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It’s Cool To Be A Jew — If You’re Also An Evangelical Christian
In evangelical circles, anything that evokes Jewish roots carry cachet. Donning Hebrew prayer shawls, blowing shofars, avowing love and unwavering support for Israel — all are in vogue, and have been for years. If you can also claim some “ethnic Jewish” heritage? Even better. A number of high-profile evangelical televangelists, authors and speakers tout Jewish…
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Gorka’s Ouster Caps Defeat Of Nationalists In Fight For Trump’s White House
The departure of presidential aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House Friday, just one week after that of his mentor, Stephen Bannon, capped a crucial victory for military generals in the Trump administration. As Gorka himself put it in his August 25 letter to President Trump, “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that…
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Bay Area Jews Split Over Confronting White Supremacists At Weekend Marches
As hundreds of members of the white nationalist so-called “alt-right” movement head to San Francisco for a planned “freedom rally” this weekend and local counterprotesters prepare to confront them, police are bracing for the challenge of keeping the two sides apart and preventing Charlottesville-style violence. “Doing nothing in the face of this weekend’s rallies is…
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Could Grant’s Tomb Be The Next Monument To Go — Over Anti-Semitism?
Statues of Confederate generals are being targeted for removal across the country as “hate symbols” in the wake of the bloody white supremacist riots that rocked Charlottesville, Virginia. But in New York, a monument to an iconic Union Army leader and U.S. president is the latest lightning rod for controversy. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s alleged…
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‘Blacks For Trump’ Man Claims Mantle Of Fallen Hebrew Israelite Leader
Who is “Michael the Black Man”? Spotted earlier this year at Trump rallies enthusiastically hoisting “Blacks for Trump” signs, Michael Symonette is back in the national spotlight after scoring a prominent seat at Trump’s rally this week in Phoenix. He’s not your typical political activist, though. He holds particularly unusual beliefs about ancient history, global…
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Could Menendez Trial Tip Senate To Trump — Or Cost AIPAC A Pro-Israel Vote?
The political future of one of Israel’s staunchest supporters is on the line in a New Jersey courtroom — along with the political power balance in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, is now at the opening stages of his criminal trial for corruption charges involving his ties to a Jewish…
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Boycott Schm-oycott! Trump Insists He Never Planned To Call Rabbis For High Holidays
Did liberal Jewish denominations succeed in making a brave statement against President Trump’s divisive leadership by effectively torpedoing an annual High Holidays conference call with rabbis? Or did Trump hang up on them before they could hang up on him? Less than 24 hours after Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis announced they would not organize…
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Abe Foxman Fears ‘Major Calamity’ Could Send Unstable Trump Over The Edge
To gauge the deepest fears of Abraham Foxman, ask him if he worries about how President Trump might react to a major terror attack on American soil. Turning dark, the legendarily genial retired leader of the Anti-Defamation League said such a “calamity” might spur Trump to seek to vastly expand his executive powers in an…
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EXCLUSIVE: Jewish Umbrella Group Kept Quiet On Bannon To Avoid Offending Donors
Establishment Jewish advocacy groups did not call on President Trump to fire far-right firebrand Steve Bannon because leaders worried that it would hurt fundraising efforts, according to an internal email discussion obtained by the Forward. In emails sent a few days after a white nationalist rally turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia, the head of an…
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‘Miraculous’ 1,500-Year-Old Mosaic Unearthed In Jerusalem
A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek inscription has been uncovered in Jerusalem’s Old City – a rare discovery of an ancient relic and an historic document in one. The inscription cites 6th-century Roman emperor Justinian as well as Constantine, who served as abbot of a church founded by Justinian in Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe it…
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Gorka Downplayed White Supremacist Threat. Is He Expendable After Charlottesville?
Lawmakers pushing for a probe of White House aide Sebastian Gorka say his role in downplaying the danger of white supremacists makes it even more important to quickly investigate whether he lied to gain U.S. citizenship. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) said the deadly violence at Charlottesville shows how dangerous it is to have someone so…
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