Disney, Fox, Bloomberg, Chanel among corporations and philanthropies supporting humanitarian aid in Israel
Critics pushed back: ‘Cancel your Disney subscriptions,’ wrote one. Another mocked Chanel for its founder's Nazi sympathies
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At a fundraising dinner Monday, Michael Bloomberg criticized Jewish Americans for too often failing to call out antisemitism when it comes from political allies. “Partisanship can be blinding,” the former New York City mayor said in a speech at the UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Wall Street Dinner in Manhattan. “It blinds us to shameful…
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Culture Our big idea for how Steven Spielberg should spend his Genesis Prize money
Steven Spielberg’s Oscars are about to have some company. On Wednesday the Genesis Prize announced that the director behind such films as “Jaws” and “Schindler’s List” was selected for the “Jewish Nobel,” which comes with a $1 million prize. For the first time in its history, world Jewry was invited to vote on who would…
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Fast Forward Bloomberg bows out, endorses Biden for nomination
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he was dropping out of the Democratic presidential race, endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. Bloomberg, who spent an estimated $500 million on his campaign, emerged from Super Tuesday having only won the caucus in American Samoa. “Three months ago, I entered the race to…
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Fast Forward ‘Joe’s taking votes away from me,’ Bloomberg says
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said Tuesday that he had no intention of dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary and endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden, saying that Biden was “taking votes away from me.” Speaking at a press conference in Miami, Bloomberg was asked about former rivals who had dropped out…
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Fast Forward Bloomberg at AIPAC attacks Sanders for boycotting conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Mike Bloomberg, the only Democratic presidential candidate to attend the AIPAC policy conference this year in person, attacked Bernie Sanders for boycotting the event, drawing loud applause on Monday. “Senator Sanders has spent 30 years boycotting this event,” Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, said of his rival in the race for…
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News Bloomberg’s Florida campaign has a secret weapon – New York transplants
For nearly 50 years of her life, Shelley Herman lived in Manhattan – most recently the East Village – and when New Yorkers felt flattened by the terror of 9/11, it was Mike Bloomberg, in her opinion, who truly got the city back on its feet again. “He did so many things to bring normal…
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Fast Forward Sanders at debate: I’m proud of being Jewish, but Netanyahu a ‘reactionary racist’
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, both of whom would be the first Jewish president of the United States, presented contrasting views on Israel during a portion of the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina on Tuesday. CBS reporter Major Garrett pointed out that Sanders would be the…
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