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Did Jared Kushner Break Shabbat to Help Donald Trump Survive Tape Crisis?
Jared Kushner broke his usual Shabbat routine to help his father-in-law, Donald Trump, through a crisis sparked by the release of blockbuster tapes showing the presidential candidate lewdly discussing women. Kushner is an observant Orthodox Jew who normally does not work during Shabbat. But as the New York Times reported, he was among a group…
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George Soros and Sidney Blumenthal Were the Dog Whistles of the Second Debate
In a debate described as the “ugliest ever,” and marked by outright hostility between the candidates, trained ears also noticed an influx in Jewish namedropping by Donald Trump that could evoke anti-Semitic sentiments among some of his followers. Trump has been accused in the past of using dog whistles aimed at supporters from the “alt-right,”…
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Chicago’s ‘Godfather of Gore’ Herschell Gordon Lewis, 90
Herschell Gordon Lewis, the film director and producer celebrated as the Godfather of Gore, died September 26 at his home in Pompano, Florida. He was 90 years old. Lewis was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Chicago, where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees in journalism at Northwestern University. After brief stints teaching…
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Why Israeli Jews Crowned and Dethroned a ‘Lost Tribe’ King from Africa
The king arrived mysteriously in the Land of Israel. He wielded a staff and said he commanded a kingdom in Africa, and that he was capable of summoning millions of followers to his side. He travelled with an entourage. Angelic figures had visited him, he said, and he spoke directly to God. His followers projected…
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All About the Liberal Professor Who Predicts Donald Trump Will Win — He’s Never Been Wrong
Alan Lichtman made his first presidential prediction in 1984 and has gotten them all right ever since. He credits this prophetic success to a scientific model which never fails. And this model indicates that come January, Donald Trump will be moving to the White House. But now, for the first time since he took on…
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Deadly Hurricane Matthew Sends Jews Fleeing for Shabbat on Swathe of Atlantic Coast
On Friday, October 7, Shabbat was approaching — and off the coast of Florida and Georgia, so was Hurricane Matthew, the category 3 storm called a “monster” by Florida’s governor, Rick Scott. Which is why instead of putting out the prayer books and ironing their best clothes in preparation for Jewish day of rest, congregations…
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Guess Who Ghost Wrote One of the First Books Praising Hitler? It Was Adolf.
In the first-ever biography of Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer was described as the “German savior” and compared to Jesus. Now, a historian thinks he found proof that it was not an admirer who penned the praise-singing book — it was Hitler himself. “Adolf Hitler: His Life and his Speeches” was first published in 1923, a…
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Florida Jews Braced for Worst as Hurricane Matthew Slams Coast
Jewish institutions in Florida were bracing for the worst as officials issued dire warnings about Hurricane Matthew, a major storm that was poised off the state’s Atlantic coast Friday morning and was expected to ravage to the central and northern Florida coast over the next day. The National Hurricane Center called Matthew, which wreaked havoc…
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Brooklyn Man’s $2K Tefillin Set Swiped on Subway
A Jewish man’s bag that included a valuable set of tefillin, a pair of ritual boxes attached to leather straps used during prayer, was stolen in Brooklyn on Friday, September 30. The 25-year-old victim told police that his bag was taken from the mezzanine of the DeKalb Avenue subway station at 7:36 p.m., the website…
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Will French Chief Rabbi’s Death Heal Split Over Gays?
Joseph Sitruk, the former chief rabbi of France who died in September, was a towering figure to his country’s Jewish community. Serving for two decades — between 1987 and 2008 — in the top clerical post, the Tunisian-born Sitruk gained a reputation for his charisma, friendliness to Orthodox and Sephardic teachings and engagement with the…
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Mysterious Death of Transgender Orthodox Jew Stuns Chicago
Twenty-seven-year-old Jonah Berele died in Lake Michigan recently under unclear circumstances, abruptly ending the life of a local Orthodox Jew who began life as Sarah Berele — and who, from there, as his family and friends put it, went on to exemplify a generosity and compassion that he did not always find in his own…
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