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Campaign Giving Online Challenges Influence of Major Communal Donors
As the presidential primary season grinds on and traditional donor networks run dry, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are relying on grass-roots activism — both online and off — to generate new sources of campaign cash. Jewish activists for both campaigns say they are redoubling their outreach efforts, even as they contemplate what it…
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The Shul That Stayed in Baltimore
Baltimore – Even though Beth Am Synagogue sits in the heart of Barack Obama territory, its loyalties were split down the middle on primary day. The synagogue was used as a polling place Tuesday, and an informal poll of the predominantly black voters who showed up suggested that Obama was a strong favorite. Among the…
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Conflict Brews Over Palestinians Airing Views in the Pews of Pasadena
Los Angeles – An influential Episcopal church in Pasadena with long-standing ties to the Jewish community is coming under fire from local Jews for hosting a Palestinian Christian activist group’s conference. The conference, “From Occupation to Liberation: Voices We Need To Hear” slated for February 15 and 16 at All Saints Church, a 3,500-member church…
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McCain Touts Stance on Israel
John Mc Cain prides himself on being a straight shooter, a political maverick who speaks his mind even when it riles his own camp or alarms voters. He supported President Bush’s troop surge in Iraq even though pundits called it political suicide. He once told a questioner that it “would be fine with me” if…
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Tom Lantos, Congress’s Sole Shoah Survivor, Dies at 80
Tom Lantos, the lone Holocaust survivor to serve in America’s Congress, died Monday morning after a battle with cancer of the esophagus. He was 80. Lantos, a Democrat, was first elected in 1981 from a district near San Francisco. Since then, he had risen up to become the democratic party’s leading voice on human rights,…
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Palestinian Prime Minister Voices Doubts
Washington – As the situation in Gaza deteriorates, Palestinian and Israeli leaders alike are voicing doubts about the feasibility of realizing President Bush’s goal of a peace agreement by the end the year. Not much optimism was heard this week from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a visit to Washington. Fayyad, who is seen…
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Sderot Businesses Driven Out by Rockets
Haifa, Israel – The plight of the embattled residents of Sderot dominated Israel’s national agenda this week, as intensified rockets attacks on the Negev town from nearby Gaza drove protesters out onto the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to lambaste the government’s inability to quell the violence. An estimated 250 angry Sderot residents stopped…
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Rabbis Criticize Good Friday Prayer
Washington – In a last-minute scramble at their annual convention this week, the union of Conservative rabbis brought to the floor and passed a resolution warning that a newly revised Catholic prayer could damage four decades of progress in Catholic-Jewish relations. The draft resolution, which was being rushed into attendees’ hands moments before they assembled…
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Politicians Hit the Jewish Circuit in Run-up to Potomac Primary
Washington – As rival Democratic camps jockeyed for advantage in the days before the so-called Potomac Primary, Jewish residents of the Washington area got their chance this week to get up close and personal with some top endorsers of the Democratic presidential contenders, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Both candidates sent out supporters in Congress…
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Widespread Slaughter Method Scrutinized for Alleged Cruelty
Over the past few decades, kosher meat producers have learned what many others in the industry know: The broad expanses of rural Argentina and Uruguay have everything needed to make great beef, with a stable climate and seemingly endless pastures for grazing. The labor is cheap, and the open pastures on which the cows are…
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Serious Falafel: Served With(out) a Smile
On November 2, 1995, NBC aired the 116th episode of “Seinfeld,” titled “The Soup Nazi.” It featured a brilliant but moody chef known for his transcendent lobster bisque and his less-than-warm personality. Since then, fans of the show have deployed the title as something of a term of endearment for their own local culinary wizards:…
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