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Fast Forward Joshua Kushner’s Wild Weekend — From Anti-Trump Protest March to White House With Brother Jared
If you’re a rich young tech investor whose brother is the son-in-law of the leader of the free world, how to spend inauguration weekend? Saturday with the anti-Trump protesters, and Sunday hanging with your big bro in the White House. Joshua Kushner, brother to Ivanka Trump’s husband, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, played both…
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Opinion Could Ivanka Trump Be the Lisa Simpson of the White House?
What if famous cartoon doofus Homer Simpson, by some stroke of fate, became mayor of his fictional town of Springfield? The character, known for his harebrained schemes and for his reliance on dumb luck to get by, isn’t based on any real-life personalities, though lately a certain politician has brought him to mind. What would…
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Opinion Are the ‘Frum Police’ Right To Judge Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump?
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, attended the Inauguration Day service Friday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, a tradition that goes back to 1933. The live video showed the Trumps shaking hands with the pastor and entering the church, followed immediately by his daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. No big deal,…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Gets Green Light for White House Position
(JTA) — U.S. President Donald Trump can appoint his Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner as a White House senior adviser, the Justice Department concluded. The Justice Department issued its 14-page opinion on Friday, according to the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Council. The office said that a federal anti-nepotism law passed in 1967 “does not bar…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Brother Joins Anti-Trump March in Washington
Among the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who gathered Saturday in Washington D.C. as part of the Women’s March on Washington against President Donald Trump was reportedly one surprising protester: Joshua Kushner, the younger brother of Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared. According to the Washingtonian website, Kushner explained to curious marchers who recognized him,…
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Opinion Inauguration Weekend: Our Scribe Community On President Trump
On Friday January 20th, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. Many Scribe contributors attended events around the world in celebration of (and marches in protest against) Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. Others opined on their hopes and dreams for the incoming administration. Read their provocative stories and reflections below: Opinions and…
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Fast Forward Trump: If Jared Kushner Can’t Broker Middle East Peace, Nobody Can
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump said that if his son-in-law Jared Kushner cannot produce peace in the Middle East, then “nobody can.” Trump referenced Kushner, a Jew who married Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka after her Orthodox conversion to Judaism, during a VIP reception and candlelight dinner Thursday night at Union Station in Washington D.C. ahead of…
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News Jewish Moments To Look for at Trump’s Inauguration
As a candidate he was shunned by most of the Jewish community, yet Trump has surrounded himself with a small but loyal group of Jewish supporters, donors and confidants. For those celebrating and for those protesting, here are a few Jewish moments to look for on Inauguration Day. Who will be there for Trump? Jewish…
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