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Fast Forward Who Is Rob Goldstone, Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Connection?
Rob Goldstone, the man who set up the explosive meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a politically connected Russian lawyer, is a British Jewish music publicist who has worked with the Trumps on the Miss Universe pageant. Goldstone, who represents a Russian pop star, told the Washington Post he helped organize the meeting between Natalia…
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish Prosecutors Join Robert Mueller’s Team For Russia Meddling Probe
As Russia special counsel Robert Mueller hires more attorneys to help on the inquiry into the Trump White House, some members of the tribe are joining the team. Among the Jews on the team are Andrew Goldstein, Aaron Zelinsky and Andrew Weissmann, all seasoned prosecutors from the Justice Department, according to a list of names…
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Fast Forward Israel Only Country To Like Trump Better Than Obama — And Russia
(JTA) — Israel and Russia were the only two countries to have a more favorable view of President Donald Trump than his predecessor, Barack Obama, at the end of his time in office, a survey found. The annual survey by the Pew Research Center on America’s image abroad also found that some 81 percent of…
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Fast Forward Democrats Step Up Push To Revoke Jared Kushner’s Security Clearance
While Jared Kushner was busy brokering peace in the Middle East, congressional Democrats were at work trying to get him away from top-secret intelligence briefings and materials, at least until he is cleared by the FBI and by the special counsel looking into his ties with Russia. In a letter to White House Chief of…
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Books Jewish Converts in the Russian Empire
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Ellie R. Schainker, “Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906” (Stanford University Press) In Sholem Asch’s novel “Petersburg,” Madam Kvasnetsova, an interesting Jewish woman who has converted to Christianity, owns a house in St. Petersburg and an inn for Jews who come to…
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News Meet Jay Sekulow, A Jewish-Born Believer In Jesus, On Trump’s Legal Team
President Donald Trump welcomed an unlikely darling of the Christian right to his inner circle of defenders in mid-June. Attorney Jay Sekulow, the newest addition to Trump’s personal legal defense team, has been accused of fraud in the past. He has put his family in charge of his organizations. And he has been instrumental in…
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Fast Forward In Tweet, Trump Turns On Rod Rosenstein Over Investigation ‘Witch Hunt’
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is the latest to feel the wrath of President Trump. In an early morning tweet Trump lamented: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.” The man the president is referring to is Rosenstein, who at…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hacking Uncovered Details Of ISIS Laptop Bomb Plot Leaked By Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Israeli cyberintelligence reportedly uncovered detailed Islamic State plans for bomb attacks aboard aircraft that led to the U.S. ban on laptops on flights from eight Muslim-majority nations. The revelation appeared Monday in a New York Times article about the difficulties facing the United States in using cyber-warfare to contain the influence of…
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