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Jay Leno to Jimmy Carter: But Mr. President …
Can anyone blame President Jimmy Carter for believing that the American media harbors a stifling pro-Israel bias? First his book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” (Simon & Schuster), was trashed this week in the pages of The Washington Post by journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and on Slate.com by Michael Kinsley, as well as by other pundits. If…
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Mr. McCain Goes to Yeshiva
Senator John McCain addressed a group of Yeshiva University supportes on Monday in New York.
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Is Franken Running?
According to Roll Call he’s looking more and more like a candidate…
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Coleman Says Prager Should Stay
Republican Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota has weighed in on the Prager controversy. Here’s the statement sent from his office: “One of the great things about our country is that we are able to fully exercise our freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Dennis Prager has long been a thoughtful and articulate voice for…
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Fred Zeidman’s Non-Response Response to the Prager Flap
The chairman of United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Houston Republican Fred Zeidman, is staying mum in the wake of a controversy involving fellow council member Dennis Prager. Prager, a conservative pundit, has been in hot water since he published columns criticizing a Muslim congressman for planning to use a Quran at his private swearing-in ceremony….
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By Six Votes, N.H. Gets First Orthodox Lawmaker
Twenty-three-year-old Chabadnik Jason Bedrick has recently made history as the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the New Hampshire state legislature. An interesting tidbit in the story is that Bedrick – who won a recount by a mere six votes – received crucial support from the Salem Women’s Club after he wrote to them…
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George Allen: Time to Explore Jewish Roots
The bright side to losing the senator’s race.
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Dennis Prager’s Response
Here’s Dennis Prager’s response – sent via email last night – to the news that former NYC Mayor Ed Koch wants him off the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: Ed Koch calls me a “bigot.” Let him demonstrate how. There is surely ample opportunity. I have been a talk show host for 25 years and written…
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aipac edwards
Two Aipac board members are defending expected presidential contender John Edwards, in the wake of criticism over his selection of former Rep. David Bonior as his campaign manager. During his time in office, Bonior earned a reputation as one of the lawmakers least friendly to Israel. Now, Aipac board members Fern Hurst and Randall Kaplan…
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A Holly Jolly Hybrid Holiday
Chrismukkah: Everything You Need To Know To Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday By Ron Gompertz Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 144 pages, $17.95 Ron Gompertz has found the solution to the December Dilemma: He punts. Gompertz is the self-appointed pied piper of Chrismukkah, a hybrid holiday popularized three years ago by the Fox television series “The O.C.”…
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The Gist of The Gimmel
I ended last week’s column, which had to do with the pronunciation of the letter Gimmel in ancient Hebrew, with an explanation of how the dual nature of the beged-kefet consonants as both plosives and fricatives came into being, and of how the presence in them of a dagesh, a small dot, indicates that they…
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