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Read Full Text of Robert Mueller’s Manafort Indictment

Conspiracy to launder money. Funneling millions to foreign bank accounts. Working as agents of Ukraine. These and other charges are contained in the just-released indictment of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and friend Richard Gates. Here is the full text of the document, which cites more than $75 million flowing through offshore accounts: 1. Defendants […]

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Paul Manafort and former aide face multiple charges in Mueller probe

WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, has been indicted on 12 charges of money-laundering and conspiracy, the first charges filed in the investigation of possible connections between the Trump campaign and a Russian effort to influence last year’s presidential election. Manafort, 68, turned himself in at FBI headquarters early Monday for

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Elie Wiesel, all too human

A woman’s allegation this week that Elie Wiesel groped her more than 27 years ago, when she was 19, provides us with a teaching moment, sad as it is for all concerned: the woman, Jenny Listman, now a 46-year-old geneticist; and the Wiesel family, foundation, and countless admirers, including the NJJN staff. Does Listman’s allegation

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US skips Knesset meeting on rising anti-Semitism

By Marissa Newman The United States Embassy in Tel Aviv declined to send a representative to a Knesset committee meeting Monday on rising anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe, in a hearing attended by high-level diplomats from Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, and France. “They were invited, [but] decided not to send [a representative],”

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‘Jews are afraid to be open about their Judaism’

The Knesset’s Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee on Monday held a special meeting to discuss the rise in anti-Semitism in the US and Europe. Participating in the meeting were ambassadors from Germany, Austria, and the European Union. World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel, who formerly served as the Head of the Department for Activities

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Jewish trivia quiz: Fats Domino, z”l

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –New Orleans musician Fats Domino died last week at the age of 89. Domino was called “the real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Elvis Presley, and John Lennon said that “There wouldn’t have been a Beatles without Fats Domino.” What was the Jewish connection in Fats Domino’s life? A.

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills Amid Nuclear War Threat

Amid increased threats of nuclear war, North Korea has begun conducting mass evacuation drills throughout the country, according to reports from this weekend. Evacuation drills and blackout exercises were conducted in multiple cities though not in the capital of Pyongyang, sources told NK News Saturday. It remained unclear whether the drills were being conducted due

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