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NYC Urges Citizens to Register and “Nosh the Vote” Before Yom Kippur Fast
As Jews in New York today got ready to start their Yom Kippur fast at sundown, the city offered them one more opportunity to chow down — and also to register to vote. As part of the “Nosh the Vote” program, a dozen food trucks and street carts across the five boroughs today distributed voter…
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In First-Ever Political Endorsement, NY Jewish Week Slams Trump and Backs Clinton
In its first-ever political endorsement, the New York Jewish Week backed Hillary Clinton in an editorial posted hours before the start of the Yom Kippur holiday. The paper, which has a print distribution of 55,000 and is one of the largest Jewish newspapers in the country, argues in the unsigned editorial that Donald Trump is…
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Yom Kippur Online: Pray in Your Pajamas, and Protest the Occupation at the Same Time
If you disagree with your rabbi’s politics — on Israel, refugees and immigration, for example — you don’t have to suffer through an uncomfortable Yom Kippur sermon. You can live-stream it instead, and pray in the comfort of your own ideological and actual home. This year, the far left-wing group Jewish Voice for Peace is…
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Jeffrey Goldberg, Liberal Zionist Writer, Named Atlantic’s Next Editor-in-Chief
Jeffrey Goldberg, the prominent columnist known for his foreign policy writings and liberal Zionist commitments, was on October 11 named as the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a magazine reputed for its highbrow coverage of news and culture. “It’s certainly true that this was not in my plan for 2016,” he said in a Monday interview…
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You Lost The Debate? Blame the Jews
If Donald Trump lost his second smackdown with Hillary Clinton, it’s because the Jews sabotaged him or spun his performance to their own advantage, say his most ardent backers in the “alt-right” blogosphere. “The people believe Trump won the debate. It’s really just an objective fact. Not sure how even liberal kikes could claim otherwise….
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Online Ads in the Synagogue Newsletter? Some Bristle, But Extra Cash Is Welcome
Want to sell suits to the parents of bar mitzvah boys in Cleveland? Life insurance to Jewish newlyweds in Boynton Beach? Orthopedic shoes to seniors in Brooklyn? A New York technology company has a new service that’s sending targeted ads to Jewish consumers — and it’s doing it through synagogue newsletters. RustyBrick, which sells a…
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Why Did the Israeli Ambassador Miss a High-Profile Synagogue Event, Again?
A week after former Israeli president Shimon Peres was brought to rest in Jerusalem, a high-level memorial service was held in Washington DC’s Adas Israel synagogue, featuring Vice President Joe Biden and former secretary of state Madeleine Albright. The event was attended by community leaders as well as administration officials. Absent from the memorial ceremony…
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Vulgar Video Won’t Hurt Trump With Orthodox — Because They Won’t See It
Donald Trump’s videotaped boasts about assaulting women likely won’t hurt his support among Orthodox Jews, because many Orthodox Jews won’t see the video. The vulgar tape, recorded in 2005 and posted online by the Washington Post on October 7, played in heavy rotation all weekend on cable news channels. In it, Trump says that he…
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MuslimsReportStuff Tweets Satirize Trump’s Attacks
Donald Trump’s debate performance was full of dog-whistle references against Jewish people. But there was another group that Trump attacked completely outright: Muslims. Asked about his famous call for a Muslim ban, the Republican presidential nominee said it has now morphed into “extreme vetting from certain areas of the world.” Trump also called Clinton’s plan…
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Jared Kushner Tried to Seat Clinton Accusers in Family Box at Debate
The second match-up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was full of personal attacks, idle threats and hovering glares. But if things had gone Jared Kushner’s way, the debate would have started with even more TV drama. Kushner, Trump’s orthodox son-in-law, and Breitbart-chairman-turned-Trump-adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, cooked up a plan to embarrass and intimidate Hillary…
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Animal Rights Group Presses Fight Against Kapparot as Yom Kippur Approaches
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, makeshift chicken coops appear on the streets and sidewalks of Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods like Borough Park and Williamsburg, dedicated to the ritual sacrifice of chickens for atonement in a centuries old practice known as kapparot, or kaporos. After campaigning against the practice for years, the Alliance to End Chickens…
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