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Fast Forward Rachel Maddow, Surging MSNBC Host, Has Surprising Jewish Roots
Rachel Maddow, the liberal MSNBC host, comes from a family of practicing Catholics. But that’s not the whole story – she has one paternal Jewish grandparent from modern-day Lithuana. Maddow, who now anchors one of the highest rated programs in cable news, has a hodgepodge of European heritage. Her mother is from Canada and mostly…
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Culture Celebrate Bob Dylan’s 76th Birthday With His 10 Most Jewish Songs
While Bob Dylan has, throughout his life and career, engaged in all sorts of mythologizing and playful biographical falsification, it has never been in the service of denying his heritage. This son of a middle-class appliance salesman from the Upper Midwest, who grew up with a Yiddish-speaking grandmother down the hallway in an extended Jewish…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History Of James Bond
Editor’s Note: Sir Roger Moore, who gained fame for playing the role of James Bond in the 1970’s and ’80s has died at the age of 89. In his honor and in his memory, we present our own history of James Bond. It’s hard to imagine anyone less Jewish — or more goyish — than…
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Fast Forward Comey’s Friend Benjamin Wittes Was Key Media Source
As the media reveal more information about the tormented relationship between President Trump and fired FBI director James Comey, some of the best tidbits are coming from his friend Benjamin Wittes. Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and founder of the popular Lawfare blog, admitted that he was the principal source for a…
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Israel News Will Melania And Ivanka Join Trump In The Men’s Section At The Western Wall?
President Trump will be charting new territory in Israel as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall. But he might cause a tremor if he brings his wife, Melania Trump, and his daughter Ivanka Trump along to the holy site. Melania and Ivanka Trump, along with the latter’s Jewish husband, Jared Kushner,…
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Fast Forward Larry Krasner, Anti-Trump Attorney, Wins Race For Philadelphia DA
Larry Krasner has spent three decades as an outsider, representing activists from the anti-AIDS and Black Lives Matter movements as a criminal defense lawyer. He’s now poised to become the ultimate insider after winning a Democratic primary to be Philadelphia’s next district attorney. “I always did this because I think trials should always be fair,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israel Envoy David Friedman Says He Prayed For Trump At Western Wall
The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, prayed for Trump at the Western Wall on his first day in Israel. In a video posted to Twitter by the U.S. embassy, Friedman said that he came straight to the Western Wall from the airport with his wife and daughter on Monday. Welcome to US Ambassador…
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News How Trump Spurred Muslims And Jews To Eat Together — And Build Bridges
On the February night that President Trump unveiled his travel ban on immigrants from Muslim countries, Samir Malik, a 31-year-old tech developer whose parents are from Pakistan, was on his way to dinner in Brooklyn. Text messages buzzed on his phone. Activist friends of his were on the way to JFK airport to protest. He…
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