“We’re gonna take our country back, folks,” Donald Trump tells an army of white soldiers as he battles, and ultimately kills, Barack Obama and two prominent American Jews in a clumsy parody of the movie “300.” The clip, which features recordings of actual statements made by Trump and has over half a million views on…
NEW YORK — Leaders in the Jewish community of New York’s Rockland County condemned the hanging of a black-faced doll with dreadlocks outside a local home apparently in celebration of Purim. The effigy, which according to a News12 Hudson Valley report Thursday evening was spotted outside a Spring Valley house, angered many African-Americans and others…
Forty modern Orthodox rabbis in an open letter called on Donald Trump to repudiate racism during his speech to the AIPAC policy conference. The rabbis from throughout the United States, who said in the letter posted online Friday that they “care deeply not only about America’s relationship with Israel, but the values and character of…
The AEPi chapter at the University of Chicago is in hot water after a series of stunningly offensive emails between members of the Jewish fraternity were revealed. The emails show the brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi: – Regularly bandied about the N-word. – Celebrated MLK Day with fried chicken and drinking game. – Called nearby…
In railing against the N-word, the white Jewish head of the Phoenix, Ariz. NAACP used the T-word, and then dropped several F-bombs when he apologized. Now, 77-year-old Don Harris, is facing calls to resign for both his sexist remark and his foul-mouthed mea culpa. Harris, who was born in Brooklyn (which is known for its…
Two top Reform movement groups reiterated their call on the NFL’s Washington Redskins to change the team’s name and logo. “’Redskin’ is a racial slur that references the deplorable treatment of American Indians that has been a significant part of this country’s history,” Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who heads Reform’s Religious Action Center, said in a…
Like the larger-than-life personalities he created for television —- Archie Bunker, George Jefferson, and Maude — Norman Lear says exactly what’s on his mind. Lear, 93, didn’t mince words in a recent interview when it came to Donald Trump and the Republican front-runner’s legions of supporters. “Donald Trump is a fool and an a—hole,” the…
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has postponed his trip to Israel amid a controversy over comments about temporarily barring Muslims from entering the United States. Trump announced the decision in a post on his Twitter feed Thursday and said he would plan to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “at a later date after I…
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