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Haredi Protests Drive Straight Israelis Into Gay Rights Camp
JERUSALEM — Every summer since 2002, a fairly nonviolent battle has taken place between the ultra-Orthodox community and the gay and lesbian community in Jerusalem ahead of the annual gay pride parade held in the capital. Ultra-Orthodox or Haredi Jews take to the streets, voicing their opposition to what they see as a desecration of…
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Gay Pol Wins After Baby Flap
OAKLAND, Calif. — A gay Jewish San Francisco lawmaker was re-elected following a controversy over his decision to have a baby with a lesbian co-parent. On November 7, voters in California’s heavily gay Castro, Glen Park and Noe Valley areas gave Bevan Dufty another four-year term on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Dufty became…
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Pelosi in a Pinch
Is House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi already backing down on one of the Democratic Party’s main campaign planks? During the campaign, Pelosi and her party pledged to implement any recommendations of the 9/11 commission which have yet to be enacted. Well, the commission argued that “members should serve indefinitely on the intelligence committees, without set terms,…
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Olmert Does Borat
Did you catch Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert doing a Borat impression at the White House press conference today with President Bush? Borat: “We support your war of terror. … I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards!… And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every…
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Joe Lieberman: I before D
The comeback senator says call him an “Independent Democrat,” and won’t rule out switching teams.
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Top Picks
When we set out to compile this year’s Forward 50 list of the most influential members of the American Jewish community, we found our mailboxes filled with names of individuals who are struggling to navigate that tectonic shift. Some are media stars who bring Jewish identity into the mainstream culture in compelling or inspiring ways….
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Politics
**Elliott Abrams ** This year, following the departures of Paul Wolfowitz and Doug Feith from the Pentagon, and that of Scooter Libby from the White House, Elliott Abrams became the senior neoconservative policy voice in the Bush administration. And, in his new role as deputy national security adviser, Abrams, 58, has achieved the impossible: bridging…
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Ideas & Activism: Jill Jacobs, Dennis Ross, Susan Tuchman, Mikey Weinstein
Jill Jacobs As the Conservative movement picks its way through a host of hot-button debates — from ordaining gay and lesbian rabbis to accepting interfaith families — Rabbi Jill Jacobs has almost single-handedly forced the movement to refocus on one of the oldest issues on the social agenda: workers’ rights. Three years ago, Jacobs, fresh…
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Religion: Sharon Brous, Elliot Dorff, Richard Joel, Sharon Kleinbaum, Yehuda Krinsky, Irwin Kula, Dina Najman-Licht, Zalman Teitelbaum
Sharon Brous In the burgeoning world of unconventional young congregations, Sharon Brous, 32, has taken on an unusual role, doubling as a youthful firecracker, storming the barricades, and a grand dame, dispensing wisdom. Brous began her own Los Angeles religious community, IKAR, only three years ago, but it has swiftly become one of the largest…
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Community: Wayne Firestone, Menachem Genack, David Harris, Malcolm Hoenlein, Nancy Kaufman, Howard Kohr, Steven Nasatir, Carole Solomon
Wayne Firestone Among the welter of competing religious and ideological options that young Jews are presented with at college, Wayne Firestone has developed a rare ability to calm the noise and create an open space for discussion. Firestone, a former international lawyer, first showed his gift with students as the head of the Israel on…
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Culture: Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Bisman, Carolyn Hessel, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Piven, Philip Roth, Gary Shteyngart, Barbra Streisand, Elie Wiesel
Sacha Baron Cohen In the movie that’s sweeping America this week, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” the oafish Kazakh reporter created by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen travels to Los Angeles to meet his dream girl, Canadian beauty Pamela Anderson, but he’s rejected and returns home. In reality,…
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