Juliana Kaplan
By Juliana Kaplan
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Fast Forward Trump Says Jerusalem Embassy Plan Made Him Look ‘Cheap’
Donald Trump reportedly told a dinner for supporters of his fundraising group, America First, that back and forth on the Jerusalem embassy cost made him look “cheap,” Axios reports. At the dinner, held at Trump International Hotel, Trump spoke for about 40 minutes on various topics, including the embassy. He said initially, “They told me…
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Fast Forward Julia Louis-Dreyfus Blasts Melania Trump Over Family Separation
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus had some scathing remarks for First Lady Melania Trump on Twitter, referencing President Trump’s family separation policy. After a visit with the king and queen of Spain, Melania tweeted a photo of her, Trump, and the monarchs, captioning it, “A great visit with the King & Queen of Spain at the @WhiteHouse…
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Fast Forward Did Stephen Miller Push For Family Separation To Deliberately Stir Controversy?
Is Stephen Miller’s proclivity to stir up controversy and “trigger libs” behind the Trump administration’s policy to separate families? An Atlantic profile last month dug into his propensity for inciting controversy and the role that may play in family separation policy. In a previous interview with the Atlantic’s McKay Coppins, Miller said that he had…
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News The Rebbe’s Passover Declaration Against White Flight
The history of gentrification and white flight in Crown Heights has a surprising figure at its center: the Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. As the leader of one of the most influential Jewish groups in New York, Schneerson had an outsized influence on the politics and population of Crown Heights, which contains the headquarters of…
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News What Were The Crown Heights Riots?
The intensity of the unrest that rocked Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood in 1991 is often surprising to those who learn about it. With streets dotted with small businesses and stately architecture, Crown Heights does not look like the site of one of New York’s most significant race riots. However, the legacy of the three-day riot…
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Fast Forward Israeli Consulting Firm Sues Hadassah For $20M Over Missing Compensation
Updated, June 20 An Israeli consulting firm is suing the women’s Zionist group Hadassah for more than $20 million over unpaid fees, Legal Newswire reported last week. The lawsuit revolves around Hadassah’s struggled to retain its hospital in Jerusalem during a budget crunch in 2013-14. Free World Ltd., a consulting firm led by David Spector,…
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The Schmooze We Officially Endorse David As Our (Jewish) ‘Bachelorette’ Pick
Please gather around, because we have an important announcement to make: we are throwing our support behind David Ravitz (aka “The Chicken”) as the winner of “The Bachelorette.” David, first of all, is your quintessential nice Jewish boy. His dad has served as the president of his home temple in New Jersey, and sits on…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner Are ‘Bashert’ Soulmates: New Book
A new book on the Trump children claims that numerous friends and colleagues said Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were “bashert” — Yiddish for soulmates. The seventh chapter of “Born Trump,” by Vanity Fair writer Emily Jane Fox, is titled “Bashert,” Jewish Insider reports. Reportedly, when the various associates of the couple were asked separately…
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