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Abe Foxman: Anti-Semitism ‘Sewer Covers Are Off’ — But I’m Optimistic on Trump
“The sun is still shining,” Abe Foxman boomed over the phone from Southern California, where it was “men’s week” at the Golden Door spa in San Marcos, about 35 miles north of San Diego. It was an overcast afternoon in New York. But Foxman was paying one of his twice yearly visits last week to…
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Why Is a Major Jewish Group Hosting a Hanukkah Party With Azerbaijan?
Hold the latkes, leaders of the Workmen’s Circle said this week. The liberal Jewish group won’t be attending a Hanukkah party hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, citing the event’s location at Donald Trump’s Washington hotel and its co-sponsorship by the country of Azerbaijan. “As a Jewish organization, we cannot…
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The Secret Jewish History of Kwanzaa
Fifty years ago, at the inaugural celebration of Kwanzaa, 60 black Americans gathered in a California living room to celebrate their distant African past. It was 1966. They wore dashikis and hand-woven headwear. A troupe of musicians played drums. Men and women bowed to each other and poured libations to the ancestors. Later, someone switched…
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Jack Rudin, Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92
Jack Rudin, patriarch of one of the wealthiest Jewish families in the United States and a major real estate developer, died Sunday at 92. Rudin’s firm, Rudin Management Company, owns major residential and commercial properties across New York City. Begun by Rudin’s grandfather in 1905, the family real estate enterprise has built one of the…
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Israeli Sledder Follows His North Star to the Arctic
There’s rarely snow in Israel. But if an outdoorsman from the West Bank settlement of Efrat gets his wish, he will become the first of his countrymen to participate in a polar sledding competition, traveling hundreds of miles between Norway and Sweden next April. “I’ve always had a penchant for adventure and crazy ideas,” Erik…
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Does Michael Flynn Have an Anti-Semitism Problem on Twitter?
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick to head the National Security Administration, has landed in the middle of a complex controversy including his son, a penchant for spreading fake news — and anti-Semitism on Twitter. Flynn has come under attack for retweeting a fake news item that appeared to be related to the so-called…
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Is ‘Star Wars’ a Sinister Jewish Plot To Promote Diversity? ‘Alt-Right’ Says Yes.
White supremacists are calling for a boycott of the latest “Star Wars” movie as evidence of a Jewish plot to foist racial diversity on whites, even as some on the “alt-right” say they watch the film and root for the evil Empire. “(((Star Wars))) Is Anti-White Social Engineering,” a Reddit user named GenFrancoPepe posted in…
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WATCH: Israeli Groups Accuses Facebook of Inciting Terrorism in Video Campaign
An Israeli civil rights organization just launched an online campaign attacking Facebook for inciting terrorism around the world. Facebook has faced a lot of criticism lately, especially for their handling of fake news stories. Last month, German prosecutors started investigating Mark Zuckerberg personally for Facebook’s slow removal of hate speech. Following the rampage by an…
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Boston Jewish Federation Chief Gets $1.3M Retirement Windfall
Boston’s Jewish federation gave its longtime president a $1.3 million payout, new tax filings show. Barry Shrage, who has led the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston since 1987, received the payment in late 2014, on top of his annual salary of $343,000. The one-time windfall came after a consultant told the organization’s board that…
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59% of New York Jews Have Unfavorable View of Donald Trump
Most Jewish New Yorkers have an unfavorable view of Donald Trump, and nearly half are “very pessimistic” about the country’s future during the Trump presidency, according to a new poll released by Siena College today. The college, which questioned 800 registered voters in New York state, nearly 90 of whom were Jewish, found that New…
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Kushner Foundation Bankrolls Radical Jewish West Bank Settlers
In recent years, the parents of Jared Kushner – the son-in-law and trusted confidant of President-elect Donald Trump – have donated tens of thousands of dollars to organizations and institutions located in the West Bank settlements, according to their tax forms. The U.S. State Department has long held that the settlements are an impediment to…
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