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News RBG Watch Party How-to Guide
Do you know more than a few RBG superfans? Invite them for a Ruth Bader Ginsburg watch party. Join the Forward’s Editor in chief Jane Eisner in conversation with the iconic RBG. This exclusive webcast will explore the intersection of law, media and Jewish life. Simply follow these 9 easy steps to host a successful…
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Fast Forward Ginsburg Signals Plan To Outlast Trump By Hiring Clerks Through 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has hired court clerks through 2020, CNN reported yesterday. That suggests that the 84-year-old liberal justice, who has served on the court since 1993, intends to remain there through President Donald Trump’s term. Ginsburg was widely expected to step down from the court if Hillary Clinton had won the…
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Israel News Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg Snubbed For ‘Jewish Nobel’ — And Was Bibi Behind It?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently received a lifetime achievement award from a major Jewish philanthropic group. The group, the Genesis Prize Foundation, is best known for its Genesis Prize, often called the “Jewish Nobel.” This year, Natalie Portman received the prize. But a report in Haaretz is claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped the…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gets Lifetime Achievement Award From Major Jewish Group
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Genesis Foundation awarded U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg its first lifetime achievement award. The foundation, which sponsors the annual $1 million Genesis Prize known as the “Jewish Nobel,” in its announcement Wednesday praised Ginsburg’s “groundbreaking legal work in the field of civil liberties and women’s rights.” The five recipients of…
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Fast Forward Trump Thinks Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Going To Be Gone Soon
President Trump reportedly predicted that he will replace four Supreme Court justices by the end of his first term — including Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The political news website Axios reported Sunday that Trump, who has already appointed Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Antonin Scalia, had been discussing replacing three more justices who have lifetime…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goes All Supreme On Neil Gorsuch With ‘Gerrymandering’ Retort
Ruth Bader Ginsburg clapped back at new colleague Neil Gorsuch in a biting riposte on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a case before the court challenging partisan gerrymandering. “Maybe we can just for a second talk about the arcane matter of the Constitution,” Gorsuch, appointed by President Trump…
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Fast Forward Felicity Jones Replaces Natalie Portman In Ruth Bader Ginsburg Flick
(JTA) — British actress Felicity Jones will portray Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic “On the Basis of Sex.” Shooting of the film was slated to begin this month in Montreal, according to Variety. Jewish actress Natalie Portman had been attached to play Ginsburg for at least four years while the…
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The Schmooze Felicity Jones Tapped To Play Jewish Queen Ruth Bader Ginsberg In Upcoming Biopic
Sound the alarm: our big-screen Ruth Bader Ginsburg has officially been announced! Felicity Jones of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” has signed on to play Jewish heroine and my personal queen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a new biopic based on Ginsburg’s life. The movie has been in the works since 2015, with Natalie Portman…
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