–The Jewish Wife Gambit: Gov. Charlie Crist, the independent in the three-way race for Florida’s senate seat, is gunning for the Jewish vote. In front of a crowd of 600 mostly Jewish retirees, he called his wife, Carole, a “nice Jewish girl who grew up on Long Island.” (Sun-Sentinel) –Rahmbo’s Running … Fast: Politico reports…
The rise to power of Barack Obama has been a vexing issue for many Republicans in the past two years. How did he ever get elected? Well, it turns out the answer is simple: by hypnotizing the Jews. Or at least that is what one group of conservative doctors thinks. The group, Association of American…
–Less Competition in the Windy City: Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been eyeing a run for mayor of Chicago — the first Jewish one, at that. Yesterday, former city inspector David Hoffman, also Jewish, announced he isn’t running — a decision the Sun-Times expects will help Rahm’s candidacy. (Chicago Sun-Times) –Catching Up: Remember…
In this week’s Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, host Josh Nathan-Kazis speaks with Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman about the New Israel Fund’s new guidelines that restrict funding to organizations that accept Israel as a Jewish homeland. Then, staff writer Gal Beckerman discusses his new book, “When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to…
-Philanthropist and liberal activist George Soros has been funding J Street, the Washington Times has revealed. Though J Street’s executive director, Jeremy Ben Ami, has denied any donations to the dovish group by Soros in the past, tax records reveal that Soros and his two children have contributed a total $245,000 to J Street from…
NEWS ITEM: Traif. That’s the name of a restaurant located in the heart of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, not far from the neighborhood’s Hasidic enclave. A restaurant named Traif? We fear There’s something that’s not kosher here! One guesses, from its bill of fare, No mameloshn’s spoken there. To underscore its stress on swine, The store displays…
Six weeks ahead of congressional election day, Capitol Hill denizens took time out from their schedules to hear Muslim imams tell the story of their recent journey to visit Nazi death camps in Poland and Germany. The September 22 event was hosted by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, and…
With one of the most Jewish congressional districts in the country and the title of chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman, representing parts of Queens and Long Island, has a lot to say about Israel and the Middle East peace process. Now, Ackerman is among…
Race to Watch: Illinois congressional candidates Bob Dold and Dan Seals faced off in a debate Wednesday night, answering questions about Social Security and the economy, and taking jabs at each other the whole way through. Republican Dold criticized Democrat Seals for supporting tax increases and changing his stance on the Bush tax cuts. Seals…
For young people in the tight-knit Orthodox community, being gay can feel extremely isolating. But ever since Mordechai Levovitz co-founded Jewish Queer Youth, a support network for queer Orthodox Jews under 30, there’s been a community ready to accept each other with open arms. He recently visited our podcast studio to discuss coming out to…
Contrary to the title of Rebecca Traister’s new book, “Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women,” there’s quite a bit of crying in it: everyone from Sarah Palin to Gloria Steinem, to Traister herself show their emotions in this raw, narrative look at the 2008 race to the presidency from…
