Jennifer Siegel
By Jennifer Siegel
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News Kansas Custody Battle Makes an Unlikely Liberal Out Of Orthodox Group
As one of the country’s largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish organizations, Agudath Israel of America is hardly known as a liberal trailblazer. But in an effort to help an Orthodox teenager at loggerheads with his less observant father, the organization has forged an unusual alliance with progressive legal groups seeking to expand the scope of children’s First…
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News House Taking Up Genocide Bill
Despite threats of reprisals from Ankara and disapproval from the Bush administration, Democrats in Congress are slated to mark up the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res 106) in the House Foreign Affarirs Committee today. The bill is expected to be approved by the committee and has enought votes to pass should it reach the House floor….
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News NYU Courts Center for Jewish History
In a bid to create the largest institution for Judaic research outside of the State of Israel, New York University is seeking to combine forces with the long-beleaguered Center for Jewish History. A written proposal — developed by officials at NYU and slated for delivery to the center this week — envisions a merger between…
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News Best Presidential Campaign Target Ever: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mitt Romney kicked it off by urging the UN to revoke the Iranian president’s invitation to the General Assembly, and now Hillary Clinton’s office has a statement objecting the the already-defunct visit to Ground Zero.
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News Jim Moran Called Out By Jewish Members of Congress
Rep. Jim Moran, Democrat from Virginia, received a sharply-worded rebuke from 16 of his Jewish colleagues yesterday for laying the blame for the Iraq War at the feet of Aipac. “The idea that the war in Iraq began because of the influence of Jewish Americans is factually incorrect and unfortunately fits the anti-Semitic stereotypes some…
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News New Jersey Rabbi Aims for Pulpit on Capitol Hill
American rabbis are routinely sent to weddings and funerals and fundraisers galore, but in 2008, one of them is asking to be sent where none has gone before: Congress. In a long-shot bid to oust one of New Jersey’s most conservative Republicans, Rabbi Dennis Shulman announced last Tuesday the formation of a congressional exploratory campaign…
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News Judges Rule Against Slain Activist’s Family
In a decision that dealt a sharp blow to the family of slain peace activist Rachel Corrie, a federal appeals panel ruled this week that Caterpillar Inc. cannot be held legally responsible for the use of its bulldozers by the Israeli government in the Palestinian territories. A three-judge panel in the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit…
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News Could Jersey Send a Rabbi to Congress?
Rabbi Dennis Shulman of Demarest is sure hoping so. Shulman, a longtime clinical psychologist who was ordained in 2003, has a pretty incredible biography (he became blind late in childhood) and is hoping to use it against Republican incumbent Scott Garrett in New Jersey’s fifth congressional district. Shulman’s not the only Democrat in the race…
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