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Scholars Land Book Deal for Attack on ‘Israel Lobby’
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, the authors of a controversial paper criticizing the role of the “Israel Lobby” in American foreign policy, are at work on a book-length version of their findings to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The two, who have argued that it “is hard to imagine any mainstream media outlet…
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Christian Leaders Blame Foley Scandal On "Radical Gay Rights Movement," "Political Correctness," "Tolerance and Diversity"
The Forward just received a statement from a coalition of conservative Christian leaders that expresses outrage over the Mark Foley scandal and calls for a full investigation, not the least because: “We are very concerned that the early warnings of Mr. Foley’s odd behavior toward young male pages may have been overlooked or treated with…
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Not all Jewish Dems So Rosy about Ellison
We’ve been following the race of Keith Ellison, a