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Fast Forward Donald Trump Calls President Obama a ‘Disaster’ for Israel at Final Florida Rally
— Making his final campaign stop in the swing state of Florida before Tuesday’s election, Donald Trump said President Barack Obama was a “disaster” for Israel. “We will stand strong, we have to stand strong with the State of Israel in their fight against Islamic terrorists,” Trump told a rally Monday morning in Sarasota. “Barack Obama was…
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News George Soros’s Son Evokes Holocaust-Era Rabbi to Chastise Ivanka, Jared for Their ‘Silence’
George Soros’ son has some advice for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump — heed rabbinic wisdom and disavow Republican nominee Donald Trump. Alexander Soros, the elderly billionaire’s thirty-something fourth child, used social media to invoke the words of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, the Jewish religious leader who spoke at the March on Washington, to urge the…
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News WATCH: Jewish Women Created An Inspiring #DCPantsuitPower Flashmob
Hillary Clinton’s signature colorful pantsuits got a shout-out from over hundred women who staged a flashmob in support of the Democratic presidential candidate in Washington D.C. Dressed in red, black, blue and pink pantsuits, the group danced on Friday to “Salute” by British girl band Little Mix. The “DC Power Pantsuit Flashmob” was put on…
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News Did Donald Trump’s ‘Jewish Wingman’ Use Bar Mitzvah Skills for Campaign Launch?
Donald Trump’s announcement of his presidential run in June 2015 will be remembered for the Republican nominee’s incendiary language — and his long descent on an escalator in Trump Tower. But if Trump adviser Michael Cohen had carried the day, the event might have even more over-the-top, with balloons, models and a circus elephant, according…
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Israel News ‘Dump Trump’ and ‘Silly Hillary’ Cocktails
A Tel Aviv bar is marking the American election with the “Dump Trump” and the “Silly Hillary,” red and blue cocktails to be served at its Tuesday night bash. At Mike’s Place, a beachside bar with an American immigrant and tourist clientele, two bartenders affixed a large American flag to the bar, and unfurled red,…
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Israel News In Israel, Voters Back Clinton — But Just Barely
Israeli voters back Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a 37%-to 34% margin, a new poll has found, with supporters of the ruling right wing Likud party bakcing Trump, while Zionist Union voters on the center-left prefer Clinton. A poll released by Geocartography, an Israeli research institute, queried 500 Israelis with a 4.4% margin of…
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Community Six Reasons Jews Should Support Donald Trump
On policy, there is no question that Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel, pro-Jewish candidate to ever run for the U.S. presidency. And this year’s Republican Party platform is the most pro-Israel political platform in the history of the United States, on either side of the political aisle. That is why when Jewish and pro-Israel…
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News ‘Dear Americans’ Meme From German: Don’t Repeat Our Mistakes by Voting for Donald Trump
While only Americans can vote tomorrow, there is a lot of stake for the rest of the world as well. So a German man living in the U.S. created a meme to warn Americans of the dangers of electing a demagogue. The letter went viral over the weekend and was shared widely using the hashtag…
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
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Film & TV For ill and for good, this ‘Wicked’ song has become ubiquitous
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News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
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