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Who’s Up, Who’s Down: Foreign Policy on the Campaign Trail
Everywhere we turned this week, presidential contenders were working to score public relations points with posturing on foreign policy. Here’s the quick summary, along with some verdicts about whether they came out ahead or behind in the image game: Barack Obama was branded as “irresponsible” by Pakistan’s foreign minister after saying that, as president, he…
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A Response to Noah Feldman
Dear Prof. Feldman, My first — and last — impression after reading your extremely well-written New York Times Magazine essay (more properly — a manifesto) is one of sympathy for your predicament, respect for your honesty and profound sadness at the community’s misfortune when one of our best and most well-known yeshiva day school graduates…
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Making Ladino New Again
One of the more interesting developments in modern Jewish music is the emergence of a handful of bands that meld raucous New York rock and Putumayo-friendly world music. The Sarah Aroeste Band, a five-member group focused on the Judeo-Spanish music of the Ladino-speaking Diaspora, has become one of the scene’s pillars. The band’s sophomore album,…
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Jewish Lawmakers Say No to Bush’s Saudi Aid Plan
The administration’s Saturday announcement of the new aid package to Saudi Arabia and Israel caught many lawmakers by surprise. But it took less than 24 hours for leading foreign policy congressmen to make clear that if Bush wants to pour money on Saudi Arabia, he better get ready for a fight on Capitol Hill. Leading…
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Picture Perfect Event
WIESEL PAYS POETIC TRIBUTE TO CARTIER-SPONSORED MONUMENT TO SMILE An only-in-America shidakh: Agnès Winter’s exhibit Monument to Smile — a spectacular projection of 250 photographs of smiling Americans on the nearly full-building-height facade of Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza, supplemented by Elie Wiesel’s words and Charlie Chaplin’s music — was presented by Cartier jewelers. Rockefeller co-owners…
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Got Jew? Hillary and Barack Sign Up Jewish Lawmakers
Several days after Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, tussled publicly over whether to hold direct talks with the leaders of Iran and Syria, they both seem particularly eager to show support from Jewish members of Congress. Clinton announced the endorsement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California yesterday. Meanwhile, Obama announced that Rep. Paul Hodes, a…
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Feinstein for Hillary
Here’s the press release sent out by the Clinton campaign this afternoon: California Senator Dianne Feinstein Endorses Hillary Clinton The Clinton Campaign announced today the endorsement of California senior Senator Dianne Feinstein, demonstrating Hillary’s growing support in the Golden State. “This is a very special moment for me because I have the opportunity to endorse…
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Campaign To Divest From Iran Struggles With Costs of Making Portfolio ‘Terror-Free’
Washington – As the demand to divest from Iran becomes a signature issue for the Jewish community, activists are finding it difficult to actually implement divestment both on a national level and within Jewish communal organizations. Three states have passed legislation that should move their pension funds out of companies that do business with Iran,…
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U.S. Unions Organize Against British Boycott
The controversy surrounding calls by British unions to boycott Israel is threatening to spill over into a major international union’s next election. Leaders of some of America’s most powerful unions are said to be considering whether to pull support for a top British union official, Keith Sonnet, in his bid to lead a major international…
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Cheeky Blog’s Jewish Obsession Strikes a Funny Bone of Contention
Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter Mark Caro describes himself as one whose sensibility generally veers toward the ironic, but after reading a July 18 post on the New York-based gossip site Gawker.com, he found himself playing an unfamiliar role: scold. The story begins — as most news accounts from last week did — with the release…
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Renovation of Storied Toronto Synagogue Opens Cracks in Congregation
Toronto – What began as a grandiose plan for renewing a jewel of the synagogue world has ended up causing a communal identity crisis at one of Canada’s most storied Jewish congregations. The crisis came to a head last week when almost 2,500 members of Toronto’s Holy Blossom Temple — a 150-year old Reform movement…
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