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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Pleaded To Increase Saudi Arms Deal To $110 Billion
President Trump’s refusal to condemn Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi comes from a $110 billion arms deal that was expanded by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, ABC News reported. Choosing to add an arms exchange to the already hefty figure was Kushner’s idea of cementing the new alliance between…
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Community Stop Stripping Female Jewish Converts Like Ivanka Of Their Agency
In a New York Times article this weekend, Amy Chozick and Hannah Seligson wondered, “Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews?” There’s plenty there to dissect, but what caught my eye was how they described Ivanka Trump, “who converted to Judaism to marry Mr. Kushner.” This is typical of how the media describes women…
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Fast Forward Ivanka: I Didn’t Know You Couldn’t Use Personal Email For Official Business
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails on government business, using a personal account, the Washington Post reported. Trump, who serves as an unpaid White House senior advisor, sent the emails to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants, many of them in violation of federal records rules, the newspaper reported on Monday…
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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg And Sheryl Sandberg, We’re Revoking Your Mensch Cards
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Here at the Schmooze, the Forward’s pop culture desk, we’ve been pretty relentless in our criticism of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. But damn! Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, whose clean-cut looks and professed Jewish and American values have always endeared them to us just as Javanka’s have…
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Fast Forward Trump Endorses Prison Reform In Big Win For Jared Kushner
Donald Trump has endorsed prison reform legislation, something Jared Kushner has been working on for the better part of a year. Trump is hailing the prison reform bill as a major piece of bipartisan legislation. “This group reached a bipartisan agreement — did I hear the word bipartisan? Did I hear that word?” Trump told…
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News Rabbi Jeffrey Myers Opens Up About Welcoming Trump To A Wounded Pittsburgh
Shabbat was approaching, but Rabbi Jeffrey Myers didn’t have time to write his Saturday morning sermon. And this wasn’t just any Shabbat — it was the first Shabbat after the shooting that killed seven of his congregants, and four others. But on Friday afternoon, he officiated at a funeral. Then he was attending a shiva…
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Fast Forward Did Jared Kushner Cover For Saudi Crown Prince In Journalist’s Murder?
The Saudi Crown Prince described journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a dangerous Islamist days after his disappearance in a phone call with Jared Kushner, the Washington Post reported Thursday. In the call, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman encouraged the president’s son-in-law and national security adviser John Bolton, who was also on the line, to maintain the…
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Fast Forward HIAS Helped Jared Kushner’s Grandparents — But He Won’t Take Its Calls After Pittsburgh
Jared Kushner hasn’t had anything to say to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). In the early days of the Trump administration, the organization shared with the president’s son-in-law documentation of his grandparents’ immigration to the United States, with no response, the New Yorker reported. It still hasn’t heard from him, days after a gunman…
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