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Simcha Felder Wins Orthodox Backing In Feud With Cuomo And Democrats
Brooklyn Orthodox leaders backed Sen. Simcha Felder in his increasingly nasty feud with Democratic leaders, branding party bosses “wild animals” after they moved Wednesday to back his primary opponent and kick him out of the party. Boro Park Orthodox leader Yosef Rapaport said Democrats and Gov. Andrew Cuomo will only drive Jewish voters away by…
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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen’s Trump Org Emails Tied To Crooked ‘Taxi King’
Michael Cohen’s use of his Trump Organization email to conduct his taxi business has become more legally significant after his former medallion manager, Evgeny Freidman, agreed to work with federal prosecutors as part of a plea deal, according to experts and reports. That’s because public records obtained exclusively by the Forward show that Cohen used…
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Cynthia Nixon Must Address Issues Like Yeshiva Funding To Woo Orthodox Voters
Cynthia Nixon will have to address some hot-button statewide issues like funding and oversight of yeshivas if she is to make inroads with more religiously conservative and Orthodox Jewish voters, leaders and experts told the Forward. Nixon, who is raising two Jewish sons and belongs to pro-LGBT synagogue Beit Simchat Torah, announced in March her…
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Laura Moser Primary Fight Is Marquee Matchup For Texas Democrats
Laura Moser hopes to ride a wave of progressive voters to victory in a suburban Houston congressional district Tuesday, while her opponent is making outreach to disaffected moderates her main calling card. The down-to-the-wire primary race between Moser and attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher is one of several high-stakes primary battles that between those who want…
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Assad’s Attacks On Palestinian Refugee Camp Intensify
Syrian troops fought on May 20 to crush the last pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants trapped in an enclave south of Damascus, state media said, denying a report that insurgents had begun leaving in a withdrawal agreement. The recovery of the enclave south of Damascus would mark another milestone in President Bashar al-Assad’s…
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Will Rising Criticism Of Israel Help Jewish Democrats — Or Hurt Them?
The escalating conflict in the Middle East has spurred liberal Democrats to take a much more critical tone on Israel — but it’s unclear whether the shift will galvanize the progressive base or dampen enthusiasm among more moderate Jewish voters. More than a dozen senators, including Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein, signed a letter describing…
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Why Did Army Abruptly Fire Ft. Campbell’s Jewish Leader After Two Decades?
The Jews on the country’s second-largest military base haven’t had a rabbi for years. Until very recently, though, they had Jeanette Mize. She and her family led services and cooked holiday meals there. Because of her, the Jews of Fort Campbell, the Army base that straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border, didn’t have to drive 60 miles…
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Pro-Israel Crowd Sourcing App Targets Media Over Gaza Bloodshed
An Israeli government-linked crowd-sourced propaganda app is successfully manipulating reactions to news outlets’ Facebook posts about Israel’s killing of 60 Palestinians on the Gaza border. Facebook comments that the app directed its users to “like” are now the top comments on more than a dozen posts from major news outlets about Monday’s shootings, including posts…
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Why Some Jews Are Celebrating Shavuot At IHOP
(JTA) — On Saturday night, when Lex Rofeberg convenes a group of Jews to study Torah, he expects to pore over Jewish texts. He expects to eat cheesecake. And he expects to decide between 12 different types of pancakes on a thick, laminated menu. Like many rabbinical students, Rofeberg will observe the Jewish holiday of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Rising Star In Swing District Gave $300K To Pro-BDS Groups
The foundation run by the newly minted Democratic candidate for Congress in one of the most heavily Jewish congressional districts in the country has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations that promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel, the Forward has learned. Scott Wallace, a multimillionaire philanthropist and the grandson of…
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Reform Group Knew About Complaints Against Rabbi, But Didn’t Tell His Synagogue
The Reform movement’s rabbinical association censured the rabbi of a Durham, North Carolina synagogue after receiving a complaint that was “sexual in nature,” but didn’t tell his congregation, spurring a watchdog group to demand that the movement be more forthcoming about accusations of sexual wrongdoing against its clergy. “It’s kind of shocking,” said Shulamit Magnus,…
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