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Opinion Give Trump The Benefit Of Doubt – You Give It To Democrats All The Time.
On Tuesday, President Trump called American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat; it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” he said. On Wednesday, he repeated the claim, explaining that a vote for Democrats, which is where 70-80% of American Jews place…
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Fast Forward New York Times Editor Apologizes For Anti-Semitic, Racist Tweets
An editor at The New York Times has apologized for having written several anti-Semitic and racist tweets. Tom Wright-Piersanti is a senior staff editor at the Times, according to his LinkedIn profile. In the years 2008-2010, Wright-Piersanti wrote several offensive tweets, which were first uncovered by the right-wing website Breitbart. On New Years’ Day 2010,…
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Letters Letter | On The Left’s Failure To Recognize The Hate On Its Own Side
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, the Forward published a piece by Omar Baddar titled “Trump’s Bigotry Isn’t Accidental. We Must Unite To Fight It.” The article made the case that President Trump’s recent statement — that it would show “disloyalty” for a Jew to vote for a Democrat — was just another example of bigotry and…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Cory Booker Responds to Trump’s ‘Disloyal Jews’ Comment – With A D’var Torah
Cory Booker lambasted Donald Trump’s comments that American Jews would be “disloyal” for voting for Democrats in what amounted to an off-the-cuff d’var Torah, or sermon, while on the campaign trail in Iowa Wednesday. Reporters asked Booker, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey who had a close connection to Jewish life at his university, about…
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Fast Forward Here’s What Jewish Leaders Said About Trump And Omar’s Dual Loyalty Comments
Updated August 22 President Trump’s remarks from the Oval Office on Tuesday, in which he claimed that Jews who voted for Democrats showed “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” were condemned by a variety of Jewish figures and organizations. But in some cases, their initial reactions were different from their responses after…
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Culture The Long And Violent History Of Anti-Semitic ‘Disloyalty’ Charges
In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte summoned French Jewish leaders for a conversation about loyalty. French Jews had gained the status of full citizens 16 years earlier. Napoleon wanted to understand how, as newly empowered civilians, they saw the world. So he asked them if they truly considered France their country, and Frenchmen their countrymen. In 1894,…
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Fast Forward ‘I Am #DisloyalToTrump’: Jews Clap Back To The President On Twitter
After President Trump invoked an anti-Semitic trope by calling Jews who vote for Democrats “disloyal,” Jews began storming Twitter with the hashtag #DisloyalToTrump. “Any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Trump’s…
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Opinion Dear Rep. Pressley: I’m Your Constituent. Will you Condemn Antisemitic Rhetoric From ‘The Squad’?
Dear Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, I am one of your Jewish constituents. I live in Brighton, Massachusetts, in the Seventh Congressional District. Over the past several days, I have become increasingly disappointed and concerned about your silence with regards to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Omar and Tlaib, members of the “Squad” which you…
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