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Steve Bannon’s 5 Most Controversial Jewish Moments At Breitbart
Steve Bannon, the executive chair of Breitbart News, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from the news organization that he led for the past five years (not including his stint working for President Trump). Bannon presided over the right-wing website’s rise in popularity and recognition, which also led to significant attention to controversial statements…
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Who Murdered These Jewish Snowbirds In Their Florida Condo?
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. David “Donny” Pichosky and Rochelle Wise found each other late in life, marrying in 2009 when they were both in their…
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A Year After Saying They’d Ban Female Clergy, Why Aren’t Orthodox Doing It?
Eleven months ago, the leaders of an association of nearly 1,000 synagogues banned women from serving as clergy. Yet now, as the one-year anniversary of the ban is approaching, the organization is still dragging its feet on enforcing it. “I think that this has been delayed because it’s not a very popular decision,” said Sharon…
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What Happened To Lauren Spierer?
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. The police department of Bloomington, Indiana — home to Indiana University — has received hundreds of tips every year from citizens…
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Who Killed Barry And Honey Sherman?
This is the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. Bernard “Barry” Sherman went from prodigy rocket scientist to billionaire pharmaceutical executive over the course of his life. After earning a…
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Charlottesville Jews Are Stuck With Town’s Infamy After White Supremacist March
The letters and emails began arriving at Congregation Beth Israel, in Charlottesville, Virginia, days after the city turned into the symbol of America’s new battle against white supremacy in the Trump era. It took that long for Americans to grasp the deeply anti-Semitic nature of the events that rocked the nation — until news emerged…
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Sure, Roy Moore’s Jewish Lawyer Is A Christian — He’s Still A Mensch
There’s a joke that’s often told in the South about a hunter on the line with the local emergency services after the buddy who is with him while stalking deer has a heart attack. He tells the woman on the line, “Bubba’s dead,” to which the woman responds, “Well, sir, make sure that Bubba is…
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Meet The Lesbian Jewish Lawyer Who’s Despised By Right-Wing Rabbis — But Backed By Trump
Breitbart News called the president’s decision a “nightmare before Christmas. The Conservative Review described her as “Trump’s worst nomination so far,” and the Coalition for Jewish Values argued that the president’s choice to renominate Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was “akin to putting an avid hunter on the board of PETA.” Barack…
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What Kissinger Meant By A ‘White House War’ Between Jews And Non-Jews
Henry Kissinger knows a few things about wars, about Jews and about the White Houses. But his quip to journalist Michael Wolff on the subject, as quoted in Wolff’s bombshell new book about President Trump and his circle, is setting some heads a-scratching. “It is a war between the Jews and the non-Jews,” Kissinger, the…
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Pence Faces Cold Shoulder As Palestinian Christians Feel Betrayed By Evangelical Embrace Of Israel
First, he was supposed to come for Christmas. Then, the visit was postponed until the following week, with the explanation that he might be needed to break a tie in the Senate over the tax bill. Now, Vice President Mike Pence’s trip is scheduled for mid-January, but Israeli officials say they have no final confirmation…
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Jared Kushner’s Time Is Coming — And Blockbuster Book Suggests Trump Won’t Save Him
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump moved to Washington last January, only to find photographers parked outside their new home in the Kalorama neighborhood round the clock. Rumor had it that a good pic of the first daughter and son-in-law, preferably pushing a stroller or walking hand-in-hand with their toddlers, would fetch $500 for an enterprising…
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