Joel H. Cohen

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — In response to recent criticisms of yeshivas and Jewish day schools for not giving their students enough, if any, of an education in secular subjects, the Trump administration is offering advice and a curriculum intended to close the gap. “School spirit is important,” the presidential list of suggestions begins, […]

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — For an idea of what’s on President Trump’s mind these days, here are excerpts of some of his current tweets and off-the-cuff remarks on issues of Jewish and general interest. ‘I CAN LAND THE PLANE.’ Rod Rosenstein said he could land the plane, and I believe him. Frankly,

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has taken the first step in what he describes as “draining the swamp” of foreign-language media in the United States that he suspects of being critical of “our great nation and even greater administration.” He commented: “They come here and write and say things, including lies,

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has temporarily completed the memoir of his presidency, called “One Great Tweet for Mankind: Told You I’d Make America Great Again.” “As much as I’ve enjoyed sharing my very intelligent thoughts about world and domestic issues, I have to devote my full, remarkable energy to ruling,

Miller, Mueller, and Mexico  By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — As President Trump continues to draft a memoir of his presidency, three M’s are highlighted — Miller, Mueller and Mexico.  Some of his latest entries, provided by reliable sources, appear here: “As everyone knows, loyalty is the quality I value most.  If Roy Cohn

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Sometimes, when people comment to me, “Oh, you’re left-handed,” I respond, “I was right-handed, but the nuns made me change.” “Oh, that’s terrible,” they’ll say, not realizing that Cohen and nuns do not usually share a history, and that traditionally the forced change of handedness in various cultures

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Declaring “they love me there,” and generally warmed by positive reaction to his pro-Israel moves and remarks, President Trump is having his lawyers explore how to make Israel a U.S. territory. At the same time, angered by what critics say was his lack of compassion and failure to

“Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues” By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has started writing a memoir of his presidency, tentatively titled: “Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues: Told You I’d Make America Great”. He said he’d expected the memoir would wait until after his second term “but with the wild witch-hunt

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — “Ivanka would be a perfect Queen Esther on screen and on the Broadway stage,” President Trump tweeted. “She’s gorgeous, built like a statuesque statue, almost as smart as I am, and she didn’t come out as Jewish until she was in her 20’s.  A BONUS – with a

 By Joel H. Cohen   NEW YORK — Where will it end? When will there be a halt to the shattering of beloved institutions? Prompting this concern is a just-released report of a respected Israeli archaeological team, Alt Zackhn Gefunen (Yiddish, meaning “old things found”). The report asserts that Haman wore an oval-shaped hat, not

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump is suing a world-renowned Israeli psychological institute for claiming the his Pinocchio-like nose is an outgrowth of his “pathological lying.” The action is a countersuit in response to the institute’s allegation that Trump refused to pay for its expert analysis of the cause of his nose

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump made a secret trip to Israel in recent weeks to seek an answer to a medical mystery involving his nose. The appendage has been getting bigger, family and staff members reluctantly agreed, after he constantly studied himself in the mirror and announced he’d come to that conclusion.