Jennifer Siegel
By Jennifer Siegel
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News Franken to Coleman: Not A Love Letter
Check out this open letter to Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman from rival Al Franken …
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News Conservative Rabbis Adapting to Ruling on Same-Sex Unions
When Conservative Rabbi Francine Roston officiated at a renewal of vows this past April, the service was traditional, with a reading of the ketubah and the crunch of breaking glass. But the rite was also groundbreaking: Held in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El in South Orange, N.J., it was the synagogue’s first-ever commitment ceremony…
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News It’s Official: Obama’s On Top
Obama raises $32 million, besting Clinton’s $27 million.
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News Team Hillary Plays Politics of Managing Expectations
With the June 30 filing deadline for second quarter fundraising fast approaching, the Clinton campaign is once again telling supporters know it expects to be outraised by Team Obama. “We expect to bring in about what we did in the First Quarter, or slightly more, which should put us in the range of $27 million,”…
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News McCain Fundraiser Facing Questions about Saudi Arabia
As the June 30 campaign filing deadlline approaches, Democrats are sure to renew their calls for scrutiny of Tom Loeffler, campaign co-chair for John McCain. Loeffler’s lobbying firm, the Loeffler Group, has represented Saudi Arabia in its campaign to win admission to the World Trade Organization, something that McCain has gone on record opposing. According…
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News As NYC Mayor, Bloomberg Has Redefined Role As ‘Jewish Pol’
In the summer of 2002, Simcha Felder, an Orthodox Jew and Democratic state assemblyman representing the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park, arranged a 500-person community breakfast between his constituents and Michael Bloomberg. As Felder tells it, people in the neighborhood were livid about the new mayor’s hike on real estate taxes — so…
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News Supreme Court Hobbles Taxpayer Church-State Suits
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to church-state watchdogs this morning with its ruling in the Hein v. Freedom From Religion Case. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Alito, the Court ruled that the Freedom From Religion Foundation does not have the legal right to challenge the use of government funds by the White…
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News Union Boss: Bloomberg "Sure Sounded Like He Was Thinking About" Running
Those are the words of Joseph Hansen, the international president of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, who spoke with the Forward at a dinner put on by the Jewish Labor Committee in NYC last night. According to Hansen, Bloomberg met with top union leaders, including the Teamsters’ general president, James P. Hoffa,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Republican Thomas Massie ousted from Congress as Trump endorsee wins primary