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News The Republican Jewish Coalition has funneled more money to Lindsey Graham than any other group
South Carolina’s population of some 5 million people is only about .3% Jewish. Yet the biggest player on behalf of the incumbent in its Senate race — the most expensive in the country — is the Republican Jewish Coalition. That race is also a big priority for J Street, the progressive Israel advocacy organization. “This…
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News Think Trump failed to condemn white supremacy? Here’s how Republican Jews see it.
President Donald Trump’s critics — led by the Anti-Defamation League — say he failed to condemn white supremacy during the Sept. 29 debate, and then gave a shout out to a white supremacist group, the Proud Boys. Many of his Jewish supporters just don’t see it that way. “White supremacists?” said Ruth Reinish, 88, of…
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News The Party of God: Republican or Democrat?
The presidential nominating conventions playing out these past two weeks across the nation’s television and computer screens have been about more than a fight for power. They have also served as the latest staging of the American battle for God — in which the Bible has become a political football, in which the unborn, the…
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News RNC mislabels ‘Judeo-Christian’ values rabbi giving opening blessing
Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of a Jewish group that speaks out for America’s “Judeo-Christian ethos,” gave the opening blessing for the third night of the Republican National Convention, using biblical language and Jewish ideas to describe America’s birth, and what Republicans describe as its current existential threats. But if you were watching the RNC’s own…
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Fast Forward Mary Ann Mendoza pulled from Republican National Convention after retweeting antisemitic theory
This story was updated to reflect breaking developments. Moments before she was scheduled to speak to the Republican National Convention, Mary Ann Mendoza was dropped from the lineup after she tweeted out a warning about a supposed international Jewish cabal. “Do yourself a favor and read this thread,” Mendoza tweeted, linking to a QAnon conspiracy…
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Fast Forward Kimberly Guilfoyle invokes ‘cosmopolitan elites’ in RNC speech
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump campaign executive and the girlfriend of Donald Trump, Jr., used the phrase “cosmopolitan elites” — which invokes an anti-Semitic dogwhistle — in her speech during the Republican National Convention on Monday night. . @kimguilfoyle invokes “cosmopolitan elites” in her #RNC speech. “Do you support the cancel culture, the cosmopolitan elites of…
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News ‘They are bullies’ — rabbi who confronted Mark and Patricia McCloskey speaks out
When Rabbi Susan Talve heard that Patricia and Mark McCloskey would be among the speakers addressing the Republican National Convention, she decided she could no longer stay quiet. “It’s so upsetting that they have a national audience,” Talve said. “It’s upsetting we make heroes out of people who hate.” Breaking News: RNC Tuesday night speaker…
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Fast Forward Israel, the Trumps, the extremism question: What we’re watching at the RNC
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Republican convention starting this week will have plenty of what appears to be Jewish-specific messaging, but the messaging’s more pertinent target may be evangelical Christians. President Donald Trump made that clear on Friday in a speech on the eve of the convention to a conservative group. Speaking to the Council for…
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