we're in the middle of a conversation about judaism and health. we have been talking so much about faith and how that impacts the experience but in jewish life, we know that part of our jewish diversity and in fact, theologically we know that many of us don't believe in god and that is say [inaudible] stance to have. what about folks who say i'm jewish but i don't believe in god, i'm agnostic or don't believe in god. >> i would say tell me about the god you don't believe in. [inaudible] i think that's what comes out in that answer. >> i think as you say that it reminds me of what you were saying before the break, whether you believe in god or don't believe in god, the notion of what's deep inside you that can ultimately be wordless but can articulate yearning or desire. >> and compassion. >> and compassion and a sense of what to do in the world is, i think maybe where those two things kind of intersect in this context, does that make sense to you? >> absolutely. that's what's behind that rather flip question that i offered is when someone shared w

his spiritual life ranged between judaism and buddhism. personal life was complicated and sex was his pretext most of the time. he'll be remembered for songs like "suzanne" and "hallelujah." his last public quote knowing that he was failing was "that's about it for me." it may be for him. the rest of us are left trying to figure out all these leonard cohen lyrics over a lifetime of work. leonard cohen was 82 years old. that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us. as always, "hardball with chris matthews" begins right now. >>> face to face, this is "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews. back in washington, over the last 36 hours president president obama has displayed his ability to put aside his animosity toward president-elect donald trump, showcasing to the country and the world a core strength of our american democracy is the peaceful transfer of power. after a much longer than expected meeting with trump, president obama joined with his successor for a photo-op in the oval office. a spokesman said t

. >> shabbat is the most important ritual observance in judaism.to get out of the way. they know where they lived and they know what's going on. >> once a week it's predictable, toss him from headphones and listen to song and get over it. >> that should be a disclaimer if you're moving into the neighborhood that there's going to be a ridiculously loud noise that goes off every friday. >> is live there for 1010 years. so he's not new to the neighborhood. the siren -- >> just to confirm. this the specific sign was just installed over the summer. they made the synagogue bigger. it is right outside his window. >> it elicits a response to in me it comes out as anger and frustration. >> it reminded me of the bomb sirens that went off. that's what reminds me of. >> it is ricky's birthday today. >> we should celebrate her birthday. >> 15 months after math caught the attention of people left around the world after a talent agency would not submit his photos for a casting call for oshkosh but gosh clothing. it was all all because he had down syndrome. after

it's time to let many women pray together at the holy sites in judaism.at's the message from hundreds of people who have been marching jewishlf of liberal today but they were met with hostility from ultra-orthodox counter protesters. eric has this report from jerusalem. >> at the holiest site in wall, theye weeping challenge the status quo. bringing in the torah so that men and women can pray together. they don't get far. they are encircled by orthodox jews who oppose the joint prayer of many women. -- of men and women. there are fights over the holy scrolls. helpeform rabbis call for but authorities do not intervene. after some minutes when the situation become serious, they do step in. this allows the rabbis to enter the western wall area. >> i'm happy to see female rabbis today, both reform and conservative. today we are breaking the ultra-orthodox stronghold here in jerusalem. the orthodox to be any less orthodox but i want the state of israel to provide a place for others like me to come and pray for our traditions. >> last year the government of isr

ivanka converted to judaism when they married. >> she always has it in her to accomplish whatever she puts her mind to. >> he's the person i lean on the most. >> reporter: jared took over his family's real estate business when his father went to prison in 2005, pleading guilty on tax and conspiracy charges. the prosecutor, then u.s. attorney, chris christie. >> mr. kushner engaged in a conspiracy with the center of the purge removing christie from the trump transition team. >> obviously his son-in-law is going to be very involved in decision making. >> reporter: but anti-nepotism laws enacted after bobby kennedy served as attorney general would prevent kushner from holding an official federal job. >> the idea that someone would be a formal adviser and also have those powers is a contradiction. >> reporter: whether official or not, there's no doubt, donald trump's son-in-law will play a big role in the new news, washington. >>> now to a major effort to protect white house north, trump tower located on fifth avenue in the heart of new york city and it's making it a lot harder to securit

the second targeted religion was judaism. crimes against that community rose nearly 10%. >>> police are investigating a homicide involving two men related to one another in northeast d.c.. the shooting happened on woodbridge street northeast between 24th and theyer neighbors about what happened. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by looking at the home right now but last night this was a crime scene. police and ambulances were called here after account last night and -- 9:00 last night and neighbors can't believe what happened here. >> i just saw police and ambulance when i was riding through. >> reporter: lo says he was surprised to see police activity on the 2300 block of wood bridge street northeast last night. police say there was a domestic dispute in the home between two men. and one of the men wa kilted. -- killed. neighbors say a retired police officer leaves hire with he has -- lives here with his wife and son. they say the retired officer shot his son after his son threatened him. >> that's crazy like -- you know wha

