This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Opinion Should Jews Support Joe Lieberman For FBI Director?
News recently broke that President Trump considers former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman, 75, the frontrunner to succeed James Comey as FBI director. If the BDS-battling, yarmulke-wearing Lieberman actually gets the job, it would mark a watershed moment, since the FBI has never had a Jew in charge. But should American Jews celebrate or fear Lieberman,…
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Fast Forward Why Is The ‘Alt-Right’ Getting Real News Scoops?
Bloggers in the “alt-right” orbit are benefiting from having sources close to President Donald Trump — and have recently been getting “legitimate scoops” before more established journalists. Mike Cernovich is the most dramatic example, a post from the partisan advocacy site Media Matters America pointed out. “By providing people like Cernovich with this information, the…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Groups Find Way To Ignore Trump’s Intelligence Blunder
The bombshell news that President Trump passed on sensitive Israeli intelligence to the Russians has been met by almost absolute silence from pro-Israel groups. None of the leading Jewish or pro-Israel groups have put out statements about the disclosure, first revealed by the New York Times. Israeli media is reporting that intelligence officials there are…
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Fast Forward David Friedman Vows Trump Won’t Push Israel To Freeze Settlements
David Friedman, the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, gave his first interview since he landed in Israel on Monday to — where else? — Israel Hayom, the newspaper funded by Republican casino magnate and on-again-off-again Trump supporter Sheldon Adelson. Friedman spoke with Israel Hayom ahead of Trump’s scheduled visit to Israel next week, now clouded…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Defense Minister: Israeli And American Intel Cooperation Remains Unchanged
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman maintained that Israeli and American security cooperation will not change in light of revelations that President Trump gave sensitive Israeli information to the Russians on the Islamic State threat. “Security ties between Israel and its biggest ally the U.S. are deep, significant and unprecedented in their scope and their value…
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Food Stephen Colbert Smears Trump With Hummus Joke
It’s past my bedtime, but I’ve been glued to the TV tonight, watching the news unfold. Seriously, if you blink you miss something HUGE. Since we all know that the best televised take on the day’s events comes from the late-night comedy shows, I tuned into Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” monologue for some perspective. And…
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Opinion Like Nixon, Trump Carries Baggage To The Middle East
In this season of final exams, let’s take a brief test on American political history. It consists of a scenario, a question, and four possible answers. If you feel a wave of déjà vu as you proceed, don’t panic. It’s perfectly appropriate. Here we go. You are the president of the United States. You or…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israel Envoy David Friedman Says He Prayed For Trump At Western Wall
The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, prayed for Trump at the Western Wall on his first day in Israel. In a video posted to Twitter by the U.S. embassy, Friedman said that he came straight to the Western Wall from the airport with his wife and daughter on Monday. Welcome to US Ambassador…
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