Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Opinion Jan. 6 could happen again. It’s up to us to stop it
This essay was adapted from IT COULD HAPPEN HERE by Jonathan Greenblatt, published by Mariner Books. Copyright © 2022 by Jonathan Greenblatt. Reprinted courtesy of HarperCollinsPublishers. From that fateful day in July 2015 when Donald Trump announced his candidacy as he descended a gilded escalator, he contrived grim visions of criminals and terrorists storming across…
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News ‘Berserk came into ascendence’: ADL chief opens up about Trump, antisemitism and democracy’s future in new book
The rise of antisemitic violence in recent years, the growing criticism of Israel and the rise of fringe elements on both sides of the political spectrum pose a real threat to the wellbeing of Jews in America, Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, suggests in a new book set to be released on…
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Opinion American Jews — on the left and the right — got Trump’s Israel legacy all wrong
The release of former President Donald Trump’s explosive interviews with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to the United Arab Emirates should comprise a wake-up call to American Jews: both Trump’s stalwart admirers and implacable foes are getting the story wrong. Trump’s achievements in the Middle East are far greater…
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News ‘The president doesn’t like you guys now’: The inside story of Trump’s rage against Netanyahu
A new Hebrew book published on Sunday by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid gives a behind-the-scenes look at what is now being revealed as a rocky U.S.-Israel relationship during the Trump administration, but one that led to normalization deals between Israel and the Arab world. “F**k him,” former President Donald Trump said about former Israeli Prime…
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News Obsessed about positive coverage, Trump worked on Abraham Accords while in hospital with COVID, new book claims
Former President Donald Trump worked on expanding the Abraham Accords from his hospital bed where he was being treated for a life-threatening case of COVID-19, hoping the positive news coming out of the Middle East would distract the country’s attention away from his illness, his former chief of staff reveals in a new memoir. “Still…
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Opinion The Nazis used us during the 1936 Olympics. We cannot fall for the same propaganda tactics in China
Editor’s Note: This article was written before President Biden’s decision to withhold U.S. diplomatic participation from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Click here to read the author’s most recent analysis on this issue. In a recent telephone interview with Fox News, former President Donald Trump said he is opposed to a proposed boycott of the 2022…
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Culture Trump’s new social media platform about ‘truth’ doesn’t seem safe for Jews
Having been banned from most mainstream social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump has had to get creative with his communications. Thursday, he announced his newest plan — his own social media app, called TRUTH Social, which is currently slated to roll…
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Fast Forward EXCLUSIVE: Trump called Netanyahu’s congratulations to Biden ‘an ultimate betrayal,’ new book claims
Former President Donald Trump resented that Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister he had forged a close relationship with, congratulated Joe Biden upon his electoral victory, according to a new book by journalist Michael Wolff. “It was startling to aides, however much they were anticipating an eruption, that Trump’s wrath fell on Bibi Netanyahu,”…
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