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Steve Mnuchin, Wall Street Mogul With Roots in Hollywood, Poised To Be Named Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin, a Wall Street financial tycoon with deep roots in Hollywood, is reportedly expected to be named Treasury Secretary.
Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, Composer of 500 Hasidic Melodies, Dies at 91
(JTA) — Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, who composed more than 500 Hasidic melodies, or niggunim, including some recorded by Itzhak Perlman, has died. Shenker died Nov. 20 in Brooklyn, New York, at 91. He reportedly suffered from heart problems. Shenker, who was an ordained rabbi, was associated with the Polish Modzitzer Hasidic sect. He recorded…
Mark Cuban: ‘I Was Dumb’ To Underestimate Trump
A kind of mirror image of Donald Trump — a brash billionaire TV star — Mark Cuban thought he was taking Clinton’s fight into Trump’s territory. Now he realizes he wasn’t a threat at all.
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Oldest Wales Synagogue Building Goes on Sale for $375K
(JTA) — A synagogue identified as the oldest in Wales is for sale for under $375,000. The Valleys synagogue, founded in Merthyr Tydfil in 1875, stopped holding services during the 1970s. Since 1983, it has been used as a Christian community center, and most recently as a gym before it closed approximately 10 years ago,…
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Jared and Ivanka, Separate Business From Politics Before You Become Walking Anti-Semitic Tropes
Jane Eisner pens a plea to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, right now the most powerful Jews in America: The presidential campaign unleashed a surge of anti-Semitism. Please don’t make it worse.
Israeli Mohel Tells Student Circumcisers to Practice on African Babies
“Why practice on these families?” Austin is heard on tape discussing his practices around mohel training. “They have no mother or father, so that whatever you do, there won’t be a problem.
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Medical Marijuana Inhaler Coming to Israel
(JTA) — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries of Israel will market and distribute a cannabis inhaler in the country, becoming the first major medical company in the world to do so. Teva signed an agreement to exclusively market and distribute the inhaler developed and manufactured by the Tel Aviv-based company Syqe Medical, the companies said in a statement…
Politico Editor Michael Hirsh Resigns After Threatening White Nationalist on Facebook
“He lives part of the time next door to me … Our grandfathers brought baseball bats to Bund meetings. Want to join me?” Hirsh, Politico’s former national editor, wrote on Facebook.
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Rabbi Says Couples Can’t Live Together If Marriage Licenses Destroyed by Wildfires
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The chief rabbi of an area affected by the wildfires that cut across Israel said couples whose marriage licenses were destroyed in the blazes cannot live together until they draw up a new one. Rabbi Mordechai Abramovski of Zichron Yaakov said in an interview with the haredi Orthodox news website Kikar HaShabbat…
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Reuven Rivlin Hosts Jerusalem Meeting Over Mosque Noise Bill
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Reuven Rivlin of Israel hosted a meeting of Jewish and Muslim leaders in Jerusalem in the wake of public debate over a bill that would mute mosques’ loudspeakers. “Jerusalem has always brought together the various voices, the Jewish prayers with the muezzin’s call to prayer along with the church bells. I…
100 Anti-Semitic Incidents Reported Since Trump Victory: Watchdog
(JTA) — One hundred anti-Semitic incidents occurred in the 10 days following the presidential election, representing about 12 percent of hate incidents in the U.S. recorded by a civil rights watchdog. The report released Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center looked at 867 hate incidents that occurred in the 10 days following the election of Donald…
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