Drew Gerber
By Drew Gerber
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Culture Why Yiddish Is Gaining Traction in Secular Households
There once was a place known as Yiddish Land. It wasn’t a country. In fact, it lived and breathed for a thousand years in total disregard for the invisible borders sovereign nations fought and died over. Its citizens — German Jews, Polish Jews, Jews throughout Central Europe and across the world — numbered nearly 12…
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Breaking News Vietnam Looks to Defend South China Sea Claims with Israeli Weapons, Analysts Say
Vietnam has secretly fortified several of the islands it claims in the disputed South China Sea region with new mobile rocket launchers purchased from Israel, according to Western officials. Foreign officials and military analysts believe the launchers form part of Vietnam’s Israeli state-of-art EXTRA rocket artillery system. The launchers have been hidden from aerial surveillance…
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News Seth Rich’s Family and Friends Beg — Stop with the Conspiracy Theories
The conservative conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton had Democratic staffer Seth Rich murdered have escalated to the point that his family and friends have taken to the press to put it to an end. Rich’s family, who spoke with Business Insider Wednesday through their spokesman Brad Bauman, called the theories that Seth was murdered by…
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News Transplanting for Tay-Sachs, It’s a Decision to Have Hope
They thought he might just need glasses. Lorelei Sandoval and her husband had noticed that their four-month-old son, Isaac, had a small wiggle in his eye, so they brought him in to the pediatrician. It wasn’t until the doctor wouldn’t stop asking them questions — including if they were of Jewish descent — that Sandoval…
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News ‘Long-Time Trump Friend’ Geraldo Rivera: 2nd Amendment Comment is ‘Bull****’
Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera took to Twitter Wednesday to slam comments by Republican candidate Donald Trump that appeared to suggest gun-owners should assassinate opponent Hillary Clinton as ‘dangerous incitement.’ Rivera, who is Jewish, tweeted that while Trump is a “longtime loyal friend,” his comments implying that “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton by shooting…
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News In Florida Congressional Primary, Sanders and Clinton Pick Proxy Fight
Despite an attempt to show party unity at the Democratic convention last month, the fight between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton continues to rage, this time in Florida. On Tuesday, Sanders sent out a fundraising email that said beating Rep. Wasserman Schultz in the Florida primary will send “a clear message about the power…
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News Jewish Republican National Security Experts Rip Trump as ‘Dangerous’
A broad range of Jewish Republican national security experts all united behind one message Monday: Donald Trump would be “dangerous” in the Oval Office. More than a dozen Jewish former officials who served in Republican administrations joined in an open letter from 50 prominent Republican experts that characterized the Republican candidate as a national security…
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News Trump’s ‘Terror’ Travel Ban Applies to Christians and Jews, Too
In a way, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been true to his word that his “terror ban” is not just about keeping Muslims out of the country. He’s looking to keep out Christians and Jews, too. The campaign’s proposal to temporarily ban immigration from countries “compromised” by terrorism is about the lack of a…
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