Two Washington, D.C. rabbis have filed a complaint claiming that the local government should revoke the liquor license of the Trump International Hotel because President Trump is not a person of “good character,” which the law requires. The complaint, which was filed to the district’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board last month, claims that Trump fails…
“We’re going to start saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again,” President-elect Donald Trump promised a cheering crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 9. “How about all those department stores?” he went on. “They have the bells and they have the red walls and they have the snow, but they don’t have ‘Merry Christmas.’ I think they’re…
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump confirmed his support for a database to track American Muslims. Asked about a statement earlier in the week that he was open to the idea, Trump confirmed Thursday night that he would move to require Muslims to register with the government if he were elected. “I would certainly implement that….
Rabbi Jack Moline has left his post as director of the National Jewish Democratic Council after less than a year. Moline, a longtime rabbi in northern Virginia who was prominent in the Conservative movement and close to Obama administration figures, assumed the position at the beleaguered advocacy group in January of this year, and left…
Sanctions bill sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez addresses AIPAC annual policy conference, Washington Convention Center, March 5, 2013 / Getty Images The debate over the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill in the Senate just keeps getting uglier. And now the nastiness is seeping – make that pouring – right into the heart of the Jewish community, as…
The National Jewish Democratic Council named Rabbi Jack Moline, a prominent Conservative movement rabbi, as its new director. Moline, the rabbi at Agudas Achim in Alexandria, Va., since 1987, will assume the post in January, according to an NJDC statement released Monday. He will step down from his suburban Washington pulpit. He chaired Rabbis for…
The White House is enlisting faith groups to help fight for the approval of the DREAM Act, a law that would provide a path to citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants who serve in the military or attend college. On Thursday, the Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships put together a conference call with religious…
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