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Jewish Megadonors Give $1.2M To Florida Republican In ‘Monkey’ Controversy
Republican Jewish megadonors like Sheldon Adelson have poured more than $1.2 million into a super PAC supporting the President Trump-backed Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis, campaign finance records show. DeSantis, 39, who rocketed to the front of the race after Trump endorsed him at the end of June, beat establishment favorite Adam Putnam in…
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Lauren Baer Wins Primary For South Florida Swing District
Tuesday’s primary saw the Democrats establishment get their preferred candidates to try and flip a few Florida swing House seats. Lauren Baer cruised to a Democratic primary win over Pam Keith after garnering the backing of the DCCC’s Red-to-Blue campaign. She captured more than 60% of the vote with nearly 75% of the precincts reporting….
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Kathy Manning Could Get Boost From North Carolina Anti-Gerrymandering Ruling
A federal court ruling striking down North Carolina’s gerrymandered congressional districts could boost Jewish Democrat Kathy Manning’s chances of picking up a seat in the state — and bolster the party’s chances of retaking the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The Aug. 27 decision by a three-judge panel means the districts could be…
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How A Respected Jewish Educator Preyed On Children For A Half-Century
By his own admission, Stanley S. Rosenfeld, a Jewish educator who worked primarily in New York City and Rhode Island, sexually abused “hundreds” of children — nearly all middle school-aged boys — during his five-decade career. From a beloved summer camp in New Jersey, to elite Orthodox schools in New York, to a small Conservative…
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Jewish Video Game Gunman Was Loner With ‘Significant Medical Problems’
David Katz, the electronic gaming enthusiast who fatally shot two rivals and wounded nine others in Florida, had a history of “significant medical problems,” according to multiple reports and court documents. David, 24, opened fire at a “Madden NFL” video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26, killing fellow gamers Elijah Clayton, 22, and…
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Chabad Wanted This Conservative Shul’s Building — So They Secretly Took It Over
A “takeover.” An “underhanded effort.” An “elaborate and deceptive scheme” that was “more in keeping with a mini-dictatorship than a religious organization founded upon democratic principles.” This is how a judge described the clandestine cooperation of the board members of a small Massachusetts synagogue, Adath Sharon, with the leadership of a local Chabad chapter. In…
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Pressure For Yeshiva Reform Grows After New York City Report
New York’s Hasidic community is facing unprecedented pressure over the quality of secular education in their religious schools this week, following the release of a letter on the issue by New York City’s schools chancellor. In recent days, three of the city’s four leading newspapers have published editorials calling for improved secular education standards in…
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How Tabloid King David Pecker Turned On Trump — Like Michael Cohen
Like Michael Cohen, David J. Pecker was once one of President Trump’s closest allies. The National Enquirer boss turned his powerful supermarket tabloids into a veritable Bible of dirt aimed at Hillary Rodham Clinton — and allegedly protected Trump over the years from negative stories peddled by women who claimed to have had tawdry sexual…
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Rashida Tlaib’s Political Patron Is Jewish — And Insists She Supports Two-State Solution
Before a historic primary election victory catapulted her into the national spotlight, Rashida Tlaib offered an intriguing bona fide when explaining her compassion for both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: One of the co-chairs of her campaign is Jewish. Former Michigan state Rep. Steve Tobocman wasn’t merely a hired hand for this year’s race: The…
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5 Things To Know About Lanny Davis, Michael Cohen’s Jewish Lawyer
Michael Cohen served for many years as President Trump’s loyal personal lawyer. But after Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to a series of crimes including tax fraud, bank fraud and campaign finance violations, more attention began to be cast on Cohen’s own personal lawyer, Lanny Davis — especially after Davis told multiple media…
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Uri Avnery, Israeli Warrior For Peace, Dies At 94
Israel lost its most durable, most persistent peace activist and taboo-breaker on August 20 with the death in Tel Aviv of journalist Uri Avnery. He was 94, and had been unconscious since suffering a massive stroke on August 4. Avnery is best remembered as the elder statesman of Israel’s radical left, a perpetual protester and…
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