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Christian Zionists See Signs Of The Messiah In Big Israel Anniversaries
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Fifty years since the Six-Day War, 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, 150 years since Mark Twain first visited Palestine. This has been a year of big Israel-related anniversaries. To the Jewish state’s most diehard Christian supporters, the barrage of milestones is not mere coincidence but rather a harbinger of prophecies being…
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Robin Bernstein Sold Trump To Florida Jews. Now She’s Going To Be An Ambassador.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Dominican Republic was a fundraiser who helped him win Florida with her campaigning in the Jewish community. And while Robin Bernstein has relevant political and government chops for the role, Tuesday’s announcement didn’t do her any favors: It noted that she “speaks French and basic…
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After Terror Attack, Laura Loomer Shifts Media’s Attention To Herself
On Tuesday afternoon, Laura Loomer was busy prepping her Halloween costume while tweeting about how the FBI had mishandled the Las Vegas shooting investigation. But as soon as she saw news of a vehicular terror attack in New York City, she sprung into action. Responding to reports that the driver had yelled “Allahu akhbar” upon…
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Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Holocaust Survivor and Educator, Dies at 93
Dr. Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, the Holocaust survivor, author, and educator, has passed away. Heller authored the book, “Love in a World of Sorrow: A Teenage Girl’s Holocaust Memoirs,” and was the subject of the 2009 documentary film, “Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story.” She was 93. Fanya Gottesfeld was a teenager when she was forced…
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Is Jared Kushner In Deeper Trouble After Robert Mueller’s Bombshell Legal Push?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether President Donald Trump’s campaign had ties with Russia, issued two indictments this week and unsealed a guilty plea. Paul Manafort, who for several months last year helmed the Trump campaign, and an associate, Rick Gates, who remained with the campaign after Manafort left and worked…
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Jews For Jesus Study Says Jewish Millennials Are Religious — But Not Affiliated
NEW YORK (JTA) — Are Jewish millennials the most religious generation? And do one-fifth of them think Jesus was God in human form? Yes and yes, says a new survey of 599 Jews born from 1984 to 1999. The survey creates a contradictory portrait of Jewish millennials: These young adults describe themselves as religious, and…
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5 Things About Paul Singer, The Megadonor In Steve Bannon’s Crosshairs Over Trump Dossier
Jewish billionaire Paul Singer just got himself a powerful enemy. Steve Bannon, Trump’s former top strategist and now Breitbart News chief, has vowed to go “off the chains” against Singer after it was revealed Singer funded an anti-Trump opposition research during the 2016 campaign. According to a report on Axios, “in Bannon’s worldview, Singer belongs…
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Burglars Steal $5K From Brooklyn Kosher Deli
NEW YORK (JTA) — The burglars who robbed a kosher deli in Brooklyn weren’t looking for brisket or roast beef. They left the food untouched but stole $5,000, after breaking in by way of the adjacent office of a Brooklyn state senator. “They certainly weren’t desperate for pastrami,” state Sen. Simcha Felder said on Sunday,…
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First Survey Of All U.S. Jewish Federations Finds No Illegalities, But Still Cites Some Problems
Larry Cohler-Esses A first-ever comprehensive survey of all Jewish federations in the United States has found no evidence of illegalities at them but has identified some with financial practices that the study characterizes as suggesting they are run “less like volunteer organizations and more like family firms.” The review, conducted over the course of a…
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Gorka Compares Hillary Clinton To The Rosenbergs, Who Were Executed For Treason
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s former counter-terrorism aide, compared former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to 1950s communist spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Thursday for her role in the approval of an international uranium deal. Speaking on Fox News’ Sean Hannity program, Gorka appeared to suggest that, like the Rosenbergs, who were executed, Clinton, too, should…
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Israeli Terror Victims’ Supreme Court Argument Hinges On 1784 Fistfight
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The case of Joseph Jesner v. Arab Bank is a bid by about 6,000 Israelis who have been harmed by Palestinian terrorism to get redress from Jordan’s Arab Bank, which delivered money to the groups carrying out the acts. Yet when the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on Oct….
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