a large group of international supporters and rabbis from the reform and conservative movement of judaism. with many women holding up the scrolls of the torah. tried to stopjews them from reaching the western wall, there was pushing and shoving. undignified, says this worshiper. it is divisive and creates a national feud. i think this is what some of these people want. according to orthodox beliefs, women should pray in a separate area than men and should not seeing, read out loud, or wear religious garments. it is a long-standing row, but many thought it was over when there was a new space approved for prayer. >> the prime minister instituted it. this is one wall for the jewish people. we all have the opportunity to pray here. the have a piece of the holy spot for jewish people. reporter: campaigns believe new arrangements have not been enforced because of pressure from ultra orthodox parties. they say the issue of youth while prayer rights will not go away and it is -- they say the issue of equal prayer rights will not go away, and it is causing a rest. -- causing a rift. katty: as the

he never abandoned judaism even decades later when he became an ordained buddhist monk in 1995. critics and fans loved how the singer blended folk music with a darker edge. leonard: everybody has this experience at some point in their life where things are not going to turn out as they wished. nevertheless, you have to make choices and you live your life with the understanding that your life is unfolding according to patterns and directions that you yourself do not necessarily determine. ♪ kisses deep >> he released his debut album "songs of leonard cohen" in 1967 and quickly became loved by dylan, willie nelson. best known as a singer-songwriter and poet but was acclaimed for his novels and patings. he was inducted in the hall of fame. leonard: i was glad to hear k.d. language to sing those songs. a sublime experience for me. >> "rolling stone" said only bob dylan exerted a more influence on his generation. his best known song was "hallelujah" later reinterpreted by jeff buckley. leonard cohen died at the age of 82. >> ♪ the battle king composing hallelujah ♪ >> leonard cohen d

god in aristotle and christianity and judaism. though potency at all.if you are a potency that means you could change or get better and that would be imperfection. if abraham lincoln in his prime as a superior human being to nearly anybody and himself when this was young. against that and there's a massive delay of growth and the courses through the being that undergoes a period some of my students are grown-ups now. many, many of them are very awesome people and they are beginning to tell me what to do. >> finally, larry arnn, if you were to write an instinct e-book on the state of the conservative movement, what would you write? >> well, it holds great promise. it is divided. the way to cure the division is for it to focus much more intensively on the things that it is to conserve. and in america, that they would be the beginning of the greatest free republic in human history in this appeal to the laws of nature and god in this appeal to the self-evident truths of human equality. >> host: larry arnn is the president of hillsdale college in michigan, p

his daughter as converted to orthodox judaism. it was a very contentious and heated election. both sides lobbed things at each other. i don't consider hillary rodham clinton supporters a criminal but i think we all have to take a step back. i think it's perfectly appropriate for people to protest. that's america's right. but my hope is people have to go through the degrees of, you know, grief. but i hope that those protesters, if they are concerned about various groups in various communities, i suggest, hey, why don't you help out those communities and volunteer? if you're concerned with women's issues, kwowork with a women's shelte shelter. >> can i actually say something? >> of course. >> i'm going to take your word of advice. let's take a step back. yes, donald trump is not that special. our protest was not only about him t. was about his values, his principles. his ideas that he held that goes against me and oppresses me and the rest of my folks. and i'm going to just say this. i do not identify as an american. that's not me. i'm a mexican. that's who i choose to identify

this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for.f tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless father, who could not protect them, to somebody who is more thoughtful. jews who are armed with machine guns and military jeeps victimize these children, and when we allow the children to play this game as part of the therapy, many of the children prefer to play the role of the jew in the game e cause thatat i power. >> under the deep strains of the current intifada, very few israelis went on examining how to make core examples tense happen. she is -- core existence. >> i asked to speak with prime minister netanyahu. i wrote to him five times. and then he doesn't want to speak with me. in the letters i wrote i want you to look me in the eye and to tell me that my son died for a reason. i want you to look at me. he never had the courage to do it. i feel a responsibili

