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The showdown these past few weeks between the Jewish community and the Movement for Black Lives is frustratingly familiar, especially for those who experienced the split between Jewish and black activists during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s. It would be a terrible waste of well-meaning efforts toward shared goals if we were to

NEW YORK — Standing before the glass display case inside Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys, David Zablocki pauses for a moment. The daily offerings lie before him: original; garlic; sundried tomato. “It’s like asking me which of my children I like best, but a hot garlic bialy with the butter melting? That touches my Polish and

HARRISBURG, Pa. � Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated a former top state prosecutor to serve as attorney general to fill out the remaining months of Kathleen Kane’s term. The governor’s selection of Bruce Beemer, if approved by the state Senate, as expected, would end the brief tenure of Kane appointee Bruce L. Castor

WASHINGTON — Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving. Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in March, is accused of bragging when he was Defense Department inspector general a decade ago

Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton criticized Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, for his response when asked why he was having a hard time gaining traction with Rust Belt and rural voters: Obama said: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest,

The GOP nominee has no clothes! While New Yorkers are used to seeing Trump all over their city — the GOP presidential nominee’s name is emblazoned on dozens of buildings across the New York City skyline — passersby near Union Square in Manhattan Thursday morning were treated to a different view of the real estate

Donald Trump has questioned the fairness of the scheduling for the upcoming presidential debates—when he will face off against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton—because two of the three forums are slotted to overlap with nationally televised National Football League games. Last month, the Republican presidential nominee went so far as to say he had received a

WASHINGTON — There is no evidence that Hillary Clinton or her top aides completed ethics training when they started at the State Department as required by federal law. State Department records show only three of nine top Clinton aides took the mandated training for new employees. Records also suggest that none of seven top aides

As his campaign for president gathered steam, Sen. Bernie Sanders went on CNBC and challenged the business news network’s audience. “You can’t just continue growth for the sake of growth in a world in which we are struggling with climate change and all kinds of environmental problems. All right?” he said. “You don’t necessarily need