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Edwards Up Next
Former North Carolina senator and current presidential contender John Edwards wasn’t on hand a Aipac’s policy conference in Washington earlier this week, but he will be appearing before a Jewish audience very soon. Edwards will appear at a meeting organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations next Thursday afternoon, March 22,…
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Yid.Dish: Bitter Green Salad With Roasted Pears
From the Associated Press: For years, horseradish has enjoyed a place of privilege at the seder, the carb- and symbolism-heavy meal that celebrates Passover. Along with its counterparts on the Passover plate, horseradish helps tell the story of the Jews’ liberation from Egyptian slavery and exodus into the desert: Unleavened, cracker-like matzoh recalls the bread…
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AJCommittee Boss on Jewish Support: Hill’s Up, Obama’s Rising and Rudy, McCain and Newt All Got Game
David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, tells YNET that Hillary is the presumptive frontrunner for Jewish votes in the Democratic primaries, but that he’s starting to hear buzz about Obama. On the Republican side, Harris cited Rudy, McCain and Newt as GOPers with widespread support in the Jewish community. (Go to this…
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Bibi and Cheney Are So Last Year
The story at last year’s Aipac conference was the thunderous applause for two hardliners, Vice President Cheney and former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cheney’s approval rating had dipped into the teens, but at Aipac he was a star: His speech drew more than 40 rounds of applause, including eight standing ovations, as he warned…
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Senator Joe’s White House P.R. Machine, and the Search for Our Inner Churchill
Here’s two thoughts on Senator Lieberman’s speech at the Aipac conference: 1) The White House sent out the transcript. 2) Lieberman urged delegates to “find the voice of Churchill inside yourself, and let it be heard this week on Capitol Hill and throughout the nation in the days and years ahead.” And what if that…
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A Slice of Ireland
My 2006 trip to visit Ireland’s Jewish community was a bittersweet reunion. On my first visit to the Emerald Isle in 1987, I discovered that “Irish” and “Jewish” were not contradictory terms, in this country that is more than 98% Catholic. In 1987, there was palpable pride and excitement in the Jewish population, which numbers…
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Cheney: If We Lose Iraq, How Can We Stop Iran?
Some pro-Israel critics of the war, and plenty of voices in Israel, have complained that America’s troubles in Iraq will make it much harder to move against Iran. Today, in his speech to Aipac activists, Vice President Cheney made a similar link, but turned it inside out… “If Iran’s allies prevailed, the regime and Teheran’s…
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Cheney: Take My War, Please…
The vice president’s opening line in his speech today to Aipac delegates: “Thank you very much. Karl Rove finds out about this, he won’t let me out again.”
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Should the U.S. Shun Abbas?
Depending on how you read it, a letter being promoted by AIPAC calls for the U.S. to cut ties to all members of the P.A., including moderates who favor a deal with Israel.
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Peace Now: Too Much Ahmadinejad on the Brain
About 6,000 pro-Israel activists are in D.C. this week for the annual AIPAC policy conference. Among other things, they’re pushing for tougher sanctions against Iran. At the same time, the dovish Americans for Peace Now is out with a new statement calling for engagement with Tehran. The contrast to the typical line from AIPAC activists…
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Aipac Urges U.S. To End Contacts With Palestinian Authority
Thousands of pro-Israel activists in Washington this week are expected to urge lawmakers to sign a letter to the Bush administration calling for an end to all American contacts with members of the Palestinian Authority. Observers who favor a more intense American role in the peace process are criticizing the letter — which is being…
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