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American Jewish Roundup: March 17, 2017

COP applauds Guterres on rejection of ESCWA’s anti-Israel resolution NEW YORK (Pess Release) –Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, issued the following statement: “We applaud Secretary General Guterres for his principled, forceful and swift rejection of the scurrilous report commissioned by the United […]

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‘Time to end Jewish Privilege’

Posters plastered across the University of Illinois at Chicago campus accusing American Jews of benefiting from “Jewish privilege” have rattled the local Jewish community amid a wave bomb threats and vandalism targeting Jewish institutions nationwide. The posters reference the idea of “white privilege”, a notion pushed by the American progressive-left that disparities in social and

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New US Orthodox group seeks to counter leftist misrepresentation

A group of prominent Orthodox rabbis and thinkers have launched a new American rabbinic organization to counter the media”s tendency to cite left-wing partisans in the American Jewish community as representative of mainstream Jewish thought. The new organization is called the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV). “The media tends to solicit statements on Jewish concerns

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Middle East, USA

In defense of Sebastian Gorka

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –Once again, we have seen political opponents of the Trump Administration concocting a false charge of anti-Semitism against a senior White House official, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Trump. Dr. Gorka is a member of the Strategic Initiatives Group created by Steve Bannon, another senior official subjected

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International, USA

Donald Trump hosts Irish P.M. Enda Kenny for St. Patrick’s Day

President Trump on Thursday hosted Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House for its annual St. Patrick’s Day events, a tradition dating back to the 1950s that celebrates the bonds between the two countries. Mr. Trump welcomed Mr. Kenny, officially titled Taoiseach Kenny, in the Oval Office for bilateral meetings. All in attendance, except

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Justin Trudeau took Ivanka Trump to a Broadway play, but it’s what the show is about that has people talking

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led a delegation of 600 people brought by the Canadian consulate general in New York, including 125 United Nations ambassadors, to a Broadway play Wednesday night. He also brought President Donald Trump’s daughter and close adviser, Ivanka Trump. The show they attended, called “Come From Away,” focuses on Gander, a

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Russians Paid Ex-Trump Security Aide Flynn $68,000

Michael Flynn, the retired Army lieutenant general whom U.S. President Donald Trump ousted as his national security adviser in February, was paid nearly $68,000 by Russian interests in 2015, according to newly released documents. The amount that Flynn received, higher than previously known, largely came from a $45,386 fee he was paid by the Kremlin-funded

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These are the 19 agencies Trump would stop funding entirely

Here’s a snapshot of the mission and history of the 19 independent agencies President Donald Trump said he would stop funding entirely under his “budget blueprint.” Trump’s proposal also calls for deep cuts in other agencies and departments, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department, and shifts federal resources to defense. African Development

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Opposing Congressmen Become Besties When Forced on D.C. Road Trip

This Facebook Live stream feels almost like a buddy cop movie – except instead, it’s about buddy Congressmen. Democratic Beto O’Rourke and Republican Will Hurd are both Texas representatives who were distraught to find that their flight from San Antonio to Washington D.C. was cancelled because of this week’s snowstorm. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> The two

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Trump proposes deep transportation cuts in rural regions that supported him

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who has promised to make a $1 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure, has proposed $2.4 billion in cuts to federal transportation programs that fund air and rail service and road and transit projects. The cuts would disproportionately affect rural communities that voted for him, and the Republican lawmakers who

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