The vote was 149-86. While several pro-Israel supporters told the Forward they were not aggressively campaigning for Hoyer – not wanting to appear to meddle in internal House affairs – Hoyer is known as a champion of Israel and will be a popular choice among the pro-Israel crowd.
Gary Trauner, the Democratic challenger for Wyoming’s single congressional seat, has narrowly lost the race and now has less than 48 hours to decide whether to seek a recount. Yesterday, seven-term Republican incumbent Barbara Cubin was certified the winner with 93,336 votes, or 48.3 % of the total. Trauner received 92,324 votes, or 47.8 %,…
President Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” (Simon & Schuster), hits the shelves this week. In an interview Wednesday with the Forward, the former president discussed the work and his views on the Middle East. Q: In your book, you often take care to mention that the Palestinians include both Muslims and Christians….
… according to this article in The New York Times.
In the first post-election battle between the Bush administration and the Democrats, the Jewish community is standing behind the president as he pushes the candidacy of John Bolton. Despite the declared hostility of Democrats and several moderate Republicans, the White House has formally put forth the reappointment of controversial diplomat John Bolton as the U.S….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The comeback senator says call him an “Independent Democrat,” and won’t rule out switching teams.
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….
