Rep. Keith Ellison, a leading contender to head the Democratic National Committee, has had a rocky relationship with the Jewish establishment. …
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By Josefin Dolton, JTA
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2/9/17
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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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For centuries, studying a page of the Talmud has come with a bevy of barriers to entry.
Written mostly in Aramaic, the Talmud in its most …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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2/8/17
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“When the Jews are away, the goys will play.” Alec Baldwin, playing Donald Trump …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/8/17
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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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Filmmaker Kahane Cooperman hasn’t written an Oscars acceptance speech yet, but she likely will before the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 28. …
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By Curt Schleier, JTA
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2/8/17
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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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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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Camp HASC was feted during a Shabbaton last weekend in West Hempstead, with events held at the community’s four shuls — the Young Israel of West Hempstead, Chabad of West Hempstead, Eitz …
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By Celia Weintrob
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2/8/17
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Despite the rainy weather and the fact that 17-year-old Peri Finkelstein is on life support and generally confined to a wheelchair, she went the distance last week, walking the last mile of the Chai …
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/8/17
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