E.J. Kessler
By E.J. Kessler
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News Battle Over Tactics May Split Labor Federation
A looming fight may lead to the breakup of the country’s major labor federation — and to changes in the way unions organize and wield their political clout. At the heart of the struggle is the future of the AFL-CIO, the 57-union federation headed by president John Sweeney. His leadership is being challenged by a…
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News Jailed Reporter Draws Ire of Left, Right
It’s been a rough stretch for Judith Miller. The New York Times reporter has been sitting in a Virginia jail for the past week for refusing to name her confidential sources to the prosecutor investigating the Bush administration “outing” of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. Now, to compound the indignity, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Miller —…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Air Force Ad: In its latest print campaign, the National Jewish Democratic Council is buying a full-page ad in two Jewish newspapers in order to highlight what it calls “congressional inaction” on the allegations of proselytizing and religious coercion at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The ad, set to run in…
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News Dean Plans To Visit Israel, Political Baggage in Tow
In his first trip to the Middle East as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean will be traveling to Israel this fall with a Jewish organization. Dean, who became the DNC chairman in February, will take the six-day trip in September with the National Jewish Democratic Council. Democrats are noting that the September…
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News Air Force Taps Rabbi To Aid on Academy Religious Flap
The Air Force has named a Conservative rabbi to a newly created advisory position to help it deal with what it has acknowledged as problems of religious coercion and intolerance at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, former national director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, and a…
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News Orthodox Disagree With Other Jews on Gaza Pullout, Iraq War
A new poll is underscoring the growing ideological chasm between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews in America. The poll, commissioned by Yeshiva University, found that Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews hold diametrically opposite views on a host of national security issues related to the Middle East conflict. In one example, 59% of the Orthodox respondents said they…
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News Political Response to Air Force Allegations Divided Along Party Lines
In the first political fallout over the allegations of proselytizing and religious coercion at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the father of one complainant is vowing to oust his congresswoman over what he claims is her lack of action on the matter. New Mexico attorney Mikey Weinstein is pledging that he will work to unseat…
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News Power Struggle Sinks New York Stadium
a power struggle between two of the country’s most influential jewish politicians appears to have torpedoed new york city’s bid to build a new football stadium and bring the 2012 olympics to the big apple. The push for a new stadium had been spearheaded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose dream it was to…
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