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Israel News At Western Wall, GOP’s Man in Israel Writes Thank-You Note to God
The head of Israel’s Republicans gave thanks for Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election at the Western Wall on Tuesday, seeing a divine hand in the businessman’s defeat of Hillary Clinton. “I feel fantastic and very grateful and I came here to thank God for the miracle that he performed for us yesterday,” Marc…
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News MAP: How Donald Trump Swept Orthodox Brooklyn — and Blocked a Jewish Landslide for Democrats
Orthodox and Russian Jewish neighborhoods in New York City came out strong for Donald Trump on Tuesday. Hillary Clinton carried New York City by a wide margin, and only 24% of Jews nationwide voted for Trump. But in Jewish Brooklyn, Trump appears to have connected with a conservative electorate willing to buck its communal and…
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News How Did This Elections Expert Know It Would Be Trump All Along?
When he called the election in September for Donald Trump, the pundits trashed American University professor Allan Lichtman. After the Republican president-elect’s upset over Hillary Clinton, he wants the country to heed a message — do not trust polls. “Everybody told me I was absolutely wrong this time because all of the polls were telling…
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Breaking News Will Jared Kushner Be Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff?
Palace intrigue has set in at the Donald Trump camp, as the Republican president-elect’s campaign aides and surrogates scramble for position in the next administration. Among the chatter is the rumor that son-in-law Jared Kushner could be the new White House chief of staff. According to Politico, while Trump met with Barack Obama in the…
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Community With Trump as President Elect, Yiddish Literature Is More Important than Ever
Donald Trump has won the presidency, but I am not quitting my day job. Like many eight year-olds, I had mapped out a career plan so baroque that it would involve multiple stages. In my lithe youth, I would be a ballerina. After that, a stateswoman; maybe president. Finally, when I had acquired wisdom and…
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News Saying Donald Trump Is ‘Not Our President,’ Jews Join Protests Rolling Across Country
Thousands gathered across the country to march, shut down roadways and shout slogans against the election of Donald Trump as president. Some carried signs reading: “Jews Reject Trump.” Members of activist Jewish groups were in the streets in New York, California and Oregon, protesting a president-elect they fear has fueled the flames of racism and…
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Breaking News Jewish Democrat Josh Gottheimer Prevails in N.J. House Race
After an ugly contest that filled the airwaves with attack ads, Democrat Josh Gottheimer has won a New Jersey congressional race against Republican incumbent Scott Garrett. After all the ballots were tallied on Wednesday, the Jewish former Bill Clinton aide held a 3% edge over his Tea Party rival, a bright spot for liberals in…
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Life Links for Later: The What-a-Week Edition
It’s Thursday, so I have some links for you, Sisterhood readers. A female presidential candidate — not a Jewish one, but one who received a whole bunch of anti-Semitic attacks, on her and her supporters — was just defeated. I’m still grappling with that, and would not be surprised if you are as well. -Have…
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News Israel reached a ceasefire in Lebanon. Why does Gaza seem so hard?
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Culture Barbra Streisand recorded here — and so did Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and, uh, The Village People
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’
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Opinion We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help
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