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Donald Trump remembers the Holocaust — finally

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 26, 2017
Trump spoke effectively about the Holocaust. That is a good start.

Donald Trump: environmental Pharaoh

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 3, 2017
The waters are rising. A pre-Passover plea for fighting our modern plagues.

Dem invites Methodist pastor who defends immigrants to Trump’s speech

By Lauren Markoe — February 28, 2017
(RNS) The Rev. Keary Kincannon has publicly decried a roundup of immigrants across the street from his church.

Muhammad Ali Jr. detained because of ‘Muslim ban,’ his lawyer says

By USA Today — February 24, 2017
(USA Today) Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, were pulled aside while going through customs because of their Arabic-sounding names, according to family friend and lawyer Chris Mancini.

Vatican worried about Trump immigration order

By Reuters — February 1, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The Vatican said it is worried about President Donald Trump's moves on immigration, in the Holy See's first comment since his executive order banning travel into the United States by citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries.

Meet Trump’s Holocaust tutor

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 31, 2017
Donald Trump has learned a Soviet narrative about the Holocaust. Really.

Donald Trump’s Holocaust aphasia

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 29, 2017
For Trump, is the Jewish nature of the Holocaust an "alternative fact?"

Does the presidency have a prayer?

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 19, 2017
How is America different? Another reason that you never considered before.

America is getting dumber by the minute

By Jeffrey Salkin — December 4, 2016
If you call another Jew a "kapo," you are beneath contempt.

Minority groups brace for battle in case Trump makes good on his promises

By Lauren Markoe — November 21, 2016
(RNS) 'We're looking for any good signs but the signs he is sending are not good,' Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of Trump.

The real problem with Steve Bannon

By Jeffrey Salkin — November 15, 2016
Is Steve Bannon anti-Semitic, or "merely" anti-American?

White evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons carried Trump

By Lauren Markoe — November 9, 2016
(RNS) Evangelical support for Donald Trump surged even as prominent evangelicals, including Southern Baptist Russell Moore, railed against Trump's behavior toward immigrants, women and other groups as un-Christian.

I want my prayer shawl back!

By Jeffrey Salkin — September 4, 2016
When Bishop Jackson gave Trump a tallit, it was not an innocent gesture.
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