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News WATCH: Will Jewish Seniors Haunt Their Trump-Voting Grandkids?
After Donald Trump’s brush with the alt-right, American Jews already have plenty of reason to vote against him. But if Jewish millennials needed an extra push, grandma and grandpa are more than happy to provide it. In a new ad called “We’ve Seen This Before” from the advocacy group Bend the Arc Jewish Action, seniors…
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News How Donald Trump Invokes Israel in Anti-Terror Push — and Gets Israel All Wrong
Back in 1994, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin promised the Israeli people that the newly signed Oslo Accord would not lead to a surge in terrorism, even though the Palestinian Authority would take control of parts of the West Bank and Gaza. Rabin could make this promise, he said, because the P.A. — unlike Israel —…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton or David Duke? An Easy Choice for Some Donald Trump Supporters
Donald Trump voters, at least those in North Carolina, really dislike Hillary Clinton. But just how strong are their feelings about her? Well, they hold a higher opinion of a white supremacist former Ku Klux Klan leader than the former First Lady. This piece of information is included in the latest Public Policy Polling survey…
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Fast Forward Jewish Donors Shun Donald Trump — 95% of Contributions Go to Hillary Clinton
It is an open secret in Jewish Republican circles: Donors are steering clear from Donald Trump, finding any excuses to channel their political contributions to congressional races and Super PACs supporting down-ballot candidates rather than writing a check for the controversial Republican standard bearer. Now, the prediction and statistic analysis website 538 has put this…
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News Celebrity Rabbi, Asked to Pray for GOP, Picks Mourner’s Prayer
They tried to support other candidates, then they did their best to block him. But nothing helped. So what else can Jewish Republican critics of Donald Trump do? Well, they can laugh. And that’s exactly what many of them did Monday when they gathered in New York to a roast of former Mitt Romney adviser…
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News Sheldon Adelson Snubs Donald Trump With $5M Donation — Far Cry From $100M Promise
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson finally opened his checkbook and began to sign checks to Republicans. The good news for Donald Trump? One of them has his name on it. The bad news? It’s for only $5 million. As first reported by CNN, Sheldon Adelson has recently made a sizable campaign donation, reaching $45 million and…
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News Why Swing State Rabbis Are Avoiding Politics Over High Holy Days
(JTA) — When Rosh Hashanah came around last year, Rabbi Aaron Gaber wanted to grapple with an issue roiling the country. So he decided to focus his sermon on racism. But several members of Brothers of Israel, a 120-family Conservative synagogue in suburban Philadelphia, weren’t pleased. “Some of the feedback from some of my congregants…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Jr. Says Media ‘Warming Up the Gas Chambers’ for Donald
The Trumps are stumbling over an insensitive Holocaust reference once again. And this time it’s Donald Trump, Jr.’s turn. Speaking on a Philadelphia talk radio interview Wednesday, Trump Jr. lashed out at the media, which, he claims, is biased in favor of Hillary Clinton. And this is how it came out: “The media has been…
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