There are all kinds of sayings reminding us that if we fail to learn from the tragedies of the past, we are doomed to relive them in the future. We appear to have failed to heed that …
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Commentary by Albert L. Kramer
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2/8/17
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Just two years ago, right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer was making headlines for being banned from social media and rideshare services for her anti-Muslim and anti-migrant …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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9/16/20
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To say the implementation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban was clumsy would be an understatement. To say, however, that the principles involved were totally without constitutional …
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Commentary by Abraham Miller
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2/8/17
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Five Towns resident David Friedman is now America’s ambassdor to Israel.
He was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday and took the oath of office in an unofficial private ceremony in his …
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By The Jewish Star and JTA
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3/30/17
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Every four years after a presidential election, the question arises about how American Jews voted.
“Check the Jewish exit polls” is the rallying cry.
Those days may be …
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By Ron Kampeas and Gabe Friedman, JTA
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11/19/20
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will not allow a repeat of last year’s United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its settlements, Nikki Haley, the U.S. …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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3/30/17
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WASHINGTON — Benjamin Netanyahu is going to stride in through the White House front door. Donald Trump is not going to grimace while Netanyahu lectures.
The talk in Washington …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/8/17
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Elissa Slotkin, the rare Democrat who won reelection in a district where Donald Trump got a majority, is urging her fellow Democrats: don’t make a shanda before the GOP.
“There are …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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11/19/20
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David Friedman was confirmed Thursday and is now the American ambassador to Israel. But that was only after a contentious debate and only because there is a Republican majority in the Senate.
The …
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Commentary by Sarah N. Stern
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3/30/17
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Reports that White House Svengali Steve Bannon once referred to the American Jewish community as enablers of Islamist jihad revived accusations that the former Breitbart News publisher …
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Analysis by Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
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2/8/17
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