Tom Tugend (JTA)
By Tom Tugend (JTA)
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Fast Forward Maureen Dowd: ‘Where Is My Jewish Husband?’
What requests did New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd leave in the cracks of the Western Wall when she accompanied President George W. Bush, and later President Obama, on their trips to Jerusalem? “I left the same message both times,” said the red-headed, Irish-American Pulitzer Prize-winner. “I asked, ‘Where’s my Jewish husband?’ ” The acerbic…
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Fast Forward Major L.A. Philanthropist Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges
Elliott Broidy, a major philanthropist in the Los Angeles Jewish community, pleaded guilty to the felony charge of rewarding official misconduct. Broidy, also a leading investor in the Israeli economy, admitted that he made nearly $1 million in payoffs to four senior New York state officials as he pursued an investment from the state public…
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Fast Forward Police: L.A. Synagogue Shooting Likely Not a Hate Crime
L.A. police say there is no evidence of a hate crime or terrorism in the shooting Thursday of two Orthodox Jews in the parking lot of a Los Angeles-area synagogue. The shooting occurred at Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif., when a man described as dark-skinned and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt…
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Fast Forward Times Columnist Spars With Iranian Jewish Expats
There was no clean knockout when New York Times columnist Roger Cohen faced off against some 400 Iranian Jews and Bahais in Los Angeles, but spectators were treated to some vigorous rhetorical sparring and nimble footwork. Cohen, a British-born Jewish journalist, wrote a column last month from Iran titled “What Iran’s Jews Say” claiming that…
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