Washington – Shortly after being elected to Congress three years ago, Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz looked to increase her life insurance policy. When asked on the application which countries she intended to visit, Wasserman Schultz mentioned potential travel to Israel without giving the matter much though. Shortly thereafter, she heard back from the insurer,…
The heirs to Estee Lauder have reveled in the publicity brought by their ownership of a number of prominent Gustav Klimt paintings, but it is safe to say that the attention they are receiving now is entirely unwanted. A Montreal man, George Jorisch, is claiming that Leonard Lauder, the former CEO of Estee Lauder, holds…
In 2002, two years after his mother succumbed to multiple sclerosis at age 60, attorney Dan Siegel was diagnosed with the chronic, debilitating disease, too. “It was a kick in the pants to really do something — not just to have a bunch of ideas that I never act on but to really get moving…
Round cakes are so square. Put a Semitic spin on baked goods and molds with the new Star of David Bundt Pan, a truly wondrous addition to any Jewish home. The 10-cup capacity detailed pan, created by Nordic Ware, is made of heavy cast aluminum with a nonstick coating. It’s sure to yield culinary masterpieces…
The visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York drew two major protests on Monday. Early in the day, protesters spilled out of a United Nations courtyard to protest Ahmadinejad’s scheduled appearance at the U.N. on Tuesday. A roster of influential Jewish and Israel advocacy groups sponsored the rally at the U.N. Political luminaries…
Want to know what really happened between Israel and Syria on September 6? Israeli officials won’t say a word, the US administration is silent and the press is full of rumors and speculations. Luckily, Florida Democrat Robert Wexler has all the details out. He has even introduced a House resolution supporting the Israeli air strike.
Some go to synagogue to atone for their sins. But in Washington, Yom Kippur is just another opportunity for mingling and political shmoozing. The Politico has the lowdown on the politicians’ favorite shuls.
Virginia Democrat Jim Moran is still under fire after blaming Aipac for the war in Iraq. First it was a group of Jewish lawmakers from his own party that slammed Moran, and now it is the Speaker herself. In a statement released Thursday Pelosi said: “I disagree with and reject Congressman Moran’s characterization of AIPAC….
In his 1978 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Isaac Bashevis Singer said: “Yiddish may be a dying language, but it is the only language I know well. Yiddish is my mother language and a mother is never really dead.” Ans so what better musical expression for an ever-dying language than death metal? Enter Gevolt, a six-member…
Mitt Romney kicked it off by urging the UN to revoke the Iranian president’s invitation to the General Assembly, and now Hillary Clinton’s office has a statement objecting the the already-defunct visit to Ground Zero.
Rep. Jim Moran, Democrat from Virginia, received a sharply-worded rebuke from 16 of his Jewish colleagues yesterday for laying the blame for the Iraq War at the feet of Aipac. “The idea that the war in Iraq began because of the influence of Jewish Americans is factually incorrect and unfortunately fits the anti-Semitic stereotypes some…
דער מחבר איז אַן אַמעריקאַנער־געבוירענער ייִדיש־אַקטיוויסט, פּאָעט און איבערזעצער אין בערלין.
