WASHINGTON (JTA) — Citing his fears about Iran and Donald Trump’s experience as a CEO, Jewish casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson endorsed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. “You may not like Trump’s style or what he says on Twitter, but this country needs strong executive leadership more today than at almost any point in its history,”…
WASHINGTON – Jewish Republicans have been trying to avoid this moment ever since the tumultuous primary campaign kicked off. But after Indiana voters dealt a deathblow Tuesday night to Ted Cruz, the question is inescapable for Jewish backers of the GOP: Can they rally behind Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee? The answer for many…
A Jewish developer and associate of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is on an anti-marijuana crusade in Florida. GOP fundraiser Mel Sembler has promised to raise $10 million to defeat a medical marijuana initiative that will be on this fall’s ballot in Florida, the Miami New Times reported. Critics who support the initiative fired back on…
Who speaks for the Jews? It’s an age-old question that’s often asked by partisans of every Jewish cause. What we usually mean is: Who pleads the Jewish case in the halls of decision-making? And no less important: Who decides what is the Jewish agenda? This campaign season we need to ask another question that sounds…
WASHINGTON – Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s bid to reinstate a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council and two of its formal principals had a hearing in Nevada Supreme Court. The hearing Monday was the third legal venue for the case since Adelson first sued the NJDC in 2012. A federal appeals court directed the…
Is Sheldon warming up to the Donald? Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, not known usually for being shy about his political views, has avoided expressing support for any of the GOP presidential candidates. But Adelson is spreading hints in recent weeks, and they all point toward Donald Trump, the only candidate in the race who doesn’t…
One of the most prominent donors in Republican politics is in an unusual position: undecided. Sheldon Adelson, who stunned the political system in 2012 by pouring more than $100 million into that year’s presidential campaign, is still waiting on the sidelines this time around — many months after he summoned all the GOP candidates to…
An attorney for Sheldon Adelson told Israel’s Supreme Court that the billionaire casino magnate does not own the daily newspaper Israel Hayom. At a hearing Monday in the Supreme Court, attorney Avigdor Klagsbald disclosed for the first time that the newspaper is owned by an Adelson relative. Adelson has been cited frequently in media reports…
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