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Breaking News Jamie Raskin Becomes Jewish Democrat No. 4 To Skip Trump Inaugural
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Four Jewish Democrats in Congress are among 59 of the party’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation who will not attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. The four are Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York.; Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland; Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky; and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee. The movement to…
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Breaking News 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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Fast Forward Reform Rabbi: I Turned Down Offer to Speak at Inaugural Service
A Reform rabbi from Maryland rejected an invitation to address Donald Trump at a prayer service marking the presidential inauguration because he thought his participation “could appear callous to the many fears in [his] community.” Writing Tuesday in the Washington Post, Rabbi Ari Plost of Congregation B’nai Abraham in Hagerstown, Maryland, said that he turned…
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Fast Forward Scalper Losing ‘Yu-u-u-ge’ Money on Trump Inauguration Tickets
President-elect Donald Trump is so unpopular that he’s putting scalpers out of business. “Nobody wants to buy them,” Yossi Rosenberg, 36, told The New York Daily News, grousing about his inability to sell at a profit the pair of tickets he bought for $700. “It looks like I’m stuck with them, I might even have…
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Breaking News Reform Movement Denounces Trump’s AG Pick of Sessions
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Reform movement said it “strongly opposes” the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, a day after the Senate concluded his confirmation hearings. “Senator Sessions’ testimony failed to signal a clear departure from his longstanding record of insufficient commitment to voting rights, criminal justice reform, LGBTQ equality, women’s rights,…
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Fast Forward Was Trump Appointed By God?
Was Donald J. Trump appointed by God? As the President-elect would say, some people are asking. When one starts typing “Trump appointed” into Google, one of the first suggestions is “Trump appointed by god”. Contrary to popular query, Trump was affirmed by the U.S. Electoral College, not God, with 304 electoral votes on December 19,…
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Fast Forward Former Obama Speechwriter Creates Anti-Trump Company
Three former staffers to President Barack Obama have created a company to counter Donald Trump with a podcast and updates that bypass traditional media to reach out to their audience directly. Their site is called “Crooked Media,” a wink at Trump’s vilification of the press. One founder is former Obama and Hillary Clinton speechwriter Jon…
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Breaking News Jared Kushner’s Friend Picked by Donald Trump as Assistant
(JTA) — A Jewish real estate developer who is friends with Jared Kushner reportedly is joining Donald Trump’s administration as assistant to the president. Reed Cordish, a partner at his family’s real estate and entertainment firm, The Cordish Companies, co-hosted a fundraiser for Trump’s presidential campaign in October, according to Jewish Insider, which first reported on Cordish…
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