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Fast Forward WATCH: Protesting Rabbis Get Arrested on Purpose Outside Trump Hotel
Eighteen rabbis were arrested on Monday night after sitting down in the street in front of New York’s Trump International Hotel in protest against President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. Accompanied by hundreds of protesters, the march started on the Upper West Side and wended its way to the…
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Fast Forward 18 Rabbis Arrested in Protest of Muslim Ban at Trump Hotel
NEW YORK (JTA) — Eighteen rabbis were arrested at a protest of President Donald Trump’s refugee ban in front of the Trump International Hotel in New York City. The rabbis, who had gathered as part of a conference hosted by T’ruah, the rabbis’ human rights group, were arrested for obstructing traffic in front of the…
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Opinion On My Morning Walk, Chalk Messages Mark Path of Hope for Immigrants to City College
Every morning when I walk my son Teddy to the subway station at the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 145th Street in our Hamilton Heights neighborhood in Harlem, we pass a sea of young men and woman making their way from the trains toward City College. Founded as the Free Academy of the City…
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Fast Forward Milo Yiannopoulos’ U.C. Berkeley Event Canceled After Riot
Milo Yiannopoulos, the Breitbart editor and far-right provocateur, was prevented from speaking at U.C. Berkeley Wednesday night, after protests turned violent and prompted security threats that led to the event’s cancellation. “Don’t give up. They cannot win. They will not win,” he wrote on his Facebook page after the campus authorities canceled the talk. According…
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Breaking News The Story Behind That Protest Image of The Jewish Boy and Muslim Girl
Over the past five days, there’s been a warmth and generosity of spirit to the protests at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5, where demonstrators have continued to show up in solidarity with the travelers detained by the presidential ban barring refugees and nationals of seven primarily Islamic countries from the country. People from all over…
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Fast Forward Protesters Chant ‘Resist or Resign’ Outside Schumer’s Brooklyn Home
Protesters gathered on Monday night in front of the Brooklyn home of Senator Chuck Schumer, calling on the Senate Minority Leader to thwart President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Slogans included “Resist or resign,” “Chuck! Chuck! Don’t sell us out! We need a fighter to knock Trump out!” and “No hate! No fear! Refugees are welcome…
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Opinion Three Practical Ways to Preserve Our Freedoms in the Trump Era
With the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016, our country experienced a political earthquake. It put all Americans on notice that the four years of the Trump presidency will present a challenge to maintain the foundations of our country: free-speech, free press, freedom of religion, peaceful…
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Opinion Donald Trump is on The Warpath to Standing Rock, and Jews Must Battle Him
Four days into his presidency, Trump signed an executive order to advance construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, despite the fact that The Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the land the pipeline would be built on, denied an easement to the multi-billion dollar gas and propane company behind the project. The Army Corps…
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