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Fast Forward Kushner Slams Palestinians For Repeating Same ‘Talking Points’ — Says Nothing About Israel
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would announce its Middle East peace plan soon, and press on with or without Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. The comments underlined gaping divisions between Washington and the Palestinian leadership that have widened since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December and moved the U.S. Embassy…
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The Schmooze Ivanka’s Friends Are ‘100% Sure’ She’ll Run For President, And Other ‘Born Trump’ Revelations
“Born Trump,” the tell-all look into the lives of the younger members of the first family, reads like Candace Bushnell-meets-Michael Wolff. Written by Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, the new book is a delicious mixture of gossip, speculation and Liz Smith-ish insight that forms a juicy and Jew-cy narrative of the Trumps. Where the…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Welcomed Shabbat On Inauguration Day In Lincoln Bedroom
Inauguration weekend was a momentous time for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — but there was still Shabbat to consider. On Friday night, January 20 — hours after President Trump was inaugurated — Ivanka arranged to have candlesticks waiting for her in the Lincoln Bedroom, according to “Born Trump: Inside America’s First Family,” a book…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner Are ‘Bashert’ Soulmates: New Book
A new book on the Trump children claims that numerous friends and colleagues said Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were “bashert” — Yiddish for soulmates. The seventh chapter of “Born Trump,” by Vanity Fair writer Emily Jane Fox, is titled “Bashert,” Jewish Insider reports. Reportedly, when the various associates of the couple were asked separately…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Calls Jared Kushner’s Parents ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’
Ivanka Trump has thoroughly enmeshed herself in Jared Kushner’s family, even going so far as to call his parents “mom” and “dad,” Politico reported Sunday based on its examination of a new book on the Trump family. “Born Trump,” by Vanity Fair writer Emily Jane Fox, follows the children of President Trump from their childhoods…
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Fast Forward Did Israeli Ambassador Dictate The AIPAC Speech Jared Kushner Wrote For Trump?
It appears Jared Kushner may have lifted a speech he was credited for writing for President Trump from a foreign source. According to a new book, “Born Trump” by Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer essentially dictated Trump’s speech for Kushner, who then loaded it into the teleprompter ahead of the 2016…
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Fast Forward North Korea Wanted Secret Backchannel With Jared Kushner
One of the first steps the North Korean regime took to reach out to the White House was sending a message to presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner, The New York Times reported Sunday. A financier with business interests in North Korea named Gabriel Schulze approached the White House last summer saying that North Korean leaders wanted…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman: Ex-Harvard Pal Jared Kushner Is ‘Becoming A Supervillain’
Natalie Portman has an Oscar, a Harvard degree, a hot-French-ballerina husband, two adorable children, and worldwide acclaim. And she just doesn’t give a damn anymore. Portman, who has maintained a divide between her personal life and her professional work for most of her twenty-four year professional career, has recently been saying whatever she wants. It…
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