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The Tea Party’s New Stars: How Will They Play with the Jews?
The Tea Party upsets in New York and Delaware are the big news items from yesterday’s primaries. But the key question now, of course, is: Is it good for the Jews? Christine O’Donnell and Carl Paladino can credit much of their success to their use of tough rhetoric and straight talk on issues of taxes,…
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Clean Hands: A Yom Kippur Message
This past Sunday, I took the kids to our synagogue?s tashlich at the beach where we threw bread into the ocean to symbolically cast off our mistakes of the past year. At the beach, we saw several of our friends, so after the ritual was over, we took the kids for lunch. When the kids…
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
?atima tova ? literally ?a good seal? ? we wish each other before and on Yom Kippur, just as we say on Rosh Hashanah, l?shana tova tikatev, ?May you be written down for a good year.? This is, of course, a reference to the Jewish belief that on Rosh Hashanah, God writes down everyone?s fate…
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Fighting for the Borscht Belt
It may sound like the setup for an old joke: It?s dinner time and three gentile kids ? one Latino, one black and one white ? are waiting impatiently for a slow Shabbos elevator to arrive. The punch line comes with a real punch: Turns out the kids are hungry athletes from a boxing camp…
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A ‘Personal,’ International Trip in High Campaign Season
As election season shifts into fever pitch, Carly Fiorina returned from Israel last week. And her trip was … personal? That’s what her aide told the L.A. Times before she left. But unless you’re, say, Madonna, personal trips generally don’t involve meetings with VIPs like Tzipi Livni, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu, right? Fiorina, the…
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When You Need Israel Advice, Who Ya Gonna Call?
Congressman Joe Sestak’s signature on what is now known as the Gaza-54 letter has been at the center of attacks launched against him by Republicans and right-wing groups as he campaigns now for the Senate in Pennsylvania. The letter, signed by 54 Democratic members of Congress, called for an easing of Israel’s blockade of the…
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Fiorina Poses Strong Threat to Boxer’s Hold on California Senate Seat
Polls A new September 27 Los Angeles Times poll gave incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer 51%, an eight point lead over Republican Carly Fiorina’s 43% of the vote. There was a 3.3-point margin of error. The results mirror a September 20 poll by Public Policy Polling showing Boxer leading with 50% over Fiorina’s 42% with a…
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A Black War Vet Challenges a Jewish Incumbent for South Florida House Seat
Polls Democratic Rep. Ron Klein faces off against Republican Allen West, a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq. A Sept. 20-22 poll conducted by Harstad Strategic Research gives Klein 48%, a five-point lead over West’s 43% among 504 likely voters. Klein beat West by 10 points in the last election cycle. Congressional Quarterly is…
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A Choice, Not An Echo in Affluent Chicago Northern Suburbs for House Seat
Polls The most recent poll, taken by Anzalone Liszt Research for the campaign of Democrat Dan Seals and released September 7, showed Seals ahead of Republican Bob Dold, 46% to 38%. The poll had a 4.4% margin of error. Congressional Quarterly rates the race, for the seat covering Chicago’s affluent north suburbs, as a toss-up….
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Ex-Bush Administration Official Vies With Ohio’s Jewish Lieut. Governor for Senate
Polls Republican Portman led Fisher by 50% to 37% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 600 registered voters, including 440 who said they were likely to vote, released September 28. The poll had a 4% margin of error. A September 14 CNN/Time Poll of likely voters gave Republican Rob Portman 52% of the vote, leading Democrat…
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Democrat Withstanding Challengers in Staten Island House Race Despite ‘Jewish Money’ Flap
Polls Several political websites, including the New York Times and Congressional Quarterly, are calling the race in favor of Democratic incumbent Michael McMahon. A Sept. 19-22 internal poll McMahon commissioned from Global Strategy Group showed that of 500 likely voters, he leads Republican opponent Michael Grimm 51% to 33%, with 16% undecided. New York’s 13th…
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