When President Trump rolled out his long-touted “deal of the century” on Tuesday, several evangelical Christian leaders joined him in the East Room, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of Jewish groups like the Zionist Organization of America and the American Jewish Committee. Among the Christians: Pastor John Hagee, the founder of Christians…
(JTA) — A federal judge in New York has ordered billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to pay compensatory damages and legal fees to the National Jewish Democratic Council for using “legal sadism” to disband the organization. The NJDC now exists in name only as it works to recover its debts from its legal battle with…
Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson, the wife of Sheldon Adelson and the publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom, wrote last week in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (which she also owns) that a “Book of Trump” should be added to the Bible. “Would it be too much to pray for a day when the Bible gets a…
(JTA) — The richest person in at least 7 states is Jewish. Forbes magazine on Wednesday published a list of the richest person in each of the 50 states. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 31, is the richest person in California with a net worth of $71 billion. Real estate developer Ted Lerner, 93, and…
An Israeli man mocked the Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson with an anti-gay insult when he saw him on the street in Israel. The man, Barak Cohen, who posted a video of the encounter to Facebook, jeered at Adelson from a few feet away as a member of Adelson’s entourage tried to get the man to…
South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg slammed casino mogul and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson while speaking in Las Vegas on Saturday, using language that led a Republican Jewish leader to accuse him of anti-Semitism. In a segment of his speech about strengthening democratic norms and voting rights, Buttigieg mentioned, “I know…
The casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson has been the dominant figure in Jewish philanthropy for over a decade, giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Jewish charities, boosting Jewish groups that share his politics, and, more than any other donor, shaping the community according to his values and vision. Now, the news that Adelson is ill…
Billionaire casino magnate and pro-Israel mega-donor Sheldon Adelson is being treated for cancer, Bloomberg reported. Adelson, 85, has been out of his office since late December due to side-effects from his treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A lawyer representing one of Adelson’s casinos referred to his health as “dire” in court Monday. A company spokesman told…
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