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Tempers Flare at Bloomingburg Meeting After Orthodox Developer’s Arrest
A meeting of fire commissioners in Bloomingburg turned sour last night amid recriminations over the federal voter fraud indictments that have rocked the upstate New York village, the Times Herald-Record reported. Federal prosecutors indicted Orthodox developer Shalom Lamm last week on charges that he and two other men conspired to register ineligible voters to participate…
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Among White Nationalists, Catchy New Shorthand for the ‘Jewish Question’
When Nazi strategists gathered on the shores of Lake Wannsee outside Berlin to plan the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question in Europe,” they probably did not imagine future neo-Nazis using catchy shorthand for their ideas. As white nationalists rebrand their movement with the moniker “alt-right,” the Jewish Question has re-emerged with a new name…
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Donald Trump Sounds ‘War on Christmas’ Battle Cry. Should Jews Be Worried?
“We’re going to start saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again,” President-elect Donald Trump promised a cheering crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 9. “How about all those department stores?” he went on. “They have the bells and they have the red walls and they have the snow, but they don’t have ‘Merry Christmas.’ I think they’re…
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5 Times Beltway Politics Sparked Nastiness at Synagogue
(JTA) — With Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner looking for a spiritual home in Washington D.C., Jews of all political stripes would like to think they could find a nice place to pray. But it doesn’t always work out like that. Here are six occasions where politics on Washington’s mean streets seeped into shuls and…
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What Could Go Wrong as Ivanka and Jared Go Shul Shopping? Try Everything.
President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, are synagogue shopping in D.C. — and it’s making headlines in the Jewish world and out. Reporting this in the mainstream media requires some explanation — an MSNBC anchor apparently believed the story was about Trump shoe shopping — but generally the narrative touches…
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Neo-Nazi Backlash Against Montana Jews Spurs Stepped Up Police Patrols
The police in Whitefish, Montana are stepping up patrols and working with the F.B.I. after a Neo-Nazi website listed the names and contacts of local Jews, urging readers to “take action” against them. Lt. Bridger Kelch of the local Police Department told the New York Times that the force was ramping up their efforts after…
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Did Charter School Queen Eva Moskowitz Mess Up the Books?
Eva Moskowitz has long been a controversial figure in New York, mostly because she has championed charter schools and feuded with liberals, including Mayor Bill de Blasio. She recently invited more wrath by meeting with Donald Trump amid speculation that she could be in the running for a spot in his Department of Education. Now…
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Lawyer Slams ‘Appalling’ Lack of Evidence in Clinton Email Warrant Request
A lawyer who sued to unseal the bombshell search warrant used by the FBI to search Anthony Weiner’s laptop for emails tied to Hillary Clinton says he’s “appalled” at the lack of evidence in the document that was released Tuesday. After reading the court documents, E. Randol Schoenberg, the Los Angeles-based lawyer better known for…
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Why Jennifer Rubin, Conservative Washington Post Columnist Is Now a Punching Bag for Trump fans
Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin used to be a darling of the right, using her media platform to advocate for the Republican Party’s last presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. But for many backers of President-elect Donald Trump, she is no better than a traitor. “Jen Rubin is WAPO’s excuse for conservative; her contempt for all things…
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Judge Sides With ‘Woman in Gold’ Lawyer, Orders Clinton Search Warrant Unsealed
The lawyer battling to unseal the search warrant used by the FBI to search Anthony Weiner’s laptop for potentially incriminating emails from former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won a major victory today. In response to the motion filed by E. Randol Schoenberg, Judge Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York ordered the court…
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After David Wichs’s Tragic Death, New York Tightens Crane Rules
A crane collapse that killed David Wichs last February was a result of human error, according to a report released this month by New York City. It’s the latest development in a bitter dispute between city officials, builders and Wichs’s widow over crane security and the city’s liability for his death. Wichs, a trader and…
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