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News In His Office, Good Jewish Boy Jared Kushner Reads the Sages
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser, keeps a pretty Jewish office, according to an exclusive Forbes profile of President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Kushner’s office is a spartan affair, empty of much decoration, except for framed covers of the New York Observer (the weekly paper that he owns) and signs of his Orthodox Jewish…
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News What You Need to Know From Jared Kushner’s First Interview
Jared Kushner has widely been reputed as the brains behind father-in-law Donald Trump’s successful bid for the presidency. And for the first time since the campaign began, he’s talked to the press in an exclusive interview with Forbes Magazine. 1. Kushner Might Be the Reason Trump Won “Best I can tell, he actually ran the…
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Opinion Jared and Ivanka, Separate Business From Politics Before You Become Walking Anti-Semitic Tropes
Dear Ivanka and Jared, Please excuse the informality of my greeting. Your celebrity has become so ubiquitous that first names are all that’s needed. You are, right now, the most powerful Jews in America, and I trust you recognize the significance of your position seriously enough to listen to my plea. Because I’m worried. The…
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News Did Family Money Buy Jared Kushner His Spot at Harvard?
Jared Kushner has often been characterized as the head of President-elect Donald Trump’s braintrust. But if old allegations are true, the newspaper owner and real estate magnate didn’t get into Harvard on his smarts. “There was no way anybody in the administrative office of the school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard,”…
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Fast Forward Rob Reiner Accuses Jared Kushner of Betraying His Heritage
(JTA) — American filmmaker Rob Reiner accused President-elect Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law of turning his back on his religion. “I don’t understand Jared Kushner at all. What is he doing? He’s turning his back on his religion and his heritage just so he can make money? I don’t get it. I just can’t wrap my…
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Fast Forward EXPLAINED: Is Jared Kushner Family Feud With Chris Christie Torpedoing Trump Transition?
Donald Trump’s presidential effort has been notorious for its infighting, and that doesn’t seem likely to change as he prepares to take the Oval Office next January. As different advisers to the president-elect compete to influence his decisions on appointments, one aide described the process to Politico as an “absolute knife fight.” At the center…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner May Skirt Nepotism Rules by Advising Donald Trump for Free
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, a son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump and a key campaign adviser, is considering counseling Trump without a salary to work around federal anti-nepotism laws, according to reports. The Associated Press and other media reported Monday that Kushner, 35, is exploring the legality of staying on as an unpaid adviser when Trump…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Jared Kushner
Not Just a New York Observer Anymore It was a shocking stunt: Two days after the release of a video of Donald Trump boasting about getting away with sexual assault, Trump’s campaign brought four women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual abuse to the third presidential debate. Trump officials wanted the women seated in…
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