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Auschwitz Game Highlights Serious Holes in Google’s Review Process
Controversy raged this week over news that the Google Play store had allowed a free mobile game that promised players could “live like a real Jew” at Auschwitz. For the second time in a month, Google’s review process was brought into serious question. But now, the game’s creators have come forward to say that was…
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Donald Trump Has a Puny Campaign Warchest. Where’s Sheldon Adelson’s Cash?
Donald Trump has been having a difficult time raising money from donors. Just how difficult? He ended the month of May with a mere $1.3 million in his war chest, while his rival Hillary Clinton boasted $42 million in fundraising during the same filing period. It should have looked different, at least based on the…
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New York Federation Pulls Out of Funding Pool, Goes Its Own Way
New York City’s Jewish federation is pulling out of a fundraising pool run by the umbrella group for North American Jewish federations, in a move that highlights the struggles of the national bodies that serve local Jewish charities. The UJA-Federation of New York, the central fundraising body for New York City’s Jewish community, contributes $1.6…
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WATCH: A Jewish Trump Supporter Confronts an Anti-Trump Protest
More than 40 Jewish Americans gathered in front of the Trump Tower in protest on Tuesday. Brought together by the Bend the Arc social justice organization, the ralliers stood outside Trump Tower on June 21 in order to draw attention to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Similar rallies took place in San Diego, Austin…
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The ‘Sweet’ 11-Year-Old Girl Killed When Tree Crushes Her Cabin at Jewish Summer Camp
Jadyn Erin Larky, an 11-year-old girl from the Columbus, Ohio suburb of Bexley, had only just begun her summer at Camp Livingston, one of the country’s oldest active Jewish summer camps. The camp is located in a densely forested area near the Ohio River in southeastern Indiana, and has a beautiful lake on its property….
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Reclusive Jewish Mogul Stephen Feinberg Hosts Donald Trump Fundraiser
Reclusive investment firm CEO Stephen A. Feinberg may be ready to dip his toe into the media frenzy surrounding Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The New York Times reports Feinberg will be one of several high-profile financiers hosting a New York City fundraiser for the presumptive Republican nominee on Tuesday. Feinberg, the media-shy founder of…
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Are Republicans Facing a Nasty Platform Battle of Their Own Over Israel?
WASHINGTON – The Democrats are not the only ones grappling with tension over the issue of Israel as the presidential nominating conventions approach. The Iron Dome Alliance, a new fundraising organization whose name pays tribute to Israel’s mobile rocket defense system, is leading the Republican charge to change their party’s stance on the two-state solution:…
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Is Jill Stein the Spoiler-in-Chief for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats?
These could be the best political days of Jill Stein, the other Jewish presidential candidate besides Bernie Sanders (also known as the other woman candidate, besides Hillary Clinton). Stein, longtime leader of the left-wing, environmentally oriented Green Party, is beginning to see some stars align in her favor. The factors driving this shift include unprecedented…
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Jewish Democrats Lash Out at GOP Over Gun Debacle
With the shadow of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history still hanging over the country, the Senate failed to pass Monday several measures aimed at reforming the nation’s gun laws. The proposed laws came in response to the news that Omar Mateen, the man who allegedly killed 49 people and injured many more at…
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Google Game Let Users ‘Live Like a Real Jew in Auschwitz’
Google Play has withdrawn from its store a mobile game that lets players “experience Auschwitz as a Jew” that has sparked anger in the Jewish community. The app, which was created by a vocational school in Spain, was meant as a parody according to the game’s description. However, the developers also wrote that they support…
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5 Must-Know Facts About New York Police Rabbi Alvin Kass
An unknown assailant attacked Rabbi Alvin Kass, the respected chief chaplain of the New York City Police Department, yesterday while the rabbi was on his morning power walk along Riverside Boulevard. Though the attacker knocked him to the ground, Kass, who is in his eighties, suffered no serious injuries. The Post has reported that Kass…
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