Tag Archives: Hanukkah

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump failed to invite Jewish Congressional Democrats to the White House’s annual Hanukkah party on Thursday night, demonstrating that Washington partisanship can poison even the most benign religious holidays. The decision shocked some Jewish Democrats, who observed that previous presidents had invited members of the opposing party to religious holiday parties. “Why would you make partisan …

Last night at the Ali Forney Center’s holiday party, Manhattan bon vivant Mike Diamond tipped me to his clip of the Hanukkah Hairy party at the East Village’s Eastern Bloc bar (which is co-owned by Anderson Cooper’s boyfriend.) You’ll see a few JMG regulars in the video.