(JTA) — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the White House did nothing wrong by not referencing Jews in its statement for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Priebus said in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the statement issued on Friday did not “whitewash” anything, despite not mentioning that six million…
He’s young, charismatic, liberal — and loaded. Despite checking off some key boxes, Mark Zuckerberg insists he’s not plotting a run for the White House in 2020 — or the foreseeable future. “I’m focused on building our community at Facebook and working on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,” Zuckerberg, 32, told Buzzfeed. The Facebook CEO has…
President-elect Donald Trump announced a flurry of pre-inauguration appointments on Thursday night, giving White House spots to two more Jewish confidants, Avi Berkowitz and Boris Epshteyn. According to the transition team, Berkowitz will serve as a special assistant to the president, reporting directly to Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. He recently graduated Harvard…
After picking out a house and synagogue in Washington, D.C., it’s now official that President-elect Donald Trump wants Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to serve as a senior adviser in the new administration. But is there anything that could torpedo his pick? And what’s he got going for him, in terms of getting and keeping the…
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team confirmed a White House role for his son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday, but opponents might challenge the appointment. Kushner will become a “special adviser” to the president, a position that might violate a federal anti-nepotism law, and that will bring possible conflicts of interest raised by the Kushner family’s far-flung…
Former Vice President Al Gore said he discussed climate change with Ivanka Trump Monday, in another sign that the first daughter will have an outsized role in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” the former vice…
Dear Ivanka and Jared, Please excuse the informality of my greeting. Your celebrity has become so ubiquitous that first names are all that’s needed. You are, right now, the most powerful Jews in America, and I trust you recognize the significance of your position seriously enough to listen to my plea. Because I’m worried. The…
Donald Trump’s long and tangled history with the opposite sex was a main theme of the election campaign, as reporters dug into accusations of sexual misconduct, details of past liaisons and the candidate’s messy series of three marriages. As Trump, Inc. veers toward the White House — with the expected accidents and skids — it’s…
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