As the crisis involving Iran’s seizure of 15 British sailors continues, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia is calling for action in the House today. Cantor is urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring H. Res. 267 to the floor today prior to adjournment. The bill calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the British marines…
AN IRISH FAMILY TO KVELL ABOUT “Only in America [can you find] Irish supporters of the Jewish State of Israel,” declared Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel, at the March 6 Jewish Community Relations Council of New York gala dinner. Ailes presented the Generation to Generation award to Peter James Johnson, chairman…
Earlier this month we told you that the White House was promoting Joe Liberman’s speech at the Aipac convention in which he slammed Bush critics (see previous post and transcript here). Now the Republican Jewish Coalition is making Lieberman’s comments the centerpiece of a new ad campaign.
Watch or read the transcript of Wesley Clark’s recent video blog post opposing military action against Iran. He says a strike would be bad for Israel… “Well, I wouldn’t say that you never can use military force, but I can’t see the circumstances right now where it would benefit Israel. It’s far better if we…
Senator Hillary Clinton has recently picked up endorsements from tennis legend Billie Jean King and the National Organization for Women. And yes, she’s a feminist. Meanwhile, Steve Forbes endorses Giuliani.
Jerusalem — He had recommendations from Israel’s ambassador to Washington, a former minister of justice, and an ultra-Orthodox leader — but in the end it didn’t help him. For the second time in two years, octogenarian Rabbi Asher “Dick” Hirsch did not receive the honorary title of Ot Yakir Jerusalem, given to residents who have…
President Bush withdrew his ambassadorial nomination of businessman Sam Fox this morning. Fox, a major Republican donor and supporter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, had come under fire for donating to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 presidential campaign.
Squeeze a Concord grape, and it practically screams kosher wine. Jelly sweet, the much maligned Concord has been the traditional kosher wine of choice at American Passover Seders for what seems like forever. So brace yourself for irony: The Concord has a suspected antisemitic horticultural past. Before there was Schapiro’s, the first American kosher vintner,…
Investment clubs find all kinds of tricks to choose what to put their money into, from stocks their kids pick to socially conscious companies, and even brands that represent the products they use every day in their kitchens. But members of a group of investors in Cincinnati have found that their unique focus — investing…
FRANCE REMEMBERS “LES JUSTES” — ACKNOWLEDGES ANTISEMITIC BARBARISM At a private March 4 reception held at the French Embassy in New York, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France’s minister for culture and media, conferred the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor upon Philippe de Montebello,* the longest-serving director in the 135-year history of the…
A brilliant insight by one of the major biblical commentators of the Middle Ages is the discovery by Ramban (that is, Nahmanides, 1194-1270) that the tripartite division of the Tabernacle reflects the similar tripartite division of Mount Sinai. According to Exodus 19 and 24, during the revelation of the Decalogue, (a) the people as a…
