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Jerrold Nadler Faces Rare Primary Challenge — Just Months After Backing Iran Deal
For the first time in decades, voters on Manhattan’s West Side and in Boro Park, Brooklyn will have a choice to make in the upcoming Congressional primaries. Representative Jerry Nadler, the progressive Democrat whose district includes more Jews than any other in the House of Representatives, is facing his first challenge for the Democratic ballot…
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What 5 Key British Jews Are Saying About Brexit Vote
On Thursday, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on whether or not to remain part of the European Union. Although the UK retains a currency (the pound) separate from the EU, it is a signatory on many other economic and political treaties. Many Britons see the Brexit referendum, as it is known colloquially, as…
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ZOA Leader Supports Call for Profiling Muslims, Just Like Trump
A prominent Jewish leader is siding with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for profiling Muslims in America. Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, said he believed there is a need to employ religious profile measures in order to deal with Muslim terrorism in the United States. “In an era in…
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Orthodox ‘Christmas Elf’ Arrested in Sprawling New York Bribery and Corruption Probe
On Christmas Day three years ago, two Orthodox businessmen dressed as Christmas elves knocked on the door of the Staten Island home of a high-ranking officer in the New York City police department. The elves came bearing gifts, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this morning in federal court in Manhattan: A video game system…
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New York Child Sex Abuse Reform Bill Is Blocked — Again
Barring an eleventh hour deal, New York’s legislature prepared to end its session without passing a bill that will make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults — legislation that advocates have been pushing for a decade. By June 17, the bill’s backers were still pushing for a vote in…
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It’s Hitler in Yiddish as Mel Brooks Gem ‘The Producers’ Returns to Stage
True story. About a decade ago, a Jewish businessman — Siberian born, but Brooklyn raised — ran into Mel Brooks at the Joe Allen restaurant in Manhattan’s Theater District. “Vos macht a yid?” the man asked Brooks in Yiddish. “How’s it going?” Taking on a Yiddish intonation, Brooks replied. “Shhh …” he said. “I’m not…
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WATCH: Hoverboard Brawl Arrests Anger Williamsburg Satmar Activists
A brawl in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn grocery store has led to three assault charges and a wave of anger from some activists in the neighborhood’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. According to the local news site DNAinfo, the June 9 fight started when the Hasidic managers of the Central Market grocery store told a teenager that he…
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ADL’s Stance on Anti-BDS Bills: Highly Nuanced
When it comes to moves against BDS and the Anti-Defamation League, it’s complicated. Like most of the mainstream Jewish community, the ADL views the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel as deplorable. In fact, said the group’s national director, Jonathan Greenblatt in May, “At its core BDS is an anti-Semitic movement. It is…
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Fired Defense Chief Moshe Yaalon Announces Surprise Bid To Oust Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel Premier
Moshe Yaalon, the recently deposed Israeli defense minister, declared his candidacy for prime minister today in a surprise announcement in an address to the annual Herzliya Conference, Israel’s prestigious annual security seminar. “The state of Israel and citizens of Israel see a leadership today that’s ceased to function,” Yaalon told a stunned audience that repeatedly…
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Whole Foods CEO Remains Loyal to Marc Gafni Despite Abuse Claims
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is standing by his friend Marc Gafni, a controversial New Age guru and former rabbi accused of abuses of power through his career, including molestation of a teenage girl. Mackey until recently sat on the board of Gafni’s think-tank, Center for Integral Wisdom. Activists have been pushing Mackey to publicly…
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Why Are Jewish Federations Struggling With Fundraising as Charitable Giving by Americans Hits Record?
American charities are raising more than they did before the Great Recession, but Jewish federations across the country are floundering, according to a new study published June 14. The annual study, called Giving USA, found that American individuals, foundations, and companies gave $373 billion to charities in 2015, more than ever before in real or…
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