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Fast Forward Kushners In Talks To Buy Miami Marlins
(JTA) — The family of presidential adviser Jared Kushner is in talks to purchase the Miami Marlins baseball team, The New York Times reported. The Kushners, a New York area real estate Jewish family, regard the team’s $1.6 billion price tag as too high, the Times reported Thursday. The negotiations, which have been ongoing for…
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Fast Forward What Jared’s Been Up To: Serving As A ‘Shadow Secretary Of State’?
Jared Kushner might have a bigger hand in keeping tensions down with America’s southern neighbor than previously anticipated: According to reports, the White House senior adviser along with Mexico’s foreign minister rewrote sections of President Trump’s January speech on constructing a border wall in order to make it more conciliatory. Trump delivered his January address…
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Opinion What If Jared Kushner Were Muslim And Helped Ban Israelis From America?
Let’s try a thought experiment. A blatantly anti-Semitic candidate runs for president. In a CNN interview, he declares that “Judaism hates us.” He falsely accuses American Jews of cheering on terrorist attacks against the United States. He calls for “a total and complete shutdown of Jews entering the United States.” This candidate then wins the…
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Opinion March of the Living Taught Jared Kushner and Me Different Lessons
Nearly 25 years ago I traveled to Poland to participate in the March of the Living, to “study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate,” as the program’s website explains. Our group visited Nazi death camps and Jewish ghost towns, seeking to gain a better understanding of…
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Fast Forward Trump on Nordstrom’s Decision to Drop Ivanka: ‘Terrible!’
The President of the United States has just spoken to the American people about an urgent matter: The decision of a department store to drop a clothing line owned by his daughter. In a mid-day tweet, President Trump took issue with Nordstrom for their decision to stop selling Ivanka Trump’s brand of clothes and footwear….
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Letters Letter to the Editor: Treat Jared and Ivanka with Empathy, Not Judgement
You know the old joke, two Jews, three opinions? It’s true. But when it comes to judgment, unfortunately we take it to another level entirely. Our propensity to judge one another is a sad component of Jewish culture today, which is at odds with our Jewish values. And, this judgmental culture seems to be a…
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Opinion Jews Who Attack Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump Should Cut The Hypocrisy
Last week, several CNN commentators, including Don Lemon and Alan Dershowitz, wondered aloud whether Donald Trump’s poorly executed executive order on immigration was caused because of Shabbat. Specifically, the panelists posited that Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, an Orthodox Jew who observes Shabbat, might not have been able to properly vet the order…
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News WATCH: Ivanka’s Adorable Daughter Sings Chinese New Year Song, Goes Viral
Ivanka Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s oldest daughter, Arabella, is enchanting China with her Chinese singing skills. Earlier this week, Ivanka Trump posted a video of five-year-old Arabella singing “Happy New Year” in Mandarin on Instagram. “Arabella singing a song she learned for #ChineseNewYear,” Trump wrote. “Wishing everyone an amazing year to come during these days…
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