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McCain Fundraiser Facing Questions about Saudi Arabia
As the June 30 campaign filing deadlline approaches, Democrats are sure to renew their calls for scrutiny of Tom Loeffler, campaign co-chair for John McCain. Loeffler’s lobbying firm, the Loeffler Group, has represented Saudi Arabia in its campaign to win admission to the World Trade Organization, something that McCain has gone on record opposing. According…
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Likud Leader Looks the Part of Prime Minister on Tour of Washington
Washington – Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli prime minister and the front-runner for that position once again, barnstormed Washington this week in what looked like a pre-emptive victory lap. In the wake of a recent visit by embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud party, met with New York Senator Hillary Clinton,…
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As NYC Mayor, Bloomberg Has Redefined Role As ‘Jewish Pol’
In the summer of 2002, Simcha Felder, an Orthodox Jew and Democratic state assemblyman representing the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park, arranged a 500-person community breakfast between his constituents and Michael Bloomberg. As Felder tells it, people in the neighborhood were livid about the new mayor’s hike on real estate taxes — so…
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Peruvian Town’s Health Goes Up in Smoke
As far as Peruvian Rabbi Elias Szczytnicki could tell, Ira Rennert seemed like a guy with whom he could develop a rapport. Rennert, a controversial Orthodox billionaire, has served as chairman of the tony Fifth Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan and has been described by Elie Wiesel as “a deeply, deeply religious man.” But while on…
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A ‘Cable Car’ Tour of San Francisco, for the Price of a Mitzvah
San Francisco – Clang, clang, clang went the trolley, ding, ding, ding, went the rabbi….” Or, maybe, “I left my mitzvah… in San Franciscah….” Sing it however you’d like, as long as you sing it with good intentions. That, at least, seems to be the philosophy behind the new Chabad Cable Car here. Operated by…
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As Kids Head to Camp, Parents Ask If They’re Having Enough Fun
At Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, Jewish campers wake up every morning at 7:30 and daven the morning prayers. After some swimming or maybe a Frisbee game, the older kids can, if they want, daven again in the afternoon. And at the end of a day that includes a 45-minute Judaic learning session, well, they…
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Lawsuits Dropped, But Battles Over Boston Mosque Continue
Boston – At a June 20 meeting at a synagogue in the Boston suburbs, a pro-Israel group quickened the drum beat against a local Muslim group accused of receiving funding from Saudi Arabia. Charles Jacobs, president of The David Project, received a standing ovation from a crowd at Kehillath Israel Synagogue in Brookline after he…
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GELT COMPLEX: Challenger Wins at EJC, GOP Reaching Out, Birthright Milestone, Aipac Launches Digest
Challenger Wins at EJC In a watershed election, Russian tycoon Moshe Kantor won the presidency of the European Jewish Congress, marking the first time that an Eastern European has taken the reins of an international Jewish organization. In the secret-ballot election, Kantor won 55 votes. The incumbent, Pierre Besnainou, won 30 votes in the bitterly…
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Kitsch Corner
Forget those old tin containers. Pull out the crayons and glue, and let young philanthropists put their personal stamp on artful tzedakah boxes. The Creative Judaica Kit Company’s do-it-yourself set comes with a blank cardboard money box, colorful stickers, a giving goal sheet, decorating tips and activity suggestions for kids to enhance their tikkun olam…
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Polish Museum Draws Scant Protest
On Tuesday, a “Who’s Who” of American Jewish philanthropists joined Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Warsaw to break ground on the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, an institution being billed as a foundation on which to rebuild understanding between Poles and Jews. The scene would have been hard to imagine just a generation…
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Togs for a Cause
When Ilanit Levinger’s marriage fell apart, she took what seemed to be the next logical step: She sought a divorce. But for the 34-year-old Israeli, the painful process of severing ties with a spouse became one that was drawn-out and bitter, spanning seven years. Her husband refused to grant her a get (bill of divorce),…
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