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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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Fast Forward 5 Ways Jared and Ivanka Shaped Trump’s Response To Pittsburgh — For Better Or Worse
Critics of President Trump began to blame him for the massacre of 11 Jews at prayer last Shabbat as soon as the news broke, arguing that the killer had justified his actions with Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. The president’s initial response — or lack of response — to the shooting included jokes about a bad hair…
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Fast Forward Ivanka and Jared Will Go With Trump On Controversial Pittsburgh Trip
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner reportedly will go to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon with President Trump, CNN reported. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will travel with the president to Pittsburgh tomorrow, per person familiar. — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 30, 2018 White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing Monday that…
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Fast Forward Ivanka And Jared Urge Trump To Visit Pittsburgh After Synagogue Bloodbath
At the urging of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Trump made plans to travel to Pittsburgh this week, following the murder of 11 people at a synagogue in the city, the New York Times reported. The Jewish couple reportedly had to ask the president to share an impassioned statement denouncing anti-Semitism, according to the…
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