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One of the Jewish Dems Hoping for a Bump: Paul Aronsohn
Paul Aronsohn, a former Clinton staffer who is challenging conservative Republican Scott Garrett in New Jersey’s fifth congressional district, is one of a dozen Jewish Dems challenging for Republican-held seats in the House. Although his race isn’t seen as among the highly competitive cohort, Aronsohn has gained 9 percentage points on Garrett since last March,…
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Ruach She’ainah Meztuyah
in a small spot where shadows once fell from towers a modest succah quietly rises and descends in a space of just over one week the builder expects that it will come down no climate control no alarm system only comfort and security of belief in He who lovingly commanded him to live in it…
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Foley’s (Jewish?) Friend
Here’s a report on the Palm Beach dermatologist and socialite rumored to be involed in a longtime relationship with Mark Foley. UPDATE: More on him here.
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Hastert Puts Pro-Israel PAC in the Hot Seat
As House Speaker Dennis Hastert finds himself in the hot seat over what he knew about Mark Foley and when he knew it, the collateral damage is extending to the pro-Israel donors who consider him a close ally. NORPAC, the pro-Israel political action committee based in the New York area, is scheduled to hold a…
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Hastert: It Was Soros!
Embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert says the Foley scandal is the creation of a George Soros-funded campaign. Read it here.
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Mark Foley: The Gay Jack Abramoff
Andrew Sullivan makes the link… Gay men, of course, went into a defensive crouch. Like Jews watching the Abramoff scandal, we winced at what we knew would be a collective blame-game. It always happens. There is no connection between homosexuality and an attraction to teenage boys–or at least, no more than there is between male…
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Election Roundup … 2008 Edition
As the November 2006 elections approach, there’s really no better time to campaign for 2008, as these presidential hopefuls are proving: McCain rounds up helpers in Iowa, while he stumps for Chafee, and weighs in on the Foley scandal. Mitt Romney recruits a steering committee for his PAC in New Hampshire, and reaches out to…
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Jewish Republicans Set to Shmooze with J.D. Hayworth, John Shadegg
Jewish allies of Republican Reps. J.D. Hayworth and John Shadegg of Arizona are slated to hold a meet-and-greet with them next Wednesday evening in Scottsdale. File the event, which is being hosted by the Arizona chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, in your conceptual folder titled, “Loyal Supporters Don’t Slip on a Little Mud.” As…
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Palestinian Clashes Escalate, Pressure on U.S. Mounts
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas headed to the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month with a tentative agreement for a unity government with Hamas. The deal, however, quickly collapsed, and this week the mutual finger-pointing between Hamas and Abbas’s Fatah movement escalated into brutal clashes between their respective supporters. While some diplomats…
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Iran Sanctions Extended
Following an 11th-hour political showdown, Congress has extended and expanded sanctions against domestic and foreign businesses that invest in Iran’s petroleum sector, but federal lawmakers failed to close a loophole for the foreign subsidiaries of companies in the United States. The Iran Freedom and Support Act — approved September 29 by the Senate just hours…
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More Good Poll Numbers for Dems
After weekend of Mark Foley, Zogby poll finds that Democrats hold leads in races for 11 out of 15 key Republican-held House seats.
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