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Trump Appoints Jared Kushner Friend as Assistant to President
(JTA) — Donald Trump named Reed Cordish, a real estate developer who is friends with his son-in-law Jared Kushner, as assistant to the president for intragovernmental and technology initiatives. Cordish, who is Jewish, will be responsible for initiatives requiring multi-agency collaboration. He will also focus on technological innovation and modernization, according to a statement Tuesday by Trump’s…
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Britain Diverges from Europe Over Israel and Settlements
(JTA) — Two days after delegates from more than 70 nations attended the Paris summit on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was wrong to label the meeting “useless.” Admittedly the France-initiated event, which neither Israel nor the Palestinian Authority attended, did not change the international community’s understanding of…
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Palestinian Shot Dead After Trying To Stab Israeli Soldiers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a West Bank checkpoint was shot and killed during the attack, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in the northern West Bank near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. No Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident, the…
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Neo-Nazi Blogger Mike Enoch Quits Over Revelation His Wife Is Jewish
(JTA) — The founder of the popular right-wing blog post The Right Stuff resigned over the revelation that his wife is Jewish. Mike Enoch, who also co-hosts “The Daily Shoah” weekly podcast, was outed over the weekend as Mike Peinovich, a website developer from New York. On the podcast, which has about 100,000 regular listeners,…
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White House Speechwriter Ben Rhodes Tapped for Holocaust Memorial Board
(JTA) — President Barack Obama has tapped Ben Rhodes, a White House speechwriter and proponent of the Iranian nuclear agreement, to serve on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Obama said Tuesday that he had chosen Rhodes, currently the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, to serve on the council, which Congress established in 1980 to…
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Obama Trumpets ‘Steadfast’ Defense of Israel on Iran Deal Anniversary
WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Barack Obama said his administration had remained “steadfast” in countering Iranian threats to Israel in the wake of the Iran nuclear deal. Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, in their final week in office, marked the anniversary Monday of the implementation of the deal reached between Iran and six…
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Mark Zuckerberg Denies Facebook Stole Virtual Reality Technology
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in Dallas federal court on Tuesday and denied an allegation by a rival company that Facebook’s virtual-reality technology of its Oculus unit was stolen. Zuckerberg, wearing a suit and tie rather than his typical T-shirt, was still on the witness stand after more than…
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Iran President Insists Trump Can’t Renegotiate Nuclear Deal
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that he was optimistic about the future of the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, and said that U.S. President-elect Trump cannot unilaterally cancel the accord. “The president elect has shown he is not happy about the nuclear deal, calling it the worst deal ever signed. This…
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Holocaust Denying Far-Right Party No Threat to German Democracy: Court
BERLIN (JTA) — Germany’s highest court has found no legal grounds to ban the far-right extremist National Democratic Party of Germany. The long-awaited decision announced Tuesday was met with disappointment from Jewish leaders in Germany and abroad. It marks the second time that the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has considered barring the NPD, which is anti-foreigner, anti-EU,…
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German Far Right Wing Uses Image of Iconic World War II Resistance Fighter
BERLIN (JTA) — A club supporting Germany’s right-wing populist “Alternative for Deutschland” party has raised hackles by using a World War II resistance heroine to pump up support, suggesting that Germany’s current leaders have something in common with the Nazis. “Sophie Scholl would vote for AfD” reads the advertisement posted last weekend on Facebook by a local division of AfD near…
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Rome Race Will Spotlight Holocaust and Jewish Heritage
ROME (JTA) – A marathon-like race past sites of Holocaust and Jewish remembrance in Rome will highlight events in Italy marking International Holocaust Memorial Day. The “Run for Mem” — short for “Run for Remembrance: Looking Ahead” — is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 22. International Holocaust Memorial Day is observed on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the 1945…
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