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Bloomberg: The Lieberman-Backed Homeland Security Bill Stinks
Did you hear the one about the Jewish Democrat posing as a Repubilcan who might one day become an independent critcizing the Jewish independent who was a Democrat and might one day become a Republican? Read this article.
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Who Knows Hodes?
In November, Paul Hodes was one of five freshman elected to the House of Representatives as part of the Democrats’ sweep. Since then? Not much to say, according to voters in his home state of New Hampshire. More than a third of Granite state voters did not know enough about him to say whether they…
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Obama Will Address Aipac This Friday …
… at a foreign policy forum in Chicago. In recent days, Jewish politicos were buzzing about when and where the upstart presidential contender would make his first Jewish campaign stop. While there had been some speculation that Obama would speak at this week’s plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., one…
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Quick, Call Trent Lott for Comment
The New York Daily News reports that Al Sharpton is a descendant of a slave owned by Strom Thurmond’s family.
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The Jewish Position on Iraq…
According to Gallup, Jews are more opposed to the Iraq war than any other American religious groups.
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Chuck Hagel on Iran
In advance of a planned speech at the fast-approaching plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska delivered a speech on U.S.-Iran relations at the University of Nebraska yesterday. Read on for the speech… “It is an honor for me to be here today at one of Nebraska’s most…
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Early Primaries Seen Boosting Jewish Voters
The rush of coastal states attempting to move their presidential primaries up to January or February of next year could provide Jewish primary voters with a much greater role than ever before in selecting a nominee. Long an outsize presence among the activists and fundraisers who make up the lifeblood of national campaigns, Jewish Americans…
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U.S. Losing Court Battles in War on Terror
A series of recent verdicts favoring Palestinian defendants in high-profile terrorist cases are raising questions about the American government’s strategy in prosecuting supporters of militant groups. Earlier this month, a Chicago jury acquitted Mohammed Salah and Abdelhalim Ashqar of being part of a racketeering conspiracy to finance and support Hamas. The two men faced life…
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Scandal-weary Israeli Public Enraged by Tainted Top Cop Pick
Jerusalem – Israel saw the resignation this week of its police commissioner following the thunderous release a report on the investigation into the worst law-enforcement scandal in the history of the Jewish state. Most Israelis saw the departure of Moshe Karadi — as well as the head of the Tax Authority in a separate scandal…
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Despite Ankara’s Entreaties, Groups Stay Mum on Armenian Genocide Bill
Washington – Despite fears of upsetting a top Israeli and American ally in the Muslim world, Jewish organizations are reluctant to respond to Turkish calls to fight a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. In the past, Jewish groups have aided Turkey’s efforts to prevent the United Stated from applying the term “genocide” to the…
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In Memory of a One-man Yiddish Empire
Mordkhe Schaechter, a linguist, lexicographer and rebbe of secular Yiddishists, died February 15. He was 79. I became attracted to Yiddish when I was growing up in Louisville, Ky. Sitting in the back of Ms. Donsky’s German class, I often encountered Schaechter’s name while stumbling through week-old issues of the Forverts. On the basis of…
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