E.J. Kessler

By E.J. Kessler

News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Jews for Clark: As retired general Wesley Clark campaigned at a large synagogue in south Florida this week, one of the grassroots groups supporting his campaign, “Jews for Clark,” was spreading the word about the general with an e-mail message that raised some eyebrows at Clark’s campaign headquarters in Little Rock. The e-mail message puts…

By E.J. Kessler Dec 5, 2003 | 4 min read
News
In Critical Ohio, Dem Hopefuls Taking a Powder In Primary Race

CLEVELAND — Despite all the hoopla in Iowa and New Hampshire and the rivers of ink spilled in the national press, the Democratic presidential race has yet to make an impression around these parts. Candidates, preoccupied with earlier primary contests, have paid little attention to Ohio, local operatives say. Elsewhere, former Vermont governor Howard Dean…

By E.J. Kessler Nov 28, 2003 | 4 min read
News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Smacking the Saudis: Trying to sound tough on Middle East terrorism, former Vermont governor Howard Dean smacked Saudi Arabia in response to a question from Tom Brokaw during Monday night’s NBC-televised presidential candidate debate in Iowa. Asked by Brokaw whether he considered Saudi Arabia a “friend” or an “enemy,” Dean replied, “Seventy-five years ago, the…

By E.J. Kessler Nov 28, 2003 | 3 min read
News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Food Fight: Here’s a delicious piece of opposition research that crossed our desk: A campaign that does not want to be identified was hoping — tongue in cheek, of course — that it could get someone to slice into former Vermont governor Howard Dean for an old position he took on a Jewish hole-y matter….

By E.J. Kessler Nov 21, 2003 | 5 min read
News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Dean Damage Update: More headaches for former Vermont governor Howard Dean: An outspoken Orthodox assemblyman says he is going to make an issue in the New York primary out of Dean’s September gaffe on Israel. Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat who represents Borough Park in Brooklyn, is vowing to give Dean grief for his remark…

By E.J. Kessler Nov 14, 2003 | 4 min read
News
Dem Hopefuls Appoint Liaisons To Shore Up Communal Support

Got Jews? As the Democratic presidential contenders gear up for a final push before the primaries, a number of campaigns are designating personnel as liaisons to the Jewish community. The campaigns’ fundraisers have been operating feverishly among Jews from the get-go — Jewish donors supply more than half the funds for any Democratic presidential campaign,…

By E.J. Kessler Nov 14, 2003 | 5 min read
News
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Sunshine State Scramble: Rep. Peter Deutsch, a Jewish Democrat from south Florida, has emerged as the best-financed of the several contenders vying to replace Senator Bob Graham, who declared this week that he would not run for re-election in 2004. Deutsch, whose district stretches from Broward County south to Key West, has some $3 million…

By E.J. Kessler Nov 7, 2003 | 4 min read
News
‘Coleman Republicans’ Wave Moderate GOP Flag

Call them the “Norm Coleman Republicans.” A surprising number of Jews running for office in 2003 appear to be modeling themselves after the newly minted Minnesota senator and former mayor of St. Paul — moderate, Jewish Republicans running on urban-friendly platforms. In mayoral, city council and state senate races in New York, New Jersey and…

By E.J. Kessler Oct 31, 2003 | 4 min read

Explore

E.J. Kessler

By E.J. Kessler

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

In Critical Ohio, Dem Hopefuls Taking a Powder In Primary Race

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Dem Hopefuls Appoint Liaisons To Shore Up Communal Support

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

‘Coleman Republicans’ Wave Moderate GOP Flag

Most Popular

In Case You Missed It

Who would protect New York Jews better? Cuomo and Lander trade attacks on the campaign trail

Rabbis revolt over LGBTQ+ club, exposing fight over queer acceptance at Yeshiva University

In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump

די הגדה ווי אַ לעבעדיקער דענקמאָל פֿון אַשכּנזישער פּאָעזיעThe Haggadah as a living monument to Ashkenazi poetry

E.J. Kessler

By E.J. Kessler

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

In Critical Ohio, Dem Hopefuls Taking a Powder In Primary Race

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

Dem Hopefuls Appoint Liaisons To Shore Up Communal Support

CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL

‘Coleman Republicans’ Wave Moderate GOP Flag

Most Popular

A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress

The NCAA men’s Final Four has 3 Jewish coaches

What Gal Gadot has said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here — 19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speech

In Case You Missed It

Who would protect New York Jews better? Cuomo and Lander trade attacks on the campaign trail

Rabbis revolt over LGBTQ+ club, exposing fight over queer acceptance at Yeshiva University

In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump

די הגדה ווי אַ לעבעדיקער דענקמאָל פֿון אַשכּנזישער פּאָעזיעThe Haggadah as a living monument to Ashkenazi poetry

Shop the Forward Store