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Kushner Talks Much, Says Little At Israel Forum In First Event Since Flynn Plea
Jared Kushner’s ongoing troubles grew over this past weekend: Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s plea deal turned Kushner into the likely next target of the Russia probe, and news broke that Kushner had orchestrated the Trump transition team’s efforts to scuttle a United Nations Security Council vote that the Obama administration refused to block….
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6 Reasons Jared Kushner Is Next Big Target After #FlynnFlips
Bad news has been piling up on Jared Kushner’s White House desk for a while. But Michael Flynn’s Friday guilty plea and his agreement to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s explosive investigation into Russian meddling could prove to be the most worrisome development yet. And the shoe may fall faster than expected for the presidential son-in-law,…
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3 Weddings In New York Synagogue. One Shared Act Of Defiance Against Israel’s Orthodox Rabbinate
Jewish weddings are typically joyous events during which a couple’s family and friends gather to celebrate and shower them with love as they create a new life together. But on Sunday, three Israeli Jewish couples will turn their party into a protest, and their intimate moment into a public, political act. Temple Emanu-El, the iconic…
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Can GoyFundMe Survive Backlash Over Neo-Nazi Profile In New York Times?
The ongoing fallout from the controversial New York Times profile of Tony Hovater, a young promoter of racist and neo-Nazi ideology, has had an unexpected side effect. It is shining a spotlight on GoyFundMe, a new online crowdfunding platform for racists, white supremacists and other fringe political players, banned from mainstream platforms and online services….
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‘Super Creepy’ Game Hands Out Points For Hooking Up At Youth Group
For at least two decades, generations of participants in Conservative Judaism’s youth movement have played a game in which they compete for points by hooking up with each other. The game, called the “points system,” has been a widespread part of the culture of United Synagogue Youth since the 1990s, according to multiple alumni who…
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Shadowy Israeli App Turns American Jews Into Foot Soldiers In Online War
The dozen or so Israelis sitting around a conference table at a Jewish community center in Tenafly, New Jersey, on a recent Wednesday night didn’t look like the leading edge of a new Israeli government-linked crowdsourced online propaganda campaign. Tapping on laptops, the group of high school students and adult mentors completed social media “missions”…
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Mystery Solved: Ex-Head Of Jewish Legal Services Agency Sent Funds To Other Charities
The former president of a Jewish legal services agency admitted today to sending funds from the organization he ran to other charities he controlled. He also admitted that some funds he sent to the other charities were used to repay him for loans and services he had provided. Yisroel Schulman, who resigned as the head…
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How A Name Tag Dragged Chabad Into The Russia-Ukraine Debate
In the hyper-sensitive international atmosphere surrounding Russia’s 2014 forceful annexation of Crimea, even a name tag can create a crisis. This lesson was learned by Chabad-Lubavitch, the Broklyn-based Haredi group which convened its annual emissaries conference in New Jersey on November 19. Among the 5,600 emissaries, or shluchim, from across the world attending the convention…
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Child Holocaust Survivors From Same Polish Town Meet In ‘Miracle’ Reunion
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Two weeks ago I happened to witness a small miracle. As a Jerusalem resident this year, I was intrigued to learn that there was an international conference of Jews who had survived the Holocaust as young children taking place not far from my home. Since my own…
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Linda Sarsour Asks ‘Am I The Biggest Threat?’ — As Pro-Israel Protesters Jeer Outside
Typically, Jews participate as concerned panelists in official discussions of anti-Semitism. Tuesday night, they protested. Forty enraged Jews stood outside on the sidewalk in downtown Manhattan, yelling “Am Yisrael Chai” over the heads of 14 police officers stationed between them and a conversation about Jew hatred and Israel, featuring the Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Despite…
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Sarsour Anti-Semitism Panel At New School Incenses Jewish Professors, Students
A scheduled discussion on anti-Semitism featuring Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour has infuriated many Jewish students and professors at the New School, a university in New York City. The panel on Tuesday, which is also scheduled to include Jewish Voice for Peace executive director Rebecca Vilkomerson and members of the groups Jews of Color and Jews…
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