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Breaking News 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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Breaking News 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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Breaking News Trump Praises Sanders But Faces Struggle to Win Over His Voters
As Donald Trump moves closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination, he has offered lavish praise for Bernie Sanders, who faces increasingly slim chances in his battle with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race. Trump has begun calling for Sanders to run as an independent if he does not win the Democratic nomination and said…
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Breaking News Half of Ted Cruz’s New York Fundraising Sponsors Are Jewish
WASHINGTON — About half of the sponsors of a New York fundraiser for Ted Cruz’s presidential candidacy are prominent pro-Israel and Republican Jewish figures, including Eliot Lauer, the longtime attorney for Jonathan Pollard. The fundraiser for the Republican Texas senator at New York City’s Harvard Club on Monday night takes place on the eve of…
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Breaking News No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump’s Orthodox Israel Advisor
(JTA) – If Donald Trump wins the White House, he’ll probably be the first U.S. president whose top adviser on Israel used to do guard duty at a Jewish settlement in the West Bank armed with an M-16 assault weapon. The adviser, Jason Dov Greenblatt, currently works for Trump as a real estate attorney. Trump…
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Breaking News Israel Takes Center Stage in NY Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of neglecting the Palestinians, and Clinton said her rival was more prone to criticizing than solving problems when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Independent senator from Vermont and the former secretary of state had a lengthy and heated exchange on Israel and the Palestinians during their…
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Life Why Do Women Compare Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren?
Rumor has it that Elizabeth Warren might join a Bernie Sanders ticket, and another rumor suggests that Clinton will ask Warren to be her running mate. Meanwhile, Warren hasn’t endorsed either candidate but her name comes up a lot, especially when people critique Hillary Clinton for being fake. Usually the conversation unfolds like this: Someone…
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News Pastor at Trump Rally Says Bernie Needs To ‘Meet Jesus’
A pastor speaking at a Donald Trump rally called Monday for Bernie Sanders to “meet Jesus” and be saved. “Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t believe in God… Listen, Bernie got to get saved. He got to meet Jesus, he got to have a ‘coming to Jesus’ meeting,” televangelist Mark Burns said at the North Carolina gathering…
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’
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