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With Overwhelming Support, Jews Join Sprawling Women’s March Against Trump
The magnitude of the Women’s March on Washington took Jewish participants, like many others, by surprise. Organized groups of Jewish protestors had planned to meet on a street corner not far from the rally’s staging point and march together with the rest of the huge throng. But as they got closer to the National Mall,…
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Protesting on Shabbat? Not as Easy as it Looks
Steven Philp, a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, walked four miles from his home in Washington Heights to the Upper West Side on Saturday morning to join the massive citywide protest against President Donald Trump. For observant Jews like Philp, the protest, planned for a Saturday, posed particular challenges, as observant Jews refrain…
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How the Women’s March Found Its Distinctly Jewish Voice
As a thousand people crammed into the ornate, cavernous sanctuary of B’nai Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and another 400 waited patiently in a line that extended around the block, it was clear that today’s protest organized by women against President Donald Trump had found a distinctly Jewish voice. Soulful niggunim, those timeless melodies…
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BREAKING: Jews March, Bearing Signs Playful, Solemn and Defiant
“I am here because Women’s rights are humans rights,” said Rachel, 59, (left), who came to the Washington, D.C. march with a big group of Jewish women. The Metro trains into Washington, D.C. from the suburbs were packed with pink pussy hats. Friends smile as the crowd gathers at the Women’s March on Washington, the…
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Jews Spoke at Trump’s Inauguration. The ‘Alt-Right’ Is Not Happy.
For the white nationalist “alt-right” that reveled in Donald Trump’s win, the two Jews who took the podium during his swearing-in were the agents of a foreign and anti-white agenda. “Chuck Schumer is speaking,” tweeted Richard Spencer, head of the white nationalist National Policy Institute. “It’s generous of Trump to allow a representative of a…
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Trump’s ‘America First’ Leaves Jewish Groups Hesitant
Donald Trump’s inaugural speech, tipped with a promise to put “America First,” was a verbal shrug to Jewish groups who pointed out its anti-Semitic connotations. But most leaders in Jewish organizations were cautious in their response to Trump’s Friday address. “We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city,…
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With ‘America First’ Inaugural Speech, Trump Turns Back on Many Jewish Republicans
In a 16-minute address, a condensed and somewhat refined version of his campaign speeches delivered over the 18-month campaign, President Donald Trump sought to turn the page on what he described as an age of self-centered political elites doling out the goods of the nation to members of ruling class. But on the way he…
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PHOTOS: Why Does Sheldon Adelson Have Such Great Seats at the Inauguration?
Jewish casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam Adelson, got to Donald Trump’s inauguration bright and early this morning to claim their seats, right at the center of the dais. Their seats, right on the aisle, put them within arm’s reach of the country’s most powerful political dignitaries, and just a few rows behind…
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Religious Right: Trump is ‘King Cyrus’ Freeing the Jews
Which Biblical figure is Donald Trump like? For some on the religious right, the new president has strong parallels to Cyrus the Great, the Persian king who freed the Jews and let them rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. “He came in, this king, as a secular ruler and decreed for the building of the house…
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MK Yehuda Glick Praises ‘Miracle’ of Inauguration in D.C. Church
The day before Donald Trump’s inauguration, a range of conservative Christian luminaries gathered in a downtown Washington, D.C. church. They included a California pastor who fought against same-sex marriage; an anti-abortion priest, a Christian Zionist and a member of Congress. They all praised Trump as a modern-day savior of the Jews, even — and especially…
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Jewish Moments To Look for at Trump’s Inauguration
As a candidate he was shunned by most of the Jewish community, yet Trump has surrounded himself with a small but loyal group of Jewish supporters, donors and confidants. For those celebrating and for those protesting, here are a few Jewish moments to look for on Inauguration Day. Who will be there for Trump? Jewish…
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