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Fast Forward Adam Schiff Congressional Investigation Takes Aim at Russian Help for Trump
California Democrat Adam Schiff is pushing forward with his mission to expose Russian involvement in the recent presidential elections. Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, tweeted Wednesday an update on this effort on Wednesday, making clear he and committee chairman Republican Devin Nunes are expecting to receive all relevant…
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Opinion How Russia Came to America — and Gave Us Trump
I first left the Soviet Union 37 years ago as a teen with my Russian Jewish family, full of excitement about America and freedom; I officially left it again nearly 25 years ago, on the day the USSR was formally dissolved and my birthplace simply became Russia. America fast felt like home. It wasn’t perfect,…
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Food How To Open a Kosher Restaurant in Moscow
Asian and Mediterranean cuisines are the stars at Jaffa, a new kosher restaurant in a high-end Moscow mall. The menu also dives into what’s known as Odessa cuisine — “traditional dishes of Eastern European Jews,” according to general manager Semen Boguslavsky. “Moscow has just a few kosher restaurants, so people who keep kosher have to…
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Fast Forward YNET: U.S. Intel Officials Tell Israel Not To Share Info With Trump Administration
(Haaretz) — Israeli intelligence officials are concerned that the exposure of classified information to their American counterparts under a Trump administration could lead to their being leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, investigative journalist Ronen Bergman reported by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Thursday. The intelligence concerns, which have been discussed in closed forums…
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Opinion Why Won’t More Jewish Groups Condemn Trump’s Shameful Nazi Comparisons?
Twice in one day, President-elect Donald Trump compared himself to the victims of Nazi persecution. The first instance was in one of his infamous tweets, responding to two very different media reports, by CNN and BuzzFeed, about intelligence briefings given to Trump last week regarding his relationship with Russia. . “One last shot at me,”…
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Opinion Donald Trump May Actually Believe What He Says About Russian Hacking
You might have seen the newscast of Donald Trump talking briefly to reporters on New Year’s Eve as he entered a black-tie party at his Florida mansion. He was discussing computer hacking, intelligence gathering and nuclear weapons. If you haven’t been petrified up until now at the prospect of a Trump presidency, this would be…
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Fast Forward Aliyah to Israel Dips 13% — More Immigrants Coming From Russia
(JTA) — Bucking a noticeable decrease in Jewish immigration to Israel this year, the number of Russian Jews who moved to the Jewish state has reached a 10-year record of 7,000 newcomers. Overall, some 27,000 people moved to Israel this year under its Law of Return for Jews and their relatives, or made aliyah, according…
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Fast Forward Russia’s Chief Rabbi Slammed for Meeting Far Right Austria Leader
(JTA) — Rabbis in Vienna condemned the chief rabbi of Russia for meeting the head of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar met this week with Heinz-Christian Strache and his delegation at his office in Moscow, the UK Jewish News reported. The meeting came two weeks after the Freedom Party candidate for…
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