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Kean and Menendez…
… were in Livingston, N.J. yesterday, at forum organized by United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey.
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Keith Ellison: More Drama
Here’s the link – Ellison says he’s being blackmailed …
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Carter Book Slaps Israel With ‘Apartheid’ Tag, Provides Ammo to GOP
As Republicans step up their efforts to paint Democrats as increasingly hostile toward Israel, former President Jimmy Carter is releasing a book on the Middle East, titled “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” Judging from an advance review manuscript of the new work, published by Simon & Schuster and set for release November 14, Carter places the…
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Clinton Heads to Ohio
Pres. Bill Clinton will pass the hat for Sherrod Brown in Ohio next Monday… Sen. Hillary Clinton passed the hat for Jim Davis and Daryl Jones in Florida on Friday…
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Money Talks
Financial reports are in for the quarter ending Sept. 30 … here’s a sampling of who’s up, who’s down in some tight races… Lieberman ahead Clay Shaw ahead of Ron Klein by 4-to-1, but Bill Clinton to stump for Klein on Friday Anne Northrup ahead of John Yarmuth by 2-to-1 Menendez ahead of Kean.
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David Kuo On 60 MInutes
David Kuo, the former staffer in the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives who has written a tell-all book about the venture’s politicization, told his side of the story on 60 Minutes last night. Here’s one interesting tidbit, about the embedding of Christian phraseology in speeches in a way that is subtle to non-Christians: “As in this…
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Accountability
Yakir Segev, according to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, is a social activist and major in the Israeli reserves who came back from last summer’s war in Lebanon determined to change things. And what is it that he wants to change? “The main thing missing [in Israel],” he told the paper, “is that same concept for…
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The Gypsy Holocaust: Europe’s Other Wanderers Begin To Remember
SIBIU, Romania – As a member of one of Eastern Europe’s leading Gypsy families, Luminita Cioaba easily could have followed the traditional Romani path laid out by her nomadic ancestors. But that was never her way. When her father — a man who became known as the King of the Gypsies — was planning for…
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Old Labels Feel Stiff for ‘Flexidox’
When I was growing up, in the Conservative movement, Jews were defined by the synagogues they attended, and the movements to which they belonged. We were all Jews, to be sure, but that bond was less strong than the loyalties of denomination. We were the USY team; they were the NFTY team. (I grew up…
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Powerful Chairmanships at Stake in November
A Democratic surge on Election Day would put a number of Jewish pro-Israel lawmakers in charge of key congressional committees, but Republican critics are warning that a GOP defeat would in the end undercut support for Jerusalem. Registered voters said they plan to vote for the Democrat over the Republican in congressional elections next month…
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Rightists Set To Honor Pullout Booster
A hawkish Jewish organization that helped lead the charge against the Israeli pullout from Gaza is bestowing its top honor on one of the most vocal proponents of disengagement from the once-disputed territory. The Zionist Organization of America, which has harshly criticized the American-backed peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, is giving its…
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