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(JTA) — Mitchell Silk, a Hasidic Jew from the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, made history with his confirmation by the Senate as assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Markets. Silk becomes the first Hasid to hold a senior slot in a U.S. administration, the Yeshiva World News reported. He was confirmed on Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish Woman Promoted To Lead NSA Cybersecurity
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish woman has been tapped to head the National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. Anne Neuberger of Baltimore has worked at the NSA for the past decade. She helped establish the U.S. Cyber Command and worked as chief risk officer, where she led the agency’s election security efforts for the 2018…
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Opinion Bertrand Russell: Are Old Men Fit To Rule The World?
This article was published in English-language supplement of the Forverts on September 10, 1927. Ever since, at the age of fifteen, I read “” in an unexpurgated edition, I have found it difficult not to see men as Yahoos. Especially difficult it is when the men are old. It is a well—known fact that many…
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Community What’s The Duty Of A Jew In Government?
What does it mean to serve the government as a Jew? Is there a way to express Jewish values in civil service? I’ve worked for a number of different government agencies over the past 13 plus years. “Jewish values” are often shared by non-Jewish colleagues who choose to serve the public, from a different origin…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Willing To Shut Down Government Over Budget Fight
Following President Trump’s controversial budget proposal boosting the military and slashing Meals on Wheels and other safety net programs, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that his caucus is willing to shut down the government to defeat the White House’s blueprint. “If they put those poison pill amendments in and try to shove them down…
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News Trump Picks Third Goldman Sachs Alum, Gary Cohn, for Government Role
President-elect Donald Trump has stocked his stable of advisers with one more Goldman Sachs alum, appointing company president Gary Cohn to lead the National Economic Council in a stark departure from his campaign promise to “drain the swamp.” Cohn will become the third Goldman pick to closely advise Trump, following the choice of Steve Bannon…
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News Could California Ban Anti-Israel Campus Protests as ‘Anti-Semitic’ Hate?
A 2010 State Department document provides the U.S. government’s only official definition of anti-Semitism. It is a detailed document that adds elements of anti-Israeli bias to the traditional definition of Jew hatred. This definition — developed to help the State Department monitor anti-Semitic trends in foreign countries — is now at the center of a…
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