i tried buddhism, catholicism, judaism, punch and judy-ism. but nothing worked for me until i found... him. who? mork, i worship... o.j. simpson! isn't he a football player? a football player? mork, he is the football player! tell me, did you ever see the reverend ike streak down the sidelines untouched? sure... moses walked across the red sea. but could he have done it on astroturf? mork... i believe in the juice! you, too, can be a born-again simpson. let o.j. show you the way. just look at my followers. look at the peace and serenity in their eyes. isaiah. hi. merlin. howdy. too tall. whoa. bubba. my man. these, mork, are my conversions. conversions -- good for one point. ar ar ar ar! you know, mork, before i found o.j., i couldn't laugh this easily. he can do the same for you as he's done for me. join us, mork. candlestick park! oh, i see. believe and you shall bear oranges. praise anita! yes! mork, i want you to renounce your sins against football. exidor, i watched the world series. oh, blasphemy! the world series! baseball is pagan! do

judaism and islam and they can bring shining examples not only of america itself but all of these communities. so why this is a challenge it can be an opportunity to bring our communities together on common ground and to fight for justice but also to uphold the values which made this country great and we celebrate. >> nihad awad, thank you. >>> still to come, i speak with bill moyers on what to expect from president-elect donald trump. but first, thing 1 and thing 2 right after this break. >>> thing 1 tonight for six straight days protesters have taken to the streets in many cities across the country to voice their opposition that donald trump and one of their rallying cries has been that hillary clinton won the popular vote despite losing the electoral college. when you search google for final count 2016, pretty standard search following the presidential election, the very first news result is a website called 70 news. it takes you here, a page with a tropical looking pool, trump won both popular and electoral college votes. why are they leading google news searches about who won in the pres

his daughter ca converted to judaism. fall for kids, judaism. -- all her kids, judaism. communists and the kkk hate jews worse than they hate blacks. guest: i would just say that being jewish is a religion not a race. we will just leave that at that. "ost: from "the new york times this morning, there is a section taking a look at the topic of infrastructure and the kind of money needed to bring infrastructure of the point where most people think it would be workable for most. you had mentioned donald trump strategy for infrastructure. can you paint a picture of what that is and why you think or may not think it will work? guest: he is talked a lot about infrastructure. you talk about it during the campaign. in many respects, i agree with him in this regard. fly into any of our major international airports, the gateway of this world rate us and country, and it's a bit of an embarrassment, especially for anyone who has traveled abroad to see how good other countries airports are. mr. trump wants to begin to correct those things. what he has to do though is convince the con

if you are in a country that and said you americans are not respectful of christianity or judaism or whatever somebody of a different race or creed, how that us and them narrative is alive and well and they will begin to move in a direction we don't want them to move into. >> i agree. as an enemy -- basically you are not welcome where you are, therefore you have to --. lots of identity nationalism around the world now. in many cases you see the same argument. is you have to defend your cap against this enemy, whoever it is. pernicious. levele that at the local as you get to know people who andnot -- studies show personal experience shows that tends to create a sense, without lyanish,tlandish --pol i remember after 9/11, president bush said tuesday, we will bring the perpetrators to justice, and remains,trade center and go to a mosque is a we are not at war with islam. it was important to hear from a leader to make that this fiction -- distinction. they wanted to bring the country together and reduce the conditions that promote violence. with your fingertips on the national capital re

if is he anti-semitic how is it he has converted jewish converted to judaism. another son converted to just. executives jewish in his organization. when he gave his acceptance speech, sean, one of the first things he said is i'm going to address the plight of the inner city. how is it that this man is considered to be such a bigot? if that's bigotry he needs to go back to racism school. >> yes. reverend, what's your word to people that maybe didn't support donald trump? >> i don't think there is any one economic measure can you look at that says oh, things have gotten better in the last 8 years. what is your message to people that may be in that freak-out mode because maybe they believe the lies and propaganda of a very biased media. >> they need to relax, take a deep breath and chill out and get ready for quite possibly the best eight years america has enjoyed in a very long time. i really believe donald trump is going to usher in a golden age here in america of peace and prosperity. i'm not making him out to be a messianic figure. i'm simply saying if his pol

and there's an our revolution, the offshoot of the bernie sanders camping and there's people that judaism. there's work that blacklist back in the movement for black lives, these movements that are building about engaging people and that are really the engines of social change. but my point of view is actually people in the 1%, we need you, we need us to step up to fundamentally change this trajectory, which is in no one's interest. and so in this book what i do is i, first of all i have messages for both my brothers and sisters in the 1% who are affluent are wealthy. but also some thoughts for everyone else. my message to people who hold most of the wealth and power in this society is to come home, to bring the wealth out of the shadows, out of the speculative financial markets, out of the fossil fuel energy which is pushing us to the precipice psychologically come and bring them. reroute it in local community investing, impact investing, go off the wall street grid. come back into the real economy of goods and services and livelihoods. so bring the wealth home, bring your cell phone, wh

