Several weeks ago, the Forward hosted a symposium about being Jewish in America in the wake of the Pittsburgh massacre. If I’m being honest, some of the responses annoyed me; we aren’t living in 1930s Europe, or 1900s Poland, or 1490s Spain. There is no need to keep bags packed waiting for a pogrom; we…
It hasn’t been confirmed if billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will attended this year’s the White House Hanukkah party, but if he receives an invitation, he likely will request two latkes. Adelson recalled in a 2012 interview with Politico that he told Mitt Romney, then-Republican presidential nominee, that he really didn’t need much — just…
Perhaps guests of this year’s White House Hanukkah party will receive a Make America Great Again Dreidel Set. Invitations have begun to arrive for the White House’s annual holiday reception. Jewish Insider obtained a copy of the invitation, which was sent to the administration’s top Jewish supporters. The party will be at 3 p.m. December…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A leading white supremacist who toured the White House grounds was part of a garden tour that is open to the public, the White House said. Patrick Casey, who leads Identity Evropa, posted photos on Twitter on Wednesday of him posing on the White House grounds. “Evropa has landed at the White…
Ivanka Trump prefers to stay out of the drama. Instead of feeding into the “daily chaos,” Trump said Monday that she ignores it, according to Newsweek. As she explained at the Concordia Summit in New York City: “It’s been a work in progress, but I’m getting better at ignoring the noise. I tend not to…
Well, that’s one way to get rid of your problems. According to BuzzFeed News, Jared Kushner deleted certain stories that reported damaging information about his inner circle of friends and business associates when he owned the New York Observer. He furtively ordered members of the tech team to do the dirty work, instead of conferring…
(JTA) — Improved ties with Israel proves that the United States is more “beloved” around the world than under the previous administration, a White House spokesman said. He also said that Israel was “virtually” thought of as an enemy of the United States under the Obama administration. Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters aboard…
A secret letter concerning America’s understanding of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal has spanned several presidential administrations, the New Yorker reported Monday. Only a select group of senior American officials, in three previous administrations, knew of the letters, the New Yorker revealed. Israeli leaders interpret the letters as a pledge not to press the Jewish state…
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