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Fast Forward WATCH: Rabbi And Other Clergy Arrested For ‘Pray-In’ At Susan Collins Maine Office
Nine faith leaders were arrested after they refused to stop singing “This Little Light Of Mine” in Republican Senator Susan Collins’ office in Maine, the Beacon reported. The clergy staged a “pray-in” Thursday evening to protest Collins’ support for the Senate tax plan. They were charged with criminal trespass. Rabbi Joshua Chasan of Portland was…
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Fast Forward Adelson Breaks Publicly With Bannon After Ghosting Him At Gala
Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson broke publicly with Steve Bannon on Monday after missing a major gala event where Bannon was set to introduce the influential billionaire, Politico reported. The Adelsons skipped the Zionist Organization of America gala, where Bannon declared himself a “Christian Zionist” and was celebrated along with fellow former White House staffer Sebastian…
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Opinion Why The #NeverTrump Movement Died Last November 9
One year after the election, divisions among Republicans are as deep as ever. Appalled by President Trump’s buffoonery, the #NeverTrump wing of the conservative wing is just as alienated from the pro-Trump, #MAGA (Make America Great Again) constituency as it was in 2016, and the resentment between the two camps is splintering the conservative movement…
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Fast Forward GOP Tax Bill’s Endorsement Rule Will Hurt Jewish Groups, Many Say
(JTA) — Dozens of Jewish nonprofits and religious institutions are urging Congress to oppose efforts to weaken or repeal a law that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from supporting or opposing candidates for public office. A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin Opposes Republican Tax Bill
Republican Representative Lee Zeldin said he would not support the tax reform legislation introduced by Republican congressional leaders on Thursday. “I am a ‘no’ to this bill in its current form. We need to fix this state and local tax deduction issue. Adding back in the property tax deduction up to $10,000 is progress, but…
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Life Yeshiva University Democrats Find Their Voice — On Conservative Campus
Until Donald Trump’s election one year ago, less than eight students at Yeshiva University would attend the events organized by the school’s Democrats club. Little did they know that just a couple of months after November 8, the club would grow significantly, reaching its peak of 50 active members this year. Matthew Haller, 20, and…
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News By The Numbers: 10 Surprising Demographic Facts About U.S. Jews
The Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) released a report last week on “America’s Changing Religious Identity.” Many of the findings were of particular interest to the Jewish community. Below are the 10 most fascinating things we learned about the changing nature of the American Jewish landscape: 1: Jews Are No Longer The Most Educated Religious…
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Yiddish World The Surfing Orthodox Rabbi Who Inspires Kids To Get Fit
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. As a young boy growing up near the ocean in Los Angeles, Rabbi Nachum Shifren would often take a surfboard under his arm and hit the waves. It wasn’t until he was 30, while living in Santa Barbara, that he became inspired by the local Chabad to become an Orthodox Jew. At…
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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