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FREE PRESS AND THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

The United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot block his critics from viewing his personal Twitter account. The ruling has important implications both in terms of its impact on the rights of journalists, and because of its connection to a recent major Holocaust controversy. Judge Barrington D. […]

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Award Winning Egyptian-Jewish Journalist, Lucette Lagnado, Dies at 62

Lagnado, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, brought “a writer’s curiosity and a patient’s empathy to storytelling, illuminating the plight of the uninsured, the sick and the elderly for readers around the world,” the financial newspaper rhapsodized. By Howard M. Riell Over several years, Lagnado reported on immigration, Jewish life and the state of […]

Netanyahu with OU Rabbis photo credit: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)
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PM Netanyahu Meets with American Jewish Leaders

PM Netanyahu Meets with Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Leadership Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, met with the leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America OU. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of the link between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Participants at the meeting […]

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Trump: Progressive Dems ‘Hate Israel with True & Unbridled Passion’

Trump hit back after criticism about his Sunday tweets, calling liberal Democrats haters of Israel. By: David Isaac President Donald Trump defended himself from a torrent of criticism after telling a group of Democratic congresswomen to “go back” where they came from in a series of tweets on Sunday. Trump tweeted later that day that […]

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PA Man Indicted on Attempted Murder Charges for Setting Fire to Rabbi’s Bklyn Home 

Fire Destroyed Victim’s Midwood Home and Severely Damaged Two Adjacent Properties; Video Surveillance Allegedly Captured Defendant Setting the Fire Edited by: JV Staff Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Monday announced that a 41-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree arson and related […]

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DOE Head Mary Ellen Elia Resigns; Drew Heat from Yeshivos Over Secular Edu

Department of Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has unexpectedly resigned. By: Benjamin Kaplanowitz Elia drew criticism after she re-released regs that would have given New York State control over the number of hours of secular studies taught at private schools statewide. The regs also mandated curriculum requirements. “Elia’s latest effort to exercise state control over private […]

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Dems Square Off, Turn Nasty as AOC Chief of Staff Blasts Pelosi

The knives are out as Democrats view for the ideological control of their party. The latest dispatch from the war zone sees Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He has called her a less than powerful leader, and moderate Democrats in general – of which Pelosi is purportedly one […]

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