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That Time Jared Kushner’s Father Gave Bill Clinton a Shofar
Jared Kushner was 16 years old when President Bill Clinton paid a visit to the New Jersey offices of his father’s corporation. It wasn’t Kushner’s first encounter with high-powered Washington players, even at this young age. His father, Charles, was a major political donor and as such, courtesy visits such as this were not uncommon….
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Charities Lean More on Donations From the Wealthiest — Jewish Groups Included
Giving in the United States is more than ever a rich person’s sport, finds a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies. And Jewish charities aren’t immune to the trend, according to nonprofit consultant and fundraiser Avrum Lapin. “The growth of inequality is mirrored in philanthropy,” one of the report’s authors, Chuck Collins, told…
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Meet the American Firefighters Battling Israel’s Mother of All Wildfires
(JTA) — Call them Israel’s American volunteer fire brigade. Dozens of firefighters from across the United States put their lives on hold – leaving behind jobs and families – to help subdue the wildfires that swept Israel over the past week. While they all share a love of Israel, only a handful of them are…
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FEGS Will Pay $3.1M to Workers Left in Lurch by Collapse
The shuttered Jewish social service agency FEGS has agreed to pay $3.1 million to the union workers it left in the lurch when it collapsed in 2014. The agreement, filed the day before Thanksgiving, settles a number of claims that the union that represented 700 FEGS’s workers had brought against the organization. A bankruptcy judge…
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Branded a ‘Filty Jewess,’ Erin Schrode Lashes Out at Alt-Right as ‘Modern-Day Nazis’
Erin Schrode has a message for the “alt-right” – she’s not going to take it anymore and she thinks the group’s name is bogus. “I am done with the term ‘Alt-Right’ for those who are effectively modern-day Nazis and Ku Klux Klan, for those who attack me personally with unspeakable, unabating venom, for those who…
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer to Speak at Texas A&M
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who coined the term ‘alt-right,’ will speak at an event in December on the campus of Texas A&M, according to a report in the Texas Tribune. Spencer, who calls for the founding of a white “ethnostate,” will headline an event on campus, after an invitation from a former student at…
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Why Jewish Fight Over ‘Gay ‘Conversion’ Therapy Could Reignite Under Donald Trump
Just four years ago, more than 200 leading Orthodox rabbis signed a letter asserting that therapy can “heal” gay Jews. The letter came amid a heated Jewish communal debate over so-called gay conversion therapy, a widely discredited, potentially harmful practice that is partially outlawed in some states. Opponents of the practice won a major victory…
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Ivanka Trump Tweets Adorable Pic of Son Theodore on 8-Month ‘Birthday’
Future first daughter Ivanka Trump tweeted a super-cute snapshot of her son Theodore on his eight-month “birthday.” The proud mom of three called her youngest baby boy “little teddy bear” in a post replete with emojis. I cannot believe that Theodore is 8 months old today! Happy birthday little teddy bear! ??? pic.twitter.com/j6EpYVQDSd — Ivanka…
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Is Jared Kushner on the Verge of Becoming Donald Trump’s ‘De Facto President’?
New Jersey real estate mogul Charles Kushner had a rule for his four children when they were growing up – no jeans unless they were boarding a plane. “They had to maintain a certain look at all times, as if they were living in Camelot across the Hudson,” says a childhood friend who requested anonymity….
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Why President Obama’s Trip to Havana Was ‘Trancendental’ Moment for Cuba’s Jews
After Fidel Castro’s death on Saturday, what will the future hold for Cuba’s Jews? The small community celebrated a “trancendental moment” when President Obama visited the island last year amid a historic thaw in relations, which its leaders hoped would improve life for them. But Donald Trump is coming to the White House — and…
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Cuba’s Jews Survived Fidel Castro’s Rule — Now They Face Life Without Him
Fidel Castro died Saturday at age 90. The former Cuban strongman was nothing if not a controversial figure — a socialist hero to some, a heartless dictator to many others. His relationship to the island’s small Jewish community — now just 1,500, down from a peak of 15,000 — was also far from clear-cut. On…
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