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Bagels & Ballots: David and Goliath
Ohio, Deep Red: Even the extra help from ‘Glee for Lee’ with Mr. Schu (or, as non-Gleeks know him, actor Matthew Morrison) isn’t doing much for Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, the Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate race. The double-digit lead of Republican Rob Portman only continues to grow. (Cincinnati.com) Christ, Crist! Florida’s governor…
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Bagels & Ballots: Now With Kosher Meat
By the Numbers: Senatorial polls have been looking dismal for Democrats as they’ve slid downwards. But, as Nate Silver writes, recent numbers show a slight uptick. For example: In Illinois, “a Rasmussen Reports poll now shows the Democrat, Alexi Giannoulias, with a 1-point lead; he had trailed by 4 points in their previous survey of…
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Lech Lecha: The Dance
Last night, I attended my cousin’s wedding in Israel. The bride was glowing; the party was jubilant. The couple was clearly beshert (meant for one another); they had been together for years and travelled the world together. The evening was a beautiful celebration of their love. Only one element was conspicuously absent to me; they…
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Bibi’s Tough Choices
All eyes are on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the world awaits his final response to calls for a further settlement freeze. But what happens if he agrees – will he be able to push it through his cabinet and keep his coalition together? Since the final days of Netanyahu’s first settlement freeze in…
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New Loyalty Oath Unusual in Asserting Religion
The American “oath of allegiance” demands that a new citizen promise to “bear arms on behalf of the United States” and ends with “so help me God.” New Canadians have to swear “to be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors.” Norwegian immigrants have…
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New York Candidates Court Hasidic Vote
Haredi Jews should vote according to their values, not their pocketbooks, thundered ultra-Orthodox political gadfly Rabbi Yehuda Levin in a fiery Brooklyn speech October 10 in support of New York Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino. Levin had made headlines with his outspoken support for the Tea Party-affiliated Paladino, which he later withdrew. It’s an…
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Israel Is a Campaign Issue, but How Big?
Jewish voters in several key states have been bombarded in recent weeks with ads, leaflets and phone calls trying to convince them that their local congressional candidate is not sufficiently strong in his or her support for Israel. Questioning candidates’ support for Israel is a well-known campaign tactic in districts that have many Jewish voters….
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Should Israel Abandon Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity? A New Book Argues Yes
It’s a policy that has been around for so long that most Israelis and Americans cannot imagine a world without it. For the past four decades, Israel has adhered, almost religiously, to the idea of nuclear ambiguity, or opacity. It has refused to either confirm or deny it has the bomb, and it has repeated…
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Magic and Music
Magic and Music at Elem Gala, Honoring Its Founder, Ann Bialkin The September 28 ELEM/Youth in Distress benefit, held at the Harvard Club and honoring organization founder and chair Ann Bialkin, was an evening of music and magic. NBC’s chief legal analyst, Dan Abrams, hosted. Greetings by ELEM/Israel’s president, Nava Barak, and a video of…
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Editors Note
Careful readers of the Forward will notice something different about the second page of this newspaper. What had been our “Shmooze” page, filled with fun, gossipy tidbits of popular culture, has now become a section devoted to the best of our many blogs on www.forward.com. This is more than a design change. It’s another step…
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Nu, Do We Ask and Tell?
“Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the controversial Clinton-era policy of not allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military, is nearing its end, at least according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. The administration, he said, is committed to changing the policy and the only question is how the repeal of will DADT come…
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