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.
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Fast Forward Trump says he’ll open houses of worship as ‘essential’ — but he can’t do that
In a surprise announcement Friday afternoon President Donald Trump said he was deeming houses of worship “essential,” and said he would “override” governors if they push back on the designation — echoing a prior claim about his “total authority” over states that he abandoned. Trump can try to use political persuasion to sway the states,…
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Fast Forward Trump praises ‘good bloodlines’ of anti-Semite Henry Ford
President Trump on Thursday praised the “good bloodlines” of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford, a notorious anti-Semite, during Trump’s tour of a Ford factory in Michigan. The remark about good bloodlines, an apparent ad-lib in his speech, was criticized by Jewish leaders. “Henry Ford was an antisemite and one of America’s staunchest proponents of…
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Fast Forward Trump reiterates his rejection of anti-Semitism in Jewish American Heritage Month proclamation
(JTA) — President Donald Trump reiterated his rejection of anti-Semitic bigotry and hate attacks in a proclamation for Jewish American Heritage Month. “Tragically, Jewish men, women, and children continue to face anti-Semitic discrimination, persecution, and violence today, and Jewish institutions and places of worship remain targets of vandalism and destruction,” Trump wrote for the commemoration…
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Fast Forward Trump health spokesman tweets about Soros and Rothschild family ‘control’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The man President Donald Trump just named to speak for the Health Department accused George Soros and the Rothschild family of seeking to exploit the pandemic for control and to advance their agendas. Michael Caputo, who advised Trump’s 2016 campaign, last week became the spokesman for the Department of Health and Human…
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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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