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Sometimes, amidst the avalanche of historic pettiness and cruelty, it’s easy to forget the historic incompetence of the Trump White House. Spelling mistakes, general know-nothingness, and sundry amateurishness radiates out from the most important office in the land. Much of it’s malign, even more of it is just dumb. The ineptitude, of course, starts at the top. But it doesn’t end there. The

Some Jewish neighborhoods of New York City will see an increase in police presence in response to a string of recent attacks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.

Police will be deployed to the Boro Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Brooklyn and there will be an increase in police visits to houses of worship and “other critical areas in the community,” de Blasio

Sammie Marks recalls the time when she was asked whether Jews really have horns on their heads. This was about 10 years ago, she said, in relatively liberal Iowa City.

“It was one of those things (when) you just stop in your tracks and think, ‘How in the world do I respond to this in a productive way?‘” she said.