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Rabbis Torn About Women’s March, Despite Secret Meeting With Sarsour, Mallory
Last week, 13 prominent rabbis held a secret meeting — with Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, leaders of the Women’s March. The reason: to try to decide whether the rabbis and their congregations should attend the third annual march, scheduled for this coming Saturday. And if they should attend — which one? There will be…
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This Congressman Was The Only One To Vote Against An Anti-Semitism Monitor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Chris Smith, the New Jersey Republican who is trying to push through a bill that would enhance the role of the anti-Semitism monitor, put out a news release minutes after it passed the U.S. House of Representatives and noted it was approved “overwhelmingly.” Legislators love to describe support for their bills as…
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Princeton Eating Club Embroiled In Fierce Debate Over Pro-Palestinian Banner
When several students at Princeton University returned from a recent class trip to Israel, they sat down to talk about how disturbed they were by their visits to Bethlehem, East Jerusalem and other Palestinian territories. “It was really hard to see,” said Emily Kunkel, a senior on the trip. “Hard doesn’t even encapsulate it —…
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Judy Rapfogel Is Back In Albany With A Big Lobbying Contract
The last time Judy Rapfogel had business in the halls of the New York State legislature, she was the chief of staff to one of the most powerful men in state government. That was before a court in Manhattan convicted her boss, onetime New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, of corruption. Now, three years…
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How Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Appeals To Diaspora Jews
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wants you to know that he is deeply concerned about the deteriorating relations between his country and Jews around the world, and he plans to do something about it. Which, in a surprising way, sets him apart from the rest of Israel’s political leadership. More surprising still, Rivlin seems to understand…
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TFW You Want To Multiply The Jewish People But Can’t Get Off Work
When “Emma,” a director of education at a Conservative synagogue in New York, began to prepare for her upcoming contract negotiations, she went to check the movement’s “Guide to Contractual Relations,” written to help people have such delicate conversations. She found that while the movement advises synagogues to offer clergy — rabbis and cantors —…
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Measles Is Hitting Ultra-Orthodox Communities. Why Aren’t They Vaccinating?
The worst measles outbreak in recent New York history is hitting the Hasidic Jewish community due to low vaccination rates. With 55 cases in Brooklyn and 116 in two upstate counties since late September, it is the second time in five years that the community has seen a measles crisis. The previous record outbreak, in…
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Disbarred Mega-Lawyer Removed By JNF From Website After Forward Report
The Jewish National Fund has removed the name of a disbarred lawyer from its website, hours after the Forward revealed that the JNF had continued to list him as a member of its national board despite long-running legal scandal. Stanley Chesley, a former president of the JNF, has been ordered to pay $42 million to…
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Why Is A Disgraced Lawyer In $42M Scam Still On The JNF Board?
In 2013, the highest court in the state of Kentucky disbarred Stanley Chesley, the fabulously wealthy trial lawyer once known as the “master of disaster” for his representation of victims of horrific catastrophes. The creator of the modern class action lawsuit, Chesley is now enmeshed in one of the worst U.S. legal scandals in recent…
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GOP Tries To Embarrass Democrats By Pushing Israel Vote During Shutdown
It’s the first vote of the new United States Senate – but it’s doubling as a preview of the 2020 presidential campaign. Senate Democrats on Tuesday night blocked a bill sponsored by Republican Senator Marco Rubio that includes aid for Israel and also controversial curbs on supporting the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction…
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Meet America’s Only Jewish Political Dynasty: The Levins Of Michigan
For as long as Andy Levin can remember, politics was part of his life. He was 4 when his father, Sander Levin, was first elected to Michigan’s State Senate; he spent his pre-teens traipsing around the state through Dad’s two failed gubernatorial bids; and he returned from a college gap year in India to find…
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