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Why World’s Largest Menorah Can’t Be Called ‘World’s Largest Menorah’
(JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world. But he’s not allowed to call it that anymore. By decree of a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical court, Hecht must cede the title of “World’s Largest Menorah” to another candelabra, this one also erected…
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Trolls Attack Rabbi Left Speechless by ‘Alt-Right’ Leader Richard Spencer
After losing an argument to white nationalist Richard Spencer, Texas A&M Rabbi Matt Rosenberg is now getting mocked on social media platforms. @rabbimattr how did it feel to get your backside handed to you by Richard at the press conference? @aggiehillel @HillelIntl @eric_fingerhut — Ricky Vaughn 2.0 (@moreRickyVaughn) December 8, 2016 @rabbimattr @SavannahSino pic.twitter.com/gPcLkqxBgJ —…
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Shmuley Boteach Tweets Picture With Bannon, Gets a Bit Trump-Like on Twitter
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach had a weird few hours on Twitter last night. In the midst of a long run of tweets of photos of himself with famous people, the author of “Kosher Sex” posted a doozy: A picture of himself with Steve Bannon, the alt-right media mogul who Donald Trump will nominate to serve as…
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Europe’s Jews See Donald Trump — and Worry About Their Own Surging Extremists
As the first results of the U.S. presidential election were released on November 8, the Union of French Jewish Students, which goes by the acronym UEJF, posted a worried note on its website. “Donald Trump, through his racist, anti-Semitic, sexist, conspiracy-theorist, xenophobic, misogynist, anti-abortion, pro-death penalty and torture positions, is a threat to human rights,…
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J.B. Pritzker, Democratic Mogul, Mulls Run for Illinois Governor
J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has expressed interest in running a self-financed campaign for Illinois governor in 2018, Politico has reported. Pritzker, a Democrat who is a member of one of the country’s wealthiest families and himself the cofounder and managing partner of the Pritzker Group, a private investment firm, has been making…
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Rahm Meets Trump, Talks Immigrants and Infrastructure
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and Donald Trump are not natural political allies, and Emanuel has been vocal in his opposition to the president-elect on many issues. Nonetheless, the two sat down Wednesday for a 45-minute conversation at Trump Tower in New York, joined by Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus and senior advisor Stephen Bannon….
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WATCH: That Time Ben Shapiro Called Transgender People Delusional
Monday night’s event at Yeshiva University wasn’t the first time that Ben Shapiro has called transgender people “mentally ill.” He said as much on a panel discussion last July on CNN’s Headline News, when he and transgender reporter Zoey Tur got into a heated argument that culminated in raised voices and a police complaint. “Why…
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Hasidic Leaders Who Backed Clinton Now Claim They Were With Trump All Along
Leaders of the Skver Hasidim have an unusual message to their devoted followers: We may have backed the losing ticket for president, but it was all part of our plan. “We gave our endorsement to Hillary on the website ThinkingYid.com. In the message, Spitzer appears to be speaking on behalf of spiritual leaders who want…
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Post-Election, George Soros Vows $10 Million To Track, Combat Hate Crime
George Soros, the Holocaust survivor and wealthy philanthropist, has vowed to donate millions of dollars to fight a spike in reported hate crimes nationwide in the weeks following the fraught presidential election. Soros’s organization, the Open Society Foundation, has promised to donate $10 million towards tracking and fighting hate crimes nationwide, Public Radio International reported….
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Meet the Atheist Jew Fighting to Take God Out of the Holidays
‘Tis the season — for presents, caroling and the anti-Christmas billboard campaign run by David Silverman, head of the American Atheists group that every year urges Americans to avoid religious celebrations of Christmas. “Make Christmas Great Again. Skip Church!” reads one of the signs, which are running in Colorado, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. Another features…
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Rabbinical Court Uncovers Jewish Polygamous Sect
An Israeli rabbinical court has discovered a Jewish polygamous cult operating in Tel Aviv, according to a report by the Israeli news website Arutz Sheva. According to the website, a 20-year-old Israeli woman approached the rabbinical court to ask to annul her marriage, saying that she had entered into a religious marriage with a man…
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