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Exhibit Marks Collection’s Debut
Among the Jewish immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the past century, most brought little in the way of material riches. Nonetheless, Cantor David Tillman said, “they brought with them tremendous culture.” Sitting in the tiny Temple Judea Museum, located in suburban Philadelphia’s Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Tillman motioned to the Yiddish…
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Obama Speaks
Well, the advanced transcript of Obama’s speech to Aipac leaders is in. For the full text, read after the jump. Over at TalkingPointsMemo, M.J. Rosenberg had asked before the speech: “Will this be his Sister Soulja moment where he tells a powerful interest group something it does not want to hear, specifically that as President…
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Lieberman Backers Stay Firm, Despite GOP Buzz
As Washington buzzed last week over the possibility that Senator Joseph Lieberman could throw his support to the GOP, several of the independent lawmaker’s most loyal Democratic backers continued to voice support for him. Lieberman — who lost in Connecticut’s Democratic primary last year to businessman Ned Lamont, but won as an independent in the…
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Giuliani Feels the Love in South Carolina
Maybe Giuliani will be able to capture the hard-core GOP base after all: In a straw poll conducted in conservative Spartanburg County yesterday, the former NYC mayor led the field.
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Obama’s Man in Florida: Robert Wexler
Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents the heavily Jewish district in Palm Beach County that was at the center of the 2000 election fiasco, has agreed to be the co-chairman of Barack Obama’s Florida campaign (hat tip to Larry Lipman of the Palm Beach Post. “I have never been as excited about a candidate for president…
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Lost in Translation: Ha’aretz Gives Obama a Bum Rap
Several months ago, Ha’aretz’ man in D.C., Shmuel Rosner, launched a Web feature titled “The Israel Factor.” It essentially amounts to a political beauty contest, with Rosner’s panel of experts determining which presidential hopefuls are the most pro-Israel. Barack Obama opened at the bottom, and remains way behind after several rounds of deliberations. Why? It’s…
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David Duke’s Selective Purim Denial
David Duke and Hillel both have Purim-themed messages pointing to this year’s celebration of the holiday as a time to worry about Iran. For Hillel, this means worrying that Ahmadinejad is another Haman. Your favorite former KKK Grand Wizard, on the other hand, insists that “extremist Jews” seek “a new Purim massacre” to be carried…
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Jewish Republicans Take Aim at Liberal Synagogue Movement
As Nathan Guttman reported several weeks ago, leaders of Reform Judaism are considering a plan to oppose President Bush’s surge plan and call for a phased withdrawal from Iraq. Now the Republican Jewish Coalition is working to derail the effort. It sent out an alert accusing leaders of Reform Judaism of attempting to “undermine U.S….
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More on Obama’s Impending Israel Speech
Check out Lynn Sweet’s preview of Senator Obama’s planned speech before the Aipac crowd in Chicago tomorrow.
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Call for Sudan Boycott Approved
Washington — The decision to launch a divestment campaign against Sudan has once again put the Jewish community at the forefront of the struggle against mass killing in Darfur. Delegates to the annual plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs — 10 national organizations, the synagogue movements and 122 local communities nationwide — passed…
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