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Yid.Dish: Delicata Squash Soup with Apple Croutons
This morning, Google let me know that it was fall – with the second “g” and “l” in Google turned into gracefully falling red leaves. I felt a bit stunned, and a bit embarrassed that I had to rely on the computer to remind me of the changing season. Then again, unlike spring which teases…
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Republicans: Democrats Hand Win to Iran, Ahmadinejad
After the invitation for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, to speak at next week’s “Stop Iran” rally in New York was rescinded, the blame game began. The Republican Jewish Coalition joined with the McCain campaign to blame Democratic partisanship for Palin’s removal, which they say hands victory to Iranian President Mahmoud…
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After ‘Pogrom,’ Israel Debates Who Controls Settler Violence
Haifa, Israel — A weekend of violence in the West Bank, igniting what Prime Minister Ehud Olmert likened to an anti-Palestinian “pogrom,” has touched off a public uproar over the state of law enforcement in the territories and the proper role of Israel’s security forces. On Saturday morning, September 13, a series of confrontations began…
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Rally Against Iran Becomes Political Firestorm
A rally organized by the main Jewish umbrella organization to protest the scheduled visit of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations has turned into a political embarrassment. Senator Hillary Clinton canceled her attendance at the September 22 protest, upon learning that Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin had been invited. The rally’s organizers then…
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Livni’s Ascension Threatens Labor Party’s Position in Future Elections
The election of Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, as the new leader of the Kadima party and presumptive prime minister-elect could push the once-mighty Israel Labor Party to the sidelines of Israeli politics, according to numerous observers and political insiders. Livni, who advocates territorial compromise with the Palestinians, was the most dovish candidate in the…
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The Lehmans? They’ve Moved On. Sad? A Little.
If there’s anyone unaffected by the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, it may be the Lehman family. The descendants of Mayer and Emanuel Lehman, two of the German Jewish brothers who lent the firm its name in the 1850s, remain a tightly knit clan ensconced in New York’s upper crust. But they have not…
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Jewish Republicans Criticized for Pushing a More Aggressive Anti-Obama Effort
By running advertisements that seek to tie Senator Barack Obama to Iran, Palestinians and Patrick Buchanan, and by sponsoring a poll that some say is misleading and even manipulative, the Republican Jewish Coalition is mounting an unusually aggressive campaign that has drawn criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans. Obama supporters led a September 16…
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Adelson Shrinks Giving to Birthright
The man commonly known as the world’s richest Jew is scaling back his contributions to one of the most prominent Jewish charities. On September 9, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson announced that he was reducing his donations to Birthright Israel in 2009 and 2010, respectively, to $20 million and $10 million, after giving $70 million…
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High Holy Days Go Online: Jews Repent Over Internet
Los Angeles — As millions of Americans have found a place for themselves in cyberspace — be it on Facebook or on MySpace — so, too, have the Jewish High Holy Days. During the month of Elul — the 29-day atonement period that falls in September this year and is meant to prepare Jews for…
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Immigration Activists Retrench for Another Round of Debate
Washington — With immigration reform placed on the back burner in the presidential political debate, groups supporting and opposing changes in immigration policy are intensifying their efforts to bring about change once a new administration and Congress come to Washington. Activists on both sides of the immigration divide agree that the selection of Senator John…
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Dems Ask Jewish Voters To Look Beyond Israel
Washington — When then U.S. Rep. Charles Schumer of Brooklyn challenged U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato in 1998, Schumer told New Yorkers they didn’t have to settle for what he described as half a loaf. “Al D’Amato had a great record for Israel, and I never tried to begrudge it,” Schumer recalled of his first successful Senate…
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