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Leaders of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse known as Aipac, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon affirming their confidence in lawmakers in both parties. The statement comes on the heels of a new ad from the Republican Jewish Coalition that prominently features criticism of Democrats by Morrie Amitay, the former executive…
When it came to basketball, Red Auerbach — architect of the Boston Celtics’ 16 championship teams — was a maven’s maven. He knew more about the game than anyone, and he used his knowledge more effectively than any basketball coach or general manager in history, and led the way in opening up the league to…
According to two rabbis, New Jersey’s recent court decision in favor of gay unions will not significantly impact Orthodox voters still on the fence between neck-and-neck Senate contenders Bob Menendez and Tom Kean, Jr. “This is not one of the major issues that people have been talking about,” said Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath…
The bipartisan study group on Iraq co-chaired by former secretary of state James Baker will likely call for American engagement with Iran and Syria, but sources familiar with the process say there are no plans to push for a stepped-up role of the United States in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli officials have been privately…
The astute political blog from ABC News, The Note, has a great summary up today of the best and worst-case scenarios for both parties, and what each needs to do before November 7. Here’s their quick summary at the top: “The back-of-the-envelope best case for Republicans is holding the House and Senate — losing a…
Katherine Harris: “We’re all sort of Jewish wannabes.”
Here’s a last minute mini-scandal for Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who has a wide lead on Democratic nominee Ned Lamont after losing to him in the party’s primary last August. According to today’s Hartford Courant, a “Hartford Democrat who was fined and barred from involvement in absentee ballot activities last year is working for a company…
According to this article in yesterday’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Democratic candidate Gary Trauner is now in a statistical dead-heat with Rep. Barbara Cubin for Wyoming’s single House seat. Down in Kentucky, where Democrat John Yarmuth also has the potential to make history as his state’s first Jewish member of the House, polls are showing that incumbent…
One week before Election Day, Sen. Joe Lieberman is riding high.
From Raphael Rothstein comes an e-mail query: “I am curious about the Hebrew slang expression la-lekhet franji, [literally, “to go franji”], i.e., to dress fancily. I believe it comes from the Middle Eastern word for Frenchman, European, or stranger. Is this so?” It is, indeed. Franji is the Arabic word for a European or European-like…
