Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
We were sitting on his porch, his dog yapping as people walked beneath the street lights. Over 1,000 miles from home, in Dubuque, Iowa, I was interviewing him about what it meant to be an American, about the things that everyone in our country shared. When asked about the three things all Americans need to…
The meaning of the Yiddish word “mensch” can scarce be conveyed in English. Literally a man, mensch means so much more than that. But it means so much more than that. A mensch is a good man, someone who can be relied upon to do the right thing. A mensch has integrity. He (or she!)…
Speaking at the Values Voter Summit on Friday, an annual gathering of Christian conservatives, President Donald Trump said that under his presidency, he wanted people to proudly say “Merry Christmas” during the holidays. “We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values,” Trump said to applause. “As we approach the end of the year —…
Steve Bannon profited from a business deal made with Harvey Weinstein during Bannon’s pre-political life as a Hollywood producer, Haaretz reported. Bannon, who left his position as the White House’s chief strategist in August, is the latest in a string of high-profile celebrities and politicians to have their connections to Weinstein come under scrutiny. In…
Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser to Donald Trump, has been a voice of “hard-charging conservatism” since his days as a high school firebrand in Santa Monica, California, the New York Times reported. He has gone from railing against his high school’s janitorial staff to helping pen Trump’s infamous “American carnage” speech. “I can hear Stephen’s…
Donald Trump enjoyed majority support from Orthodox Jews during the election. But a growing number of observant Jews are stepping forward to decry the president — and they are going public with their opposition at this weekend’s nationwide protests against racism. A Facebook group called Torah Trumps Hate, formed days after the election, has mushroomed to…
As a young White House speechwriter – and a veteran of eight years of Hebrew school – I once tried to help Barack Obama pronounce the hard “CH” sound in “chag sameach.” At the risk of understatement, it didn’t go well. I tried to use “happy holidays” after that. But there was another, far more…
Since his tragic departure from the Daily Show, Jon Stewart has become the rarest of sights. Save for his unofficial submission to headline next year’s Nice Jewish Guys calendar, Jon Stewart has only made the most sporadic of media appearances in the past year. For the first time in 20 years, there was no “Indecision”…
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