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McCain, Obama Allies Hope to Reassure Jewish Buckeyes
Ohio’s Jewish community is getting lots of love from presidential surrogates this Columbus Day weekend. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the independent Connecticut Democrat and 2000 vice presidential nominee, is meeting with Jewish communal leaders over breakfast this morning outside of Cleveland to emphasize his belief that Republican John McCain is the bettered prepared candidate to…
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Top Obama Aides Dispached to Florida, Ohio
With three weeks to go until Election Day, Barack Obama’s campaign seems to be betting the kibbutz on three states: Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “Those three are the three swing states with the largest Jewish population that really has the most likely chance of affecting the outcome,” Dan Shapiro, Obama’s national Jewish outreach coordinator told…
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Campaigning, Jewish-Style: Updates From Minnesota and Florida
Elections with an incumbent office holder are usually a referendum on the person already in office. That’s not necessarily the case in Minnesota, where the U.S. Senate contest may be more a reflection on Democrat Al Franken than on incumbent Republican incumbent Senator Norm Coleman for what’s become known as the state’s Jewish senate seat….
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Elie Wiesel’s Birthday Bash
WISDOM AND MEMORY AT 92ND ST, Y’s TRIBUTE TO ELIE WIESEL AT 80 Elie Wiesel’s 80th birthday, September 30, was celebrated October 2 when the 92nd Street Y held an event titled “A Day of Humanity and Peace — A Tribute to Elie Wiesel.” It was a memorable gift to hundreds of Wiesel fans. “Mayn…
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‘Bagels With Joe’ in Pennsylvania
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, returns to Pennsylvania Friday to plug Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin in the Jewish community. Here’s his itinerary: Temple Beth Hillel at 10 a.m. 1001 Remington Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096 B’rith Shalom House at 11:15 a.m. 3939 Conshohocken Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 Congregation Shaare Shamayim at 1:45 p.m. 9768…
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Jewish Lobbyists Successful in Adding Programs to Bailout Bill
Washington — As the $700 billion bailout package wended its way through Congress and grew from a three-page proposal to a 442–page document, Jewish groups were able to fold into the final legislation two key social service bills that otherwise might have been ignored by lawmakers. Officially, Jewish activists refrained from taking a position on…
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U.N. and the West Trying To Prevent Another Anti-Israel ‘Durban’ Meeting
Western governments and United Nations officials are working quietly to prevent a conference on racism, scheduled for Geneva next year, from devolving into another forum for anti-Israel rhetoric. They are hoping to prevent a reoccurrence of what happened seven years ago at the first U.N. summit on racism, held in Durban — the name of…
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For One Day, Newark’s Jews Return To Mourn
Newark, N.J. — The lively Jewish community that made Newark, N.J., one of the capitals of American Jewish life is long gone, but once a year a small spark of the community is rekindled — under police protection. One day each year, typically the Sunday that falls between the High Holy Days, a detail of…
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Secular and Orthodox Jews Meet at Preschool
On a recent Friday morning at a new Jewish preschool in Brooklyn, the women in pants handed their children over to the women in long skirts before heading off to their jobs at as documentary filmmakers and Web designers. The school, Chai Tots, is run by Chabad Lubavitch, the ultra-Orthodox movement that caters to unaffiliated…
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Near the Arctic Circle, the Jews of Syktyvkar Dream of a Fancy JCC
In a heavily forested region of Russia, stretching at points above the Arctic Circle, is the vast and frigid Komi Republic. And if one of this remote republic’s Jewish inhabitants has his way, its capital city will one day have a Jewish community center. Leonid Zilberg, a longtime Jewish community leader in Syktyvkar, is hoping…
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Criminals Slammed for ‘Using’ Religion
Haifa, Israel — In this season of Jewish repentance, Israel has been captivated by a debate about religious forgiveness for the people who might be thought to need it most: criminals. Just before the High Holy Days began, the Ashkenazic chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, pointed to what he and some others have said…
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