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Legendary Laughs
Old Jewish Comedians By Drew Friedman Fantagraphics, 32 pages, $14.95 If you’re a devotee of old-school comics of the Hebraic persuasion, Milton Berle, Jack Benny and the Marx Brothers might come to mind when you think of comedy lengeds. For those whose tastes run to the lesser known or to the slightly more obscure, the…
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Miraculous Moms: Open Talk on Infertility
I’ve always loved Emma Thompson. She’s hilarious and self-effacing and sexy and beautiful in an un-Botoxed way. She can handle Shakespeare (“Much Ado About Nothing”), film noir (“Dead Again”), Jane Austen (“Sense and Sensibility”) and Tony Kushner (“Angels in America”). She was incredible in the HBO Films production of Margaret Edson’s play “Wit.” And if…
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Melodious Medley
Debbie Friedman, Craig Taubman and Cantor Jeff Klepper of Kol B’Seder join forces this weekend in a concert presented by the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education and sponsored by the Forward. Comedian Joel Chasnoff, who serves as master of ceremonies, joins the three legendary musicians. The performance is being held at Congregation Rodeph…
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I Believe
As it is said, in Genesis 28:16: “And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: ‘Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.’” I am a Jew. A matrilineal, patrilineal, Temple-going, nonpraying, kosher-keeping, nonfasting, Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Ladino-Yiddish-Spanish-English-speaking skeptical, superstitious, terrified, brazen, monotheistic, mezuza-kissing, idol-worshipping Jew. I alternate between humbly…
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For Our Consideration
As Ami Eden pointed out yesterday, it hasn’t gone unnoticed that Democrats are backing off the 9-11 recommendations that call for reorganizing Congress. This includes the disregarding of a recommendation that term limits on the Intelligence Committee be eliminated. Here’s a statement from Speaker-elect Pelosi’s office about the decision: “Eliminating term limits is among the…
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Reyes for Intel
For those who have been following the ongoing fight over the Intel committee chairmanship, Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi is indeed picking Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, after dumping Alcee Hastings earlier this week.
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Dems: We Were for 9/11 Recs Before We Were Against Them
The Democrats haven’t even taken control of Congress and they are already reneging on their commitment to implement the 9/11 commission’s recommendations (see this Washington Post story).
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Jewish Pol Has Name in Hat for Governor’s Race
Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller told the Forward yesterday that he is “seriously” considering a run for Governor. Miller, 38, is one of several young-gun candidates that have emerged since the state’s more prominent Dems – including former Gov. Brereton Jones and U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler – have said they plan to sit out next…
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Jewish Reps. Do the Committee Shuffle
As the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee prepares to dole out committee assignments, a number of Jewish lawmakers are jockeying for position. California Rep. Adam Schiff is aiming for a spot on the powerful Appropriations committee. As we’ve mentioned before, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania are both vying…
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Biden in NYC on Monday
Those interested in hearing Senator Joseph Biden’s latest views on U.S. Middle East policy should think about attending the Israel Policy Forum’s dinner in New York next Monday night. Biden, the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is also a rumored 2008 contender. He will be the keynote speaker at the event, which…
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Here Come the Investigations…
Rep. John Dingell won’t back down from a fight.
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