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News He’s Back: Trump Nemesis Mark Cuban Returns with Clinton Invite to Third Debate
At the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton succeeded in getting rival Donald Trump to lose his cool. She hopes to repeat the feat at tonight’s third and final debate in Las Vegas — and her campaign thinks that inviting fellow billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban might do the trick. Cant wait to give…
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News Donald Trump Invites Malik Obama, the President’s Hamas-Supporting Half-Brother to Debate
Donald Trump invited President Obama’s half-brother to be a guest of honor at the final presidential debate — despite reports that Malik Obama is a supporter of the anti-Israel Hamas terror movement. The Republican candidate’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on a 2010 photo depicting Malik Obama wearing a Palestinian headscarf…
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Life With Trump’s Abuse In The News, Victims Speak Out
When I first saw the infamous Donald Trump Access Hollywood video a few weeks ago, in which he bragged to Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women, I instantly felt sick, enraged, and dizzyingly triggered. Little did I know that women all over the country – and perhaps the world – felt exactly as I did….
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Israel News Did Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chief Want Her To Avoid Talking About Israel?
Hillary Clinton likes to trumpet her support for Israel to Jewish groups. But according to e-mails leaked from the Democratic nominee’s presidential effort, her campaign manager Robby Mook wanted her to remain silent on the subject. “We shouldn’t have Israel at public events. Especially Dem activists,” wrote Mook, in response to an internal debate over…
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Fast Forward David Duke Says Donald Trump Has ‘Embraced My Issues’
After a few days of bad press, Donald Trump in February disavowed the support of white supremacist David Duke. But eight months after getting dumped by Trump, Duke just won’t quit on the controversial Republican nominee and his “Make America Great Again” mantra. “Thank God Trump has emerged and embraced my issues,” wrote Duke in…
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The Schmooze Billy Crystal Roasts Donald Trump at Star-Studded Clinton Fundraiser
On Monday night, the stars of Broadway and Hollywood crammed into one midtown New York theater to headline a benefit concert for Hillary Clinton. Predictably enough, many Jews ended up in the show, from Joel Grey of “Cabret and “Chicago” fame, to Matthew Broderick of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” to the queen herself, Barbra Streisand….
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Life Male Brain Only Fully Mature At 60
Every so often, those articles emerge declaring preposterously adult-sounding ages as the true cutoff for adulthood. The human brain is only really mature at 25, or maybe it’s 30 or 40. It has recently emerged, thanks to the never-ending gift that is the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle, that the true age for male adulthood…
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News Florida Jews Could Tip Balance in the Ultimate Swing State — and Few Are Switching Sides
Zeev Libskin and Murray Roter, both in their 80s, made their way through the packed South Florida Expo Center until finally getting as close as possible to the stage. Shortly after, Donald Trump took that stage, energizing the two Jewish retirees and thousands more with a 40-minute speech that featured a healthy dose of media…
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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Culture Pleading with God, pleading with Social Security
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Film & TV Robert Redford’s legacy is surprisingly Jewish
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Yiddish פֿאָלקלאָר וואָס האָט אָפּגעשפּיגלט דאָס לעבן און הומאָר פֿון אַמאָליקע ייִדןFolklore that reflected the life and humor of Eastern European Jewry
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אין דער ענגלישער איבערזעצונג אַ בוך אַנעקדאָטן וועגן אַמאָליקע רבנים, כּלל־טוער און גבֿירים
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Fast Forward Israel launches ground operation in Gaza City, as Marco Rubio casts doubt on diplomatic end to war
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