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Book: Israel, Lobby Pushing Iran War
A former United Nations weapons inspector and leading Iraq War opponent has written a new book alleging that Jerusalem is pushing the Bush administration into war with Iran, and accusing the pro-Israel lobby of dual loyalty and “outright espionage.” In the new book, called “Target Iran,” Scott Ritter, who served as a senior U.N. weapons…
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GOP Rising Star Set To Take Calif. Post
Steve Poizner is the Republican to watch for California’s 2010 gubernatorial race, according to many pundits — awfully good press for someone who won’t be sworn into his first public office until January. The California insurance commissioner-elect has made a splash as the only Republican to win a statewide office here this year, besides re-elected…
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Bush Set To Tap New Jewish Liaison
President Bush has hired a new liaison to the Jewish community, appointing Jeremy Katz to take over for Jay Zeidman, the Forward has learned. Katz will be the sixth White House liaison for the Jewish community since Bush took office in 2001. The new liaison started off at the White House as an assistant to…
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Refugees Sue Over Benefits Cutoff
A group of elderly and disabled refugees are suing the federal government for cutting off their Social Security benefits. For the past three years, a little-noticed provision from the 1997 welfare reform bill has meant that disabled and elderly refugees who do not receive citizenship within seven years of arriving in America are stripped of…
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The Power of Camp
Thirteen-year-old Becky Goldberg’s summer was filled with magic: glittering sunshine on sparkling lakes, capsized canoes and children rappelling like spiders down rocky cliffs. By the time her four weeks at Jewish sleep-away camp were over, Goldberg felt like a link in a giant chain. “I had a ton of best friends from all over the…
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The Immigrant Experience
Dov Aryeh grew up attending Ansche Chesed, a Conservative synagogue in New York City. He still has the little English-language Tanach the synagogue gave him for his bar mitzvah almost 40 years ago. He’s been involved in the Jewish community his entire life. Today he’s in a long-term, committed relationship with a fellow Jew. But…
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Posted In Poland
Contemporary Jewish-themed cultural posters that were commissioned by the Polish government under communism are presented in an exhibition currently on display at the JCC in Manhattan. The exhibit features some 70 works of the Polish School of Posters, created by renowned architects, designers and painters from the 1950s through the 1980s. The post-World War II…
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The Moments That Still Live
When Joseph introduces Pharaoh to his father, Jacob, Pharaoh asks him, in the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation of Genesis 47:8, which is here, as is often the case, much closer to the Hebrew than more recent translations: How many are the days of the years of your life? The more recent JPS translation reduces…
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A Jewish Republican Grows in California…
… Josh Richman has the scoop on Steve Poizner in this week’s Forward.
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Judas Time on The McLaughlin Group
It was Christmas on The McLaughlin Group last weekend, but things sure felt more like Easter season when it came time for each host to name the “Turncoat of the Year.” They could just as well called it “Judas of the Year” with the picks they were coming up with. No surprise in Pat Buchanan…
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And the White House’s New Point Man on Jewish Issues Is…
Nathan Guttman has the scoop.
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