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Fast Forward 5 Presidential Scandals With Jews In The Hot Seat
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Among the Jewish men and women with a front-row seat to America’s executive branch, there are Jews who would be president, Jews who are indispensable to presidents and, less happily, Jews who help mire presidents in scandal. Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is a definite category 2, with rumored ambitions of…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Newspaper Lays Off 25% Of Staff, Including Loud Trump Critic
The New York Observer, the newspaper owned by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, laid off a quarter of its editorial staff on Tuesday. Among those let go was entertainment writer Dana Schwartz, a top web traffic driver who wrote an open letter to Kushner on the Observer website last year criticizing him for defending…
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Fast Forward EXPLAINED: Why Jared Kushner’s Russia Back Channel Is So Bad
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior advisor/son-in-law, has been the subject of ever-more-intense media attention after NBC reported that the FBI was looking closely at his meetings in December with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. and the head of a Russian bank as part of its inquiry into the country’s role influencing the 2016 presidential…
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Opinion How Jared Kushner Tramples The Torah
As we enter the festival that has come to mean standing again, each year, at Sinai. What does it mean for us to do this seriously, taking Torah deep into our lives, challenging ourselves to live by its deepest teachings? What would it mean to bring Torah to bear within or upon one rich, powerful…
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Fast Forward Did Jared Kushner Meet Russian Oligarch Over Business Or Politics — Or Both?
Jared Kushner’s meeting with a Russian banker with close ties to President Vladimir Putin is reportedly drawing intense scrutiny from investigators who want to know what the real purpose of the meeting was. President Trump’s son-in-law and top advisor says was seeking a so-called back channel to the autocratic Russian leader when he met in…
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Fast Forward Trump Slams Reports Of Kushner Back-Channel With Russia As ‘Fake News’
President Donald Trump attacked the news media and dismissed leaks from the White House as “fake news” following reports his son-in-law tried to set up a secret channel of communications with Moscow before Trump took office. Shortly after Trump’s remarks on Twitter, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly made the rounds of Sunday television news shows…
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Fast Forward Senate Republican Wants Probe Of Kushner Inc.’s China Cash-For-Visas Push
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has called for an investigation into “potentially fraudulent statements and misrepresentations” made by companies promoting investment in a property development involving the family company of White House advisor Jared Kushner. Chuck Grassley, a Republican senator from Iowa, requested a review of claims made by Chinese migration agency Qiaowai…
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Fast Forward Trump Stands By ‘Great’ Jared Kushner Amid Crisis Over Russia Probe
President Trump effusively praised his son-in-law Jared Kushner for the work he has done in the White House, amid FBI scrutiny of Kushner’s contacts with Russia and rumors of tension in their relationship. “Jared is doing a great job for the country,” Trump said in a statement to the New York Times on Sunday evening…
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