(JTA) The Schusterman family is in the oil and gas business. Now they are also donors to a group that believes the emissions from burning fossil fuels constitute an existential threat to humankind.
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ASAF ELIA-SHALEV
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12/8/24
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(JTA) – WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, is ready to relinquish his title as Senate majority leader, but the most senior Jewish elected official in U.S. history …
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RON KAMPEAS
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12/8/24
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(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered enthusiastic congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump, saying his victory heralds a “powerful recommitment to the great …
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Ron Kampeas
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11/6/24
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(JTA) — The first rule of exit polls is to be careful about interpreting early exit polls, which aren’t always accurate.
The second rule is that, for now at least, they represent the best information we have about the question occupying Jews of all political persuasions: …
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Philissa Cramer
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11/6/24
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WASHINGTON – With just days to go before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have both tried to use Israel as a wedge issue: Trump has said the country will not exist in two years if …
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RON KAMPEAS
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11/3/24
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“Turn your anxiety into action.” The phrase – which if not a translation of a Yiddish expression might as well be – was the message of an email sent Monday to activists by Jewish Women for Kamala, an affinity group organized by the Jewish Democratic Council of America. more
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
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11/3/24
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That Donald Trump spoke before a gathering of Jewish Republicans wasn’t a shock. That Miriam Adelson is donating millions to his campaign isn’t surprising.
What blows my mind is that …
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Mark Binder
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10/8/24
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(JTA) – Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both expressed unstinting support for Israel during a vice-presidential debate that took place just after Israel came …
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RON KAMPEAS
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10/8/24
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(JTA) – The social media company Meta is adjudicating whether a key phrase used by pro-Palestinian activists constitutes acceptable speech.
The company’s Oversight Board, an …
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PHILISSA CRAMER
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5/10/24
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My first husband, Dr. Joseph Stanley Rabianski, was born in Chicago to Polish Catholic parents. We lived in Georgia, and I taught at Georgia State University, and what was then, in the …
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5/10/24
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