Published: 19 March 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
American Jewish Committee appears to take on Trump a day after the Republican front-runner warned of riots if GOP blocks him
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Trump and AIPAC – Rob Eshman – Jewish Journal 14.03.16
By inviting Trump with no additional comment, no caveats, no reproach, AIPAC is helping Trump erase the many lines he has crossed. AIPAC needs to state clearly and publicly that it does not condone Trump’s incendiary statements regarding Mexicans, Muslims and others… Or it can continue to pretend that Donald Trump is just like every other candidate - and allow his stain to spread over AIPAC’s good name.
When Trump speaks at AIPAC, let's all walk out – Leil Leibowitz – Tablet Magazine 18.03.16
Trump gives us a chance to come together over a very basic principle and say that as Jews—secular and religious, Democrats and Republicans, poets and podiatrists—we feel compelled by the very tenets of our faith to reject a man who lacks any respect for the very principles of pluralism that have made this country such a welcoming home for Jews…
Trump/AIPAC Conference could embroil Israel and inflame American Jews – Chemi Shalev – Haaretz 15.03.16
The opposition to Trump comes from both right and left in the Jewish community. But not everyone shares the negative view of Trump.
Will Jewish conservatives finally embrace Trump? – The Times of Israel/JTA 17.03.16
The question for Jewish political conservatives is whether to hold their noses and embrace him… Israel Hayom, the Israeli newspaper owned by Sheldon Adelson … plastered its Wednesday front page with a photo of Trump and the headline ‘Within Reach.’ The newspaper is known to generally reflect Adelson’s political preferences in Israel and the United States.
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