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Clinton Attends Gala
Bill Clinton’s recent appearance at an American Jewish World Service gala fundraiser clocked in as the second Jewish-related event the former president has attended in a month. Before the June 13 event, where he accepted an award for his global humanitarian efforts, Clinton headlined a May fundraising dinner for American Friends of the Hebrew University….
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Koch on Bloomberg: ‘He’d Be a Fine President’
If Mayor Michael Bloomberg casts his hat into the 2008 presidential race, he has the blessing of a predecessor at New York’s City Hall, Ed Koch. Speaking to the Forward by telephone this morning, the former New York City mayor said he would welcome a run by Bloomberg. “Oh yes, I think he’d be a…
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Koch on Bloomberg: ‘He’d Be a Fine President’
If Mayor Michael Bloomberg casts his hat into the 2008 presidential race, he has the blessing of a predecessor at New York’s City Hall, Ed Koch. Speaking to the Forward by telephone this morning, the former New York City mayor said he would welcome a run by Bloomberg. “Oh yes, I think he’d be a…
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Giuliani Grows Jewish Grassroots; McCain Sticks to Grasstops
While the race for Jewish donors continues, the Giuliani campaign seems also to be growing an organic network of grassroots Jewish supporters, while McCain and Co. is sticking to the financial machers. In New York, Jewish young professionals are mobilizing for a Rudy Giuliani event next Monday night. Just over the past several weeks, a…
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Biblical Bio: Life of Steinberg
The Book of David David Steinberg Simon & Schuster, 191 pages, $23.00. Getting bumped from “The Tonight Show” sucks — but getting bumped three nights in a row feels like wandering in the desert for 40 years. At least that’s how David Steinberg describes it in his new quasi-memoir, “The Book of David.” “David reflected…
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Inside Noah’s Ark
Two by two they’ve come, birds and beasts and lizards of every imaginable kind, to board the gigantic wooden ark now docked inside Los Angeles’s Skirball Cultural Center. There’s the rooster wrought of shiny red cowboy boots; the kiwi crafted from a boxing glove; the alligator melded from a car tire and a violin case,…
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Giuliani Flexes His Israel Muscles
With a one-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday. As we covered back in January, the former New York City mayor is duking it out with Arizona Senator John McCain for Jewish donors. Looks like he shouldn’t count on the support of the Jewish Firefighters’ Union.
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Specter Shmoozes in NYC Tomorrow
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania will be hosted at a breakfast tomorrow by pro-Israel powerhouse NORPAC. The event is early – 7:30 a.m. at the Regency Hotel – but well worth it: It’s a good change to suss out how pro-Israel politicos are feeling about their respective candidates of choice – Norpac co-chair Dr. Ben…
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A New Rahm?
Jay Footlik announced he is running for Congress against Republican incumbent Mark Kirk in the 10th district on Illinois. A Special Assistant in the Clinton White House, Footlik served as the president’s liaison to the American Jewish community. In 2004, he served in the Lieberman campaign and then as an advisor to Kerry/Edwards. Footlik would…
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Yivo Honors Kati Marton
YIVO HONORS A LITERARY DIPLOMATIC DUO “Thank God for YIVO” declared Kati Marton, who, along with her husband, Richard Holbrooke, was honored by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at its May 9 benefit, held at the Center for Jewish History. A journalist, author and human rights advocate, Marton mused about the Hungarians she profiles…
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Congress Warned That Global Warming Is Threat to Israel and Moderate Arab States
Washington — Proponents of tough legislation against greenhouse gas emissions are seizing on a new argument in their attempts to talk lawmakers into taking action: the threat that global warming will lead to instability in the Middle East and endanger Israel’s security. In a series of briefings last week on Capitol Hill and with Jewish…
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