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Trump allies target Jewish judge — and his wife — after ruling on Palestinian activist

JL;DR SUMMARY Judge Jesse Furman, a Jewish federal judge, is under fire from far-right figures after ruling against the Trump administration's attempted deportation of a Palestinian activist. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TrumpPalestinian ActivistJewish JudgeLeftist JewsLaura LoomerTurning Point UsaMahmoud KhalilJesse FurmanUscirf

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Manhattan, New York, United States
"Dubler, a former Columbia Law professor, heads a prominent pluralistic Jewish day school in Manhattan, and serves on the board of trustees of Yales Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life."
New York, United States
"Before becoming a judge, Furman worked as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, where he handled major cases, including those against associates of Bernie Madoff who defrauded Jewish investors and institutions and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks."
Florida, United States
"In 2022, after a Florida magistrate judge, Bruce Reinhart, approved a search warrant for Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate in a classified documents case, Trump supporters launched a campaign against him that quickly turned antisemitic."
Israel
"report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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