harvard educated kushner comes from a devout orthodox judaism family. >> he's the person i lean on the most. >> reporter: jared took over his family's real estate business when his father, charles kushner, went to prison in 2005, pleading guilty on tax and conspiracy charges. the prosecutor, then-u.s. attorney chris christie. >> mr. kushner engaged in a conspiracy with co-conspirators. >> reporter: now kushner is at the center of the purge removing christie from the transition team. >> obviously, his son-in-law is going to be involved in decision making. >> reporter: anti-nepotism laws hold back kushner from holding an official job. >> for someone to have those powers is itself a contradiction. >> reporter: no doubt donald trump's son-in-law will play a big role in the new white house. >> andrea mitchell reporting there. >>> house republicans anonymously nominated paul ryan for another term as house speaker. he'll face an election in the full house in january. he pledged to work closely with the president-elect, though they have often butted heads. >> welcome to the dawn of a new unifi

kushner, an orthodox jew, wrote trump "embraced my family and our judaism since i began dating my wifeve a son-in-law who's jewish, jared, a great guy. my daughter is jewish. i have grandchildren that are jewish, okay. and i love them. i love them. >> reporter: experts say jared kushner could avoid breaking a law against a president hiring a relative if he doesn't take a salary or formal title. but he could have another conflict. >> they have to be careful that he doesn't become a conduit of information because he's going to have information about what the administration is doing and if he talks to his wife about what the business is doing there is a conflating of the business and official interest and that's something i think they're trying to keep separate. >> reporter: will jared kushner be able to avoid talking to his wife about the administration's dealings that might affect the family business? we haven't gotten an answer on that from the transition team. jared kushner did not comment for our story. a transition spokeswoman told us they're hoping he'll continue to offer counsel,

judaism and islam and they can bring shining examples not only of america itself but all of these communities challenge it can be an opportunity to bring our communities together on common ground and to fight for justice but also to uphold the values which made this country great and we celebrate. >> nihad awad, thank you. >>> still to come, i speak with bill moyers on what to expect from president-elect donald trump. but first, thing 1 and thing 2 right after this break. when it comes to healthcare, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. for partners in health, time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it. the ability to collaborate changes how we work. what we do together changes how we live. [burke] hot dog. seen it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast).

god, for example, in aristotle and christianity and judaism is no potency but actuality buzz you were potency you could changing and get better and that would be imperfection, so it's true that abraham lincoln in his prime is a superior human being to nearly anybody and to himself when he was young. but against that, there's the massive delight of growth and that is pleasing courses through the being of every being that undergoes it and then i've been here a long time now and some of my students are grownups now, and then some of them are are in very often places and many, many of them are very awesome people and they're beginning to tell me what to do now all of the time. [laughter] >> finally larry if you were to write a instant is ebook on the state of the conservative movement what would you write? >> well, it holds great promise. it's divided. the way to cure the division is for it to focus much more intensively on the thing that it is so conserve and in america that thing would be beginning of the greatest free republic in human history and its appeal to the nature of god and it

. >> donald trump has said, look, on the campaign trail, his daughter is jewish, converted to judaismshe married jared kushner, his grandchildren are jewish, the idea being he would not support somebody who has anti-semitic beliefs. >> i don't make that claim on bannon. let me give you a scenario. i don't know what it is. i really don't. i know that he has said -- he has made it into a platform for the alt right and it has become that. so under his watch -- now what he believes, i don't know. he may just think this is a way to appeal -- who is easy to appeal to, traditionalism, nationalism. can we get a base that will really go out, 5% that will really be excited about him sn and really whip people up and use this extra 5%? and then don't believe them and want to discard them? yeah, he could be that kind of guy. people have done that before in history. i think that's just as dangerous, because if he doesn't believe it -- which i don't think he does. i don't know him, but i didn't think we even had a bunch of white nationalists around anymore, but we do. >> yeah. because conservatives

the new york observer, and then, you know, he marries ivanka trump, who had to convert to orthodox judaismvery prominent wedding covered by vogue. jared is described as low-key. these are not the actions of someone who is low-key. they're also very strategic. and one of the things that i think i have noticed in my reporting both for my piece in esquire in october, i also reported on donald for many, many years. is sort of how these two real estate minds align. and jared knows how to strategize. you know, one saw him in the summer using social media. he didn't care that he sort of fell out with all of his new york social and professional acquaintances who were horrified by the trump campaign, because he knew that there was middle america that donald trump spoke to, and he was quietly doing the math and strategizing. so i think right now you see his sort of calm, cool, careful strategy, who donald trump, sitting next to his father-in-law, his father-in-law has come to greatly rely on jared kushner. that's why he's sitting there with him. >> jared has proven he's pretty good at math. all righ

donald trump has jews high up in his company and why he has a daughter marry ad jew, converted to judaismmarried to a jew? seems awfully difficult to argue that donald trump is a bigot. if so he needs to go back to racism school. melissa: go back to the voters in this because michael moore made a very compelling point this morning, and i can't believe that sentence came out of my mouth but it did. he was talking about the fact that millions of voters out there who voted for barack obama last time, who voted for the first african-american president and celebrated that, who this time around voted for donald trump because it is not about race. for some people it is about their financial health, the economy, the future, the idea that for the past eight years we've been stagnant. they don't have an economic future. they can feel secure about. >> that's right. melissa: they don't feel good about their children as futures. is that what maybe people on edges on both sides are missing? >> i think so. who knew there would be intelligent life within michael moore. it is still the economy, stupid. on

sirchner, an orthodox jew wrote that trump embraced our family and our judaism since i started datingildren that are jewish, and i love them. i love them. >> he could avoid breaking a law against a president hiring a relative. if he doesn't take a salary or a formal title. but they have another conflict. >> they have to be careful that he doesn't become a conduit of information, he's going to have information about what the administration is doing. and if he talks to his wife about what the business is doing there is a conflatding of the business and official interest. and that's something i think they're trying to keep separate. >> will jared be able to not talk to his wife about the business? we did not get an answer back from the transition team on that. jared kushner did not respond for our story. he will continue to offer council, and ensure their success, like he does in the campaign. brian todd, thanks. >> coming up next, remembering a colleague who brought her own brand of humor, humility to everything we do. this is my retirement. retiring retired tires. and i never get tired

. >> you said his judaism is very important.ce right there on display. >> the first thing you see. book, symbols. he's -- he keeps shabis and everything. it is pat of his life and very apparent. and opposed to donald trump it is all the ego of trump. jared's walls are sparse and you can see he's a man of faith. >> wow. all right. well thank you very much. pretty stunning and by the way an amazing article. i hope everyone will read it. detailed long. so many anecdotes in it. i want to talk more you with jeffrey lord and jonathan to see democrat strategists. you just heard what steven was saying about jared. excessively polite. incredibly polite. very low key. his religion very apparent when you walk into his office. he had donald trump's ear. he is there with him at meetings. i've seen that. he is family. you have met him. you have corresponded with him. do you agree with steven's takeaway of his persona? >> i do. the thing that strikes me about him is he has utter common sense that he's very, very grounded. he thinks things thro

portuguese and spanish in one sentence and who keeps, you know, poems from buddhism and christianity and judaism on his desk and yet a picture of the civil rights marchers in birmingham, he's a one-man coalition builder. it's the way he's got to do it. if you're arthur davis, you've got to win this huntsville and birmingham. if you're deval patrick, you've got to win in this boston which when i was a college student, still a bunch of racial unrest. and here not that long later they were willing to vote for him. ed brook was a senator from massachusetts, but he was seen as patrician and not very black at all. >> host: but did they grow up, as obama did, in mostly white environments? >> guest: not deval patrick. he tells the story of leaving the south side of chicago and going off to milton economy and coming home for the first time and having his sister tell him you talk like a white boy. [laughter] he said, i was devastated. he grew up -- actually, i group group -- i go back to what you asked me about if anybody grew up in a tough environment, he did. >> host: did any of the people you talk abou

op-ed writing his father was not an anti-semite nor racist citing how he embraced my family and our judaism since i began dating my wife. >> i have a son-in-law, who is jewish, jared, who is a great guy, my daughter is jewish. i have grandchildren that are jewish, okay. and i love them. i love them. >> reporter: now, in his defense of trump, kushner showing a quality trump holes supreme and what any good chief of staff of as you know, a chief of staff has to be so married to the president living and working inside the white house living because he's working so much there and jared kushner has so many business deals that might be kind of tough. >> maybe not a formal role. thanks very much. >>> up more on the presidency on "20/20." >>> the latest on that missing mother of two last seen jogging a week ago near her california us from los angeles with those results. >> reporter: amy, good morning. so her local officials are saying her husband's polygraph test indicates he had no involvement with her disappearance adding that they were also able to confirm his whereabouts the day she went missing