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ADL: Presidential Aide Must Disavow Anti-Semitism of Hungarian Hate Groups
The Anti-Defamation League has called on Sebastian Gorka, a senior aide to President Donald Trump, to clearly disavow “the message and outlook” of anti-Semitic organizations such as those he worked with while living in Hungary. Gorka, whose political activities with veterans of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party and other anti-Semitic organizations and activists were detailed in…
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Prosecutors Grill De Blasio Over Ties To Satmar Leader
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met Friday with federal prosecutors investigating whether he gave special treatment to an influential Satmar Hasidic landlord in exchange for supporting his campaign, according to The New York Times. The landlord, Moishe Indig, is a top lay leader among the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based followers of Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, the…
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4 Things You Need To Know About Sebastian Gorka’s Ties To Hungary’s Anti-Semitic Far Right
Here are the four things you need to know about Trump’s deputy assistant and his ties to Hungary’s anti-Semitic far right. 1) Sebastian Gorka launched his own political party with prominent veterans of Jobbik, a far-right faction with a long history of anti-Semitism. Gorka, whom Trump appointed as a top aide on January 20—the day…
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EXCLUSIVE: Senior Trump Aide Forged Key Ties To Anti-Semitic Groups In Hungary
When photographs recently emerged showing Sebastian Gorka, President Donald Trump’s high-profile deputy assistant, wearing a medal associated with the Nazi collaborationist regime that ruled Hungary during World War II, the controversial security strategist was unapologetic. “I’m a proud American now and I wear that medal now and again,” Gorka told Breitbart News. Gorka, 46, who…
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Jewish Conservatives Feel At Home At CPAC
At least 150 Jewish activists attended the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC this week, a sign of a growing contingent of Jewish hawks who are not put off by Steve Bannon and, at least in part, are willing to accept President Trump as a champion of their beliefs. “It’s not about personalities and not…
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Jewish Groups: Transgender Rights Rollback An ‘Assault on Freedom’
Jewish organizations are railing against the Trump administration’s removal of Obama-era protections for transgender youth. In a string of angry statements, Jewish groups condemned the measure, which will lift a requirement that public schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms appropriate to their gender identity. The Jewish activist group Bend the Arc called it a…
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How Cemetery Vandalism Brought St. Louis Jews and Muslims Together Like Never Before
Alan Bilinsky had just arrived back in his hometown of St. Louis on Monday when the cemetery where most of his family is buried was desecrated. He was devastated when he heard that some 170 headstones had been toppled and damaged. But there has been a silver lining to the carnage: it has led Muslims…
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Muslim Campaign For Jewish Cemetery Praised As ‘Beautiful Gesture’ — But Some Question Motives
Updated, 12:06 p.m. Two Muslim American activists have raised more than $110,000 to help repair a vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri. It’s a high-profile gesture headlined by Linda Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian-American critic of Israel. Now, Jewish groups are grateful — but pondering what it means. “This is another way for us to publicly defy…
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Marlee Matlin On Why Trump’s Hate Might Actually Be Good For The Disabled
(JTA) — Thirty years ago next month, Marlee Matlin became the only deaf actress or actor to ever win an Academy Award. In 1986, at age 21, she starred in the drama “Children of a Lesser God,” as a janitor at a school for the deaf. She took home the Oscar for best actress the…
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Donald Trump Calls For End To ‘Horrible’ Anti-Semitism — At Last
President Donald Trump delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States on Tuesday after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery. Several of the centers were evacuated for a time on Monday after receiving the threats, the JCC…
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Israeli NBA Star Set To Become A Pelican
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, reportedly is being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans. The trade, which is set to be announced later on Monday, is part of a five-player trade which will see All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins heading with Casspi to New…
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