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Letters The Kushner Theory of Relativity
My last name – Kushner – wasn’t a big deal until the election of President Trump. Now everyone wants to know if I’m related to Jared Kushner. Aviya Kushner of the Forward apparently gets this question, too. Her response: “The short answer: no.” That’s what she wrote in her recent article “Why It’s So Hard…
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Fast Forward 53% Give Thumbs Down To Ivanka and Jared In White House
A majority of Americans say that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s prominent roles in the White House are inappropriate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday revealed. In separate questions, voters nationwide were asked whether it was appropriate that the pair were “playing a significant role in the White House.” In both cases, 53% of voters…
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Israel News What Do Israelis Think Of Jared And Ivanka?
American Jews have a fraught relationship with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Whatever pride they feel in the Jewish couple in the White House is tempered by the fact that most of them voted against President Trump and oppose the administration’s policies. In Israel the feeling is much less complicated. “For us it is like…
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Fast Forward 9 Jews Named to Time 100 List – Can You Guess Them All?
Jews were prominently featured in Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people, which was released on Thursday. Husband-and-wife White House advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump received separate entries. Kushner’s bio was written by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who said that he has “sporadically exchanged views” with Kushner over…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka Make Time’s 100 Most Influential
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were listed among the 100 most influential people in 2017 according to Time magazine’s annual list. The daughter and son-in-law of the president are listed in the “Pioneers” section, which also includes late-night host Samantha Bee and pro-Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour. Wendi Murdoch, producer and former wife of Rupert Murdoch,…
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Opinion Ivanka And Jared Are Spectacularly Unqualified — And Why That Matters
In the family business that passes for this White House, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have acquired seats at the grown-ups’ table, with offices steps away from the Oval Office, portfolios that seem to grow by the day and unparalleled access to the levers of power. To cite a recent New York Times story, they…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Gets China Trademark Hours After Mar-A-Lago Lovefest With Premier
Ivanka Trump’s company received provisional trademark approvals from the Chinese government on the same day that she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The decision, which gave Trump a monopoly on selling Ivanka-branded jewelry, bags and spa services in China, was reached just hours before she and husband…
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Culture Why It’s So Hard To Be A Kushner In The Age Of Jared And Ivanka
People used to be curious about my first name, but now, everyone wants to know the real deal with my last name. Specifically — am I related to Jared Kushner? The short answer: no. I am also not related to other famous Kushners: Tony, for instance. Or Rabbi Harold. Or France’s famed Bernard Kouchner. Or…
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