the RNC removed a speaker due to her support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and assertion that George Soros is involved in a supposed Jewish cabal with designs to run the world. For context, the…
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At RNC and DNC, two Jewish dads from Parkland, and two very different views on guns
Two dads, themselves born in the same year. Both Jewish. Both New York-area transplants to Florida, who didn’t think much about politics, until their daughters were shot dead by a gunman in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Now Andrew Pollack and Fred Guttenberg are lauded as authorities on gun violence and…
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Social media users debate tweet comparing racism in U.S. with Nazi Germany
A prominent journalist stirred up controversy Sunday night with a tweet comparing the United States’ racial past with Nazi Germany. Jemele Hill of The Atlantic praised the new book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, which compares the United States’ and Nazi Germany’s treatment of minorities. Hill’s tweet echoed the same comparison….
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‘They are bullies’ — rabbi who confronted Mark and Patricia McCloskey speaks out
When Rabbi Susan Talve heard that Patricia and Mark McCloskey would be among the speakers addressing the Republican National Convention, she decided she could no longer stay quiet. “It’s so upsetting that they have a national audience,” Talve said. “It’s upsetting we make heroes out of people who hate.” Breaking News: RNC Tuesday night speaker…
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These Florida Jews are sticking with Trump, even if it costs them family and friends
Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican member of the Florida statehouse, is an avid supporter of President Donald J. Trump. He’s also recovering from a serious bout of COVID-19, which landed him in the hospital with pneumonia in 30% of his lungs and critically low oxygen levels. He sees no contradiction between his frightening fight with…
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Where the children played: Jewish Immigrant kids of New York and their games
The Forward is one of 57 libraries, museums and city agencies, contributing to a new app called Urban Archive, helping make historical materials engaging and accessible. Children take centerstage in the story of this archival image. Forward coverage reflected the cultural and political attitudes toward childhood and its games as they evolved for Jews and…
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To his friends, Doug Emhoff, poised to be Second Gentleman, is already “Second Mensch”
One evening in November 2017, United States Senator Kamala Harris stood facing Jerusalem’s Western Wall. It was her third visit to Israel, but the first time she’d come with a special escort: Her husband Doug Emhoff. Though he is Jewish, Emhoff, then 53, had never visited Israel. So Harris, whom he’d married in 2014, invited…
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Biden closes convention the way he launched his campaign: Repudiating anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden closed the Democratic National Convention the way he launched his campaign in April of last year: By invoking what he depicted as President Donald Trump’s callousness to racism and anti-Semitism. Biden, speaking late Thursday night to the convention made virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic, recalled the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi…
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Meet the synagogue leader Joe Biden calls ‘my rabbi’
Many friends and associates of former Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled to share video testimonials about him on Thursday, the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Among them will be Rabbi Michael Beals of Congregation Beth Shalom, a Conservative synagogue in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden’s hometown. Lots of Delawareans have stories about how they…
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