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News Ivanka Trump Hasn’t Stepped Down as Promised, Investigation Finds
Just like her father, Ivanka Trump pledged to resign from all her positions in the family business. But so far, she hasn’t filed the paperwork, a ProPublica investigation found. “I will take a formal leave of absence from The Trump Organization and my eponymous apparel and accessories brand,” Ivanka Trump wrote in a Facebook post…
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Fast Forward As Promised, Jared Kushner Sells Off Stake in Manhattan Office Tower
Jared Kushner has sold his stake in his family’s office tower and business headquarters in midtown Manhattan, as part of his promised effort to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as a White House senior adviser. “Mr. Kushner’s ownership interests were sold using a third-party appraisal for fair market value to a family trust, of…
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Letters Letter to the Editor: Jared Kushner Reveals The Fissures In American Judaism
In his recent column in the Forward (“How Could Modern Orthodox Judaism Produce Jared Kushner?” ) Beinart examines Jared’s recent, little-more-than-a-week long record as a member of the Trump administration. He looks at what the administration has thus far produced, and how Jared has stood by and watched it happen. In Beinart’s telling, Jared is…
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News Is Jared Kushner Losing White House Power Struggle To Steve Bannon?
In the reality show that is this White House, has chief strategist Steve Bannon kicked Jared Kushner off the island? It seems that Kushner might be losing the contest of wills, as the new president embraces nationalist policies and runs into trouble with ill-timed outbursts from himself and his advisers. President Trump’s boldest and most…
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Fast Forward Harvard Students Implore Alum Jared Kushner to Rein Trump In
Harvard students are imploring White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to be “true to his school,” urging in him in an open letter to ensure that President Donald Trump upholds values of tolerance and openness cherished by the university community. “We, the undersigned graduates of Harvard College, are your classmates and roommates, friends and acquaintances….
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Opinion How Could Modern Orthodox Judaism Produce Jared Kushner?
In our annual progression through the Torah, we are now deep into slavery in Egypt. And each year, around this time, as I read the first Torah portions in Exodus, the same thought occurs to me: Why is all this necessary? By the end of Jacob’s life, he’s back in the Land of Israel, the…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Reportedly ‘Feels Terrible’ After Instagram Backlash
Two days after President Trump signed an executive order halting immigration from seven predominately Muslim countries, Ivanka Trump took to social media to post a picture of herself and Jared Kushner decked out in evening attire. The post swiftly sparked backlash from several social media users, who found the timing of the glitzy shot to…
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Opinion The Refugee Ban Masks Steve Bannon’s Power Grab
Last Friday night, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump hosted their first Shabbat meal in their new home in Washington DC. Among the invitees saying kiddish were influential members of the new Trump administration. The next day, one of the attendees, Hope Hicks, Trump’s Director of Strategic Communications, spent her Saturday publicly defending and applauding the…
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