The unconventional contenders for Trump’s antisemitism envoy
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dov Hikind, both close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hope to be on the shortlist to replace Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt
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He also claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that antisemitism has dropped on Twitter since he bought it
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Fast Forward RFK Jr. on the people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’
Kennedy also denounced antisemitism while defending his record on the Jews in an event organized by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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Opinion Shmuley Boteach can’t make Robert Kennedy Jr. kosher
American Jews look at Bobby Kennedy’s son and see Donald Trump
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Politics RFK Jr. said COVID-19 was targeted to spare ‘Ashkenazi Jews.’ One rabbi came to his defense.
Jewish groups condemned the remarks. But Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in a YouTube video with Kennedy posted Saturday night, said the presidential candidate is misunderstood
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Fast Forward Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: My friend Roseanne Barr needs to ‘immediately clarify her statements’
Barr, who is Jewish, has joined Boteach in speaking out against antisemitism in the past
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Photographer Threatens Shmuley Boteach’s World Values Network With Lawsuit
A photographer is suing Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s World Values Network for using his photograph of Rep. Ilhan Omar without authorization, the Jerusalem Post reported. Jason Grow is suing for $150,000 after Boteach’s organization used the photograph in an advertisement in the Washington Post, and also on the GoFundMe page raising money to support the full-page…
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“Can I quote some Hebrew to you?” Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey asked rhetorically on Wednesday night during a CNN presidential town hall. “Because I studied the Torah too.” Click here for video; scroll to the 1:40 mark for the Hebrew. Booker, who was mostly talking about his Christian faith, is known in the…
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