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Community Donald Trump and the Fragility of White Jewish Privilege
The United States has been kind to the Jews. European physical features have helped them become recognized as white in the American racial caste system. The First Amendment’s promise of religious freedom has helped too. However, the whiteness, and in effect the general welfare of American Jewry may soon be a thing of the past,…
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Community 6 Jewish Voting Trends You Need to Know
As the campaign moves to the finish line, with less than a month left, one finds a number of significant new developments emerging among Jewish voters: Non-Voting Jews: For the first time in contemporary American politics a significant number of American Jews are likely not to cast their ballots for President. Who are these non-voters?…
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Opinion Roy Cohn and the Shocking Jewish Mentorship That Created Donald Trump
Lurking behind the obvious query of how in the world Donald Trump became an actual candidate for the presidency of the United States, there’s a more basic question: Where in the world did this man come from? How did he become the walking caricature that he is today? One answer that’s frequently given is his…
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Community The Damnable Flip-Flops That Prove Donald Trump is Bad for Israel
A Trump Presidency could be disastrous for the State of Israel. I have voiced my opposition to Donald Trump’s campaign for President. As a member of Jews Against Trump, I am motivated by Jewish values to denounce his constant lies, his history of racism, and his unethical and self-promoting motives. In addition to my grave…
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Community Is Donald Trump God’s Nehemiah?
Nehemiah 6:15: “So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all of our enemies heard about this, all surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of God” Nehemiah’s life was an example of leadership and organization….
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Fast Forward Turkey’s President Erdogan Paves the Way For Reconciliation With Israel
JERUSALEM — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed the reconciliation agreement with Israel restoring diplomatic ties after a six-year freeze. Erdogan ratified the agreement on Wednesday. The Turkish Parliament approved the deal earlier this month before they left for a summer recess, after being delayed by the July 15 military coup attempt. Israel’s Knesset had approved the…
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News Can The ‘Alt-Right’ Distance Itself From Neo-Nazis?
The alt-right has become an internet phenomenon. As a white supremacist movement, it seems to have a fairly large following among millennials. Yet the internet — the cradle of 21st century white supremacy — has also become a staging ground for a schism within the alt-right: to become mainstream or stay staunchly bigoted against all…
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News Yes, Trump Adviser Was Accused of Anti-Semitism — But That’s Not the Whole Story
Here’s the bottom line: Yes, General Joseph P. Schmitz, who is a top foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump, stands accused of anti-Semitism, by not one but two staffers at the Pentagon. But that’s not quite the whole story. In an official complaint presented to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Daniel Meyer, a top…
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