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Community Meet Comedic Genius Elon Gold
Elon Gold, considered by many to be this generation’s Borscht Belt King, is no stranger to those who watch Netflix. His act brings laughs to both Jews and non-Jews alike all over the world, including sold out shows in England, Sydney and Johannasburg. He has also starred in FOX’s “Stacked,” “Bones,” and NBC’s “In-Laws,” and…
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Breaking News Mike Pence To Keynote AIPAC Conference
WASHINGTON [(JTA](JTA](http://jta.org “(JTA”)) — Vice President Mike Pence and a bipartisan slate of top members of Congress are scheduled to address AIPAC’s upcoming annual conference. An American Israel Public Affairs Committee official confirmed to JTA that Pence will keynote the conference scheduled for March 26-28 in Washington, D.C. Pence, who enjoyed a long relationship with the…
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News Did J Street Just Win Big By Losing David Friedman Confirmation Vote?
For liberal Jewish groups, David Friedman represents more than just a hawkish candidate for America’s top diplomatic position in Israel. The combination of his longstanding rejection of a two-state solution and his nasty attacks on the American Jewish left, have made Friedman the embodiment of all liberal Jewish fears over the election of Donald Trump….
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Fast Forward IfNotNow Protests Outside AIPAC Offices in New York
Members of the leftist Jewish protest group IfNotNow rallied outside the New York City offices of AIPAC on Monday. The protest targeted a new Israeli law that allows Israelis to build on land in the West Bank privately owned by Palestinians. “We know that fifty years of pro-Israel-at-any-cost politics enforced by the American Jewish establishment…
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Fast Forward Jewish Progressive Group Slams Bannon’s Appointment to National Security Council
Jewish activists from center to left all criticized President Trump’s executive order banning entry to the United States from 7 Muslim countries. But few have taken on another executive order signed at the same time – the order reshuffling the White House National Security Council and adding Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, as a member…
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Breaking News Evangelicals Fly to DC to Push Israel Agenda Ahead of Trump Inauguration
(JTA) — Leaders of the country’s largest evangelical pro-Israel lobby are flying in to Washington, D.C., to back bills that slam the recent U.N. anti-settlements resolution and force the president to move the Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem. Some 260 members of Christians United for Israel are coming from 49 states to push the measures Wednesday…
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News 5 Startling Shifts in Pro-Israel Politics After Vote by Congress
A pro-Israel resolution that condemned the United Nations resolution on Israel passed in the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 342-to-80 majority Thursday night. But the one-sided vote may be deceiving. Several trends have emerged within both parties that may indicate it may not be business as usual when it comes to America’s relationship with…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Split on Kerry’s Israel Speech
(JTA) — Jewish organizations split along ideological lines in their reactions to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech criticizing Israeli settlement growth and laying out principles to achieve a two-state solution. Centrist groups were measured in their reactions, criticizing the American decision to abstain last week on a U.N. vote rebuking the settlements while praising Kerry’s commitment…
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