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News Jewish Republicans Slip Into Crisis Mode as Donald Trump’s Convention Looms
Lew Eisenberg, a New Jersey investor and longtime political fundraiser, serves as finance chair of Trump Victory, the main fundraising arm of the Trump campaign. He holds the same position for the Republican National Committee. However, he has yet to make any personal contributions to the Trump campaign. Nor was he active in the pro-Trump…
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News Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Drops Out of Republican Convention Amid Modern Orthodox Outcry
Bowing to mounting pressure from Modern Orthodox circles, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein decided not to give his planned invocation at the Republican national convention in Cleveland next week. “The whole matter turned from rabbinic to political, something which was never intended,” Lookstein wrote Friday afternoon in a letter he addressed to the “Ramaz Family,” referring to…
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News Is AIPAC a Toothless Tiger After Iran Deal Supporters Survive Unscathed?
AIPAC never spelled the threat out. But last summer, Congress got the message. Politicians had to decide whether they would vote yay or nay on President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which lifted economic sanctions in exchange for reductions to the country’s nuclear program. A vote in favor, pro-Israel activists indicated, would be viewed negatively…
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News Is Jill Stein the Spoiler-in-Chief for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats?
These could be the best political days of Jill Stein, the other Jewish presidential candidate besides Bernie Sanders (also known as the other woman candidate, besides Hillary Clinton). Stein, longtime leader of the left-wing, environmentally oriented Green Party, is beginning to see some stars align in her favor. The factors driving this shift include unprecedented…
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Fast Forward Russ Feingold Leads in Wisconsin — and he May Have Donald Trump to Thank
Can Donald Trump help a Jewish candidate in a tight U.S. Senate race? Russ Feingold, a three-term senator who lost his Wisconsin seat in 2010, has found Trump’s controversial statements a useful tool in his effort to win back his seat. Directing his criticism at incumbent senator Ron Johnson, Feingold took issue at his rival’s…
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News Despite Misgivings, Jewish Donors Open Wallets for Donald Trump — and Sign Up To Raise Big Bucks
Sheldon Adelson was the first, to commit to Donald Trump’s campaign, and now other Jewish donors seem to be flocking to the presumptive Republican nominee’s camp, offering their support and prying open their pocketbooks. Several Republican Jewish Coalition leaders are on board or on their way to join Trump’s finance committees, in charge of providing…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Group Endorses Donald Trump, Exacerbating Feud
The main Republican Jewish group has endorsed Donald Trump for president, driving a fresh wedge between politically conservative Jews whose conflict over the presumptive nominee played out online on Wednesday, the day after Trump won the Indiana Republican primary. The Republican Jewish Coalition posted on Twitter a message from its national chairman, David Flaum, congratulating…
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Fast Forward Ari Fleischer Triggers Jewish Social Media Firestorm With Pro-Trump Tweet
When prominent Jewish Republican Ari Fleischer tweeted his support for Donald Trump Tuesday evening, he exposed an emerging fault line that could split both the Republican party and Jewish conservatives. Fleischer, who is on the board for the Republican Jewish Coalition and who served as White House press secretary under George W. Bush, drew sharp…
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