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Opinion What The Forward’s Receptionist Knows
The Forward’s receptionist, Marina Vinokur, always has a story for me. A 19-year veteran of the Forward, Marina’s stories — which span the Forward’s transition from Yiddish and Russian to English, from print to digital — tend to reveal the underbelly of this hallowed institution. “When we switched from newspaper to magazine, a cranky old…
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Fast Forward Trump Lashes Out At Robert Mueller Over Trove Of ‘Sensitive’ Emails — Including Jared Kushner’s
President Trump lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller Sunday for obtaining a trove of tens of thousands of “sensitive” emails from the presidential transition team — including from beleaguered son-in-law Jared Kushner. “It’s not looking good. It’s quite sad to see that,” Trump said as he returned from a weekend trip, according to Axios. “My…
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Fast Forward ‘Sensitive’ Jared Kushner Emails Among Trove Obtained By Robert Mueller
Tens of thousands of emails from Jared Kushner and other senior members of the Trump transition team have reportedly been obtained by Russia probe special counsel Robert Mueller. While there is no word on whether the trove includes incriminating evidence against President Trump’s Jewish son-in-law, they reportedly include internal strategy and gossip, which may include…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Hunts For ‘Crisis Management’ Firm As Russia Probe Rumors Swirl
Is Jared Kushner headed for an even bigger legal crisis? The presidential son-in-law’s lawyer confirmed that he is searching for a crisis public relations firm, the Washington Post reported. Kushner lawyer Abbe Lowell confirmed he was looking for a firm that would handle media for Kushner, although he suggested the firm would work as well…
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News How A Name Tag Dragged Chabad Into The Russia-Ukraine Debate
In the hyper-sensitive international atmosphere surrounding Russia’s 2014 forceful annexation of Crimea, even a name tag can create a crisis. This lesson was learned by Chabad-Lubavitch, the Broklyn-based Haredi group which convened its annual emissaries conference in New Jersey on November 19. Among the 5,600 emissaries, or shluchim, from across the world attending the convention…
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Fast Forward Kushner Got Emails About WikiLeaks And Russia — But Failed To Tell Congress
Presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner received and forwarded emails in September 2016 about WikiLeaks and a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite,” but has not shared them with the Senate Judiciary Committee despite promising to cooperate with congressional investigations, two senators claimed. The committee’s leaders, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, wrote Thursday…
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Fast Forward Aliyah From U.S., France Down Sharply Despite Anti-Semitism Fears
(JTA) — Bucking a slump in Western immigration to Israel under its law of return for Jews, movement from Russia has increased in 2017 and more than doubled from Turkey. In total, the 23,415 immigrants who have come to Israel from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 constituted a 2 percent increase over the corresponding period…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Keep Striking Syria Despite U.S.-Russia Ceasefire Plan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel signaled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces, even as the United States and Russia try to build up a ceasefire in the area. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday affirmed joint efforts to…
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