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Howard Lutnick

Trump taps Jewish financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

The billionaire investor, a co-chair of Trump’s transition team, will oversee the administration’s contentious tariff plans if confirmed for the role.

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At an upscale Midtown club, Jewish supporters of Trump revel in his victory

The mood was jubilant at Cipriani 42nd Street, where the Zionist Organization of America celebrated “the most pro-Israel cabinet in the history of the United States.”

In a federation official’s remark about resettling Gaza, signs of tension among Jewish groups in the new Trump era

“We all left pretty offended, honestly,” one Jewish community relations council leader said after a divisive meeting the week after the election.

Marc Rowan appears at the Hong Kong Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit on November 7, 2023 in Hong Kong. (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Who is Marc Rowan, the Jewish investor reportedly in the running for Trump’s Treasury secretary?

Top row, from left: Laura Loomer, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Steven Miller. Bottom row: Howard Lutnick, Lee Zeldin, David Friedman, Miriam Adelson. (Collage by Grace Yagel)

Who are the Jews in Trump’s inner circle?

As Schumer presses ahead with Antisemitism Awareness Act, concerns about free speech resurface

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor

Trump and RFK Jr. shake hands onstage

Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services

Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary nominee, has multiple Christian and Crusades-inspired tattoos

Trump named Mike Huckabee ambassador to Israel. Is that a sign of the second coming of annexation?

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