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Community The Real Threat To Our Jewish Grandchildren Is Not Bomb Threats
To which of the many threats posed by the Trump administration should the Jewish community give most of its attention? The repellent and frightening resurgence of anti-Semitism? The inhumane persecution of undocumented immigrants? The loosening of gun regulations? The discriminatory and irrational Muslim ban? Collusion with Russia? All of these are important, but I fear…
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Fast Forward It’s Ivanka Vs. Bannon: Will U.S. Stay In Big Paris Climate Treaty?
Is Ivanka Trump shaping out to a liberal counter-force to Steve Bannon in Trump’s White House? After reportedly convincing her father to back off of an executive order which would allow LGBTQ discrimination, now the First Daughter is using her clout to influence the debate over climate change. According to the New York Times, the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders And ‘Science Guy’ Hold Climate Change Forum
Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) hosted a conversation about the perils of climate change Monday, bringing their talk to Facebook Live in order to raise consciousness about an environmental issue they fear the new administration will backslide on. “Join me and Bill Nye at 10:30 a.m. ET tomorrow on Facebook Live for…
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News Al Gore: Ivanka Trump Is ‘Very Concerned’ About Climate Change
Former Vice President Al Gore had kind words on Monday night for Ivanka Trump, following his meeting earlier with her and President-elect Donald Trump to discuss climate change. “It’s no secret that Ivanka Trump is very committed to having a climate policy that makes sense for our country and for our world and that was…
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Breaking News Al Gore Talks Climate Change With Ivanka Trump — and Donald Too
Former Vice President Al Gore said he discussed climate change with Ivanka Trump Monday, in another sign that the first daughter will have an outsized role in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” the former vice…
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News Will Ivanka Trump Be the White House Voice of Reason on Climate Change?
Ivanka Trump may advocate for action on climate change in her new role as first daughter, Politico reported today, citing a “source close to her.” Trump, who is Jewish, is considering ways to speak out on climate change, according to Politico. That could put her in conflict with her father, the president-elect, who has consistently…
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Breaking News Morocco Demonstrators Protest Israeli Flag at U.N. Climate Talks
— Demonstrators chanted “Death to America! Death to Israel!” at the United Nations climate talks in Morocco. More than 200 people protested outside of the country’s parliament building in Rahat on Monday against the flying of the Israeli flag alongside the flags of 195 other countries represented at the climate talks, known as COP22, the French…
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Opinion The Seas Are Rising — and That’s a Jewish Problem
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. A (now disgraced) comedian once did a routine about Noah, who was incredulous about God warning him about the coming flood. Finally, famously, God asks Moses: “Noah, how long can you tread water?” I have been thinking about that question…
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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