Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate — the first Black woman to be named to a major-party US presidential ticket.
Background: The California senator …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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8/12/20
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We interrupt this Passover to bring you two news bulletins:
Bashar Assad is worse than Hitler.
The Soup Nazi was almost a real Nazi.
Let’s start with the second revelation, since Sean …
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Analysis by Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
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4/20/17
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About 30 guests, including senior White House Officials and a member of the Cabinet, joined a glatt kosher Seder at the White House on the first night on Pesach. The group photo (a portion of which …
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4/20/17
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As we gather here, our team — Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt — and our great ambassador [to Israel, David Friedman] are hard at work crafting our administration’s vision …
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By Vice President Mike Pence
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3/7/18
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President Donald Trump is seeking “a conflict-ending settlement” for Israelis and Palestinians, his spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday.
The statement Wednesday by Sean Spicer, who …
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By JTA
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4/20/17
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If anyone can be said to have discovered the formula for a world without evil, that accolade belongs to the great medieval Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. "For through cognition …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/12/17
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Jared Kushner was already a regular at the Harvard Chabad when he walked in one day, took a crumpled piece of paper out of his jacket pocket …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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2/12/17
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George Carlin was wrong, there aren’t seven words you can’t say on television — there should be nine. The last two words should be “Hitler” and “Nazi.” …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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4/20/17
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Miriam Adelson, best known for being married to one of the world’s richest men and leading benefactor of the Republican Party, Sheldon Adelson, was named as a Presidential …
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Backgrounder by Ron Kampeas, JTA
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11/13/18
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WASHINGTON — President Trump delivered Rosh Hashana greetings to Jewish leaders last Friday during an eight-minute conference call from the White House.
There were fewer people participating …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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9/19/17
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