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Prescription for Health Care: Dr. Kagen Is In (And Wants You to Know It)
Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin – a doctor who focused on health care during his 2006 run against Republican Assembly Speaker John Gard – is blogging about the issue on TPMCafe this week. Since taking office, Kagen seems to have styled himself as something of a Democratic Bill Frist. (Announcing on Daily Kos, for example,…
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‘Rabbi’ of Rumba
Before the Hip Hop Hoodios or the long-defunct Tijuana Brass added Latin rhythms to Yiddishe melodies, there was Irving Fields. The pianist who composed the 1946 hit “Miami Beach Rhumba” created the Latin-Jewish genre with the 1959 LP “Bagels and Bongos.” Fields, who turns 92 on August 4, is still at it. “My Yiddishe Mama’s…
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Hartford Heralds Hometown Hero
When Sophie Tucker made her first return visit to her hometown of Hartford, Conn. — two years after slipping away to make a go of it as a singer in New York — she wasn’t exactly greeted with a hero’s welcome. “The women turned their backs,” she later wrote. “The men stared and tittered.” Not…
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Smooth Sailing for Stuttering Gala Maiden Voyage Aboard the QM2
Singer/songwriter Carly Simon was among the honorees at Freeing Voices, Changing Lives, the first-ever gala of the American Institute for Stuttering. The event was held June 10 aboard Cunard Line flagship Queen Mary 2, at its Brooklyn Cruise Terminal berth in Red Hook. The event also honored former stutterers: journalist/author Dominick Dunne, NBA All Star…
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Rapid Rise of Israel’s Orthodox Schools Sparks Fear of Army, Work Force Shortage
Jerusalem – Two recently released government reports have reignited scrutiny of ultra-Orthodox participation in general Israeli society. A study released last month by the Central Bureau of Statistics predicts that one-third of all Jewish elementary-school students in Israel will be enrolled in the ultra-Orthodox education system by 2012. A week after the education study was…
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Saudis Courted for Proposed Mideast Summit
Washington – As the Bush administration begins pushing aggressively for a new Middle East peace conference this fall, there is already a significant gap among Arab, Israeli and American diplomats about what the conference should attempt to achieve. The United States has promised Israel that the proposed meeting will not serve as an international forum…
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Bronfman Corrals Big Names for Cushy Confab in Utah
Park City, Utah – A strange thing happened in Utah this week: Some 40 leading Jewish academics, writers, rabbis and professionals descended on the mountains of Park City, where, among other things, they built teepees. Although the media wasn’t invited to watch the experiment, which was couched as a “team building” exercise by the outdoor…
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McCain Vows To Soldier On
Conventional wisdom holds that John McCain’s presidential campaign is all but down for the count. But the Arizona senator is still holding on — he placed third among Republican primary voters, according to a July Gallup poll — and in a recent one-on-one interview with the Forward, he held forth energetically on everything from Iraq…
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Synagogues Throw Energy Behind Green Movement
When their synagogue opens in less than a year, members of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Ill., will have to adjust to a lot more than just a new roof over their heads. For starters, they’ll have showers and bike racks — just in case they want to pedal to services — and tinted…
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Obama, Clinton Battle for Endorsements
In the wake of an unexpected scuffle during last Monday’s CNN/YouTube debate, presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged a pitched battle over endorsements from Jewish members of Congress. During the televised forum, the Democratic contenders disagreed sharply over whether the next president should commit, without precondition, to holding talks with leaders of such…
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Bush Officials May Face New Subpoenas
Arlington, Va. – High-profile Bush administration officials could be called to the witness stand if two deposed pro-Israel lobbyists have their way in a court case that is moving toward a January 2008 trial date. Lawyers for two former lobbyists at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have asked federal judge T.S. Ellis III to…
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