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News In Miami, handicapping the election, without the deli
Pre-coronavirus, you could walk into a trifecta of Jewish delis, all within a seven-mile strip of South Dixie Highway, to get a sense of which way Miami Jews are leaning on Trump v. Biden. But now that the ground zero of the Jewish kibitzing scene is off-limits due to social distancing, you have to do…
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Fast Forward Trump touts his efforts to combat anti-Semitism in Holocaust remembrance proclamation
(JTA) — President Donald Trump declared a week of “Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust” in an official proclamation on Friday, while touting his administration’s ongoing “efforts to combat racist and anti-Semitic discrimination.” The week of remembrance begins on Sunday, the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, begins on…
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Fast Forward ‘If not now, when?’ Pleading for ventilators, Cuomo quotes Hillel the Elder
As President Donald Trump faces mounting pressure to use the Defense Production Act to make private industry manufacture supplies like masks for healthcare workers and ventilators for patients, one voice has risen above the rest in a call for action against coronavirus: Hillel the Elder. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo took to Twitter Tuesday to…
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Fast Forward Trump nominates DC Jewish leader, conservative think tank chief as ambassador to Japan
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump nominated Kenneth Weinstein, a prominent Jewish conservative thinker, to be ambassador to Japan. Weinstein is the president of the Hudson Institute, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. He also has been deeply involved in the Washington-area Jewish community. In his writings, he focuses on the Middle East and Europe….
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News Watch: White House calls Hasidic leaders, asking them to take virus more seriously
An assistant to the president called on rabbis and leaders of the Orthodox community to help reduce gatherings of more than ten people to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to video and audio recordings sent to the Forward. Religious leaders asked questions on Tuesday about how to safely hold minyanim, including having them outside,…
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Fast Forward Survey shows Jewish Americans will vote for any Dem over Trump
(JTA) — No matter who is running on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2020, he or she is likely to get the Jewish vote by a wide margin, according to a new survey. The survey, released Friday by the Jewish Electoral Institute, found that two-thirds of Jewish voters said they would choose any Democratic candidate…
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Fast Forward Alexander Vindman’s synagogue is accepting letters of support following his ouster
(JTA) — Alexander Vindman’s synagogue in Springfield, Virginia, is accepting letters of support in his behalf. Vindman, the Jewish staffer who was among the first to raise flags about President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate a political rival, was removed from his position as an expert on U.S. policy in Ukraine at the…
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Fast Forward Alexander Vindman, Jewish staffer who testified in impeachment hearings, removed from White House
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House is set to remove Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Jewish staffer who was among the first to raise flags about President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate a political rival, from the National Security Council. Trump said on Friday that he was unhappy with Vindman, and two senior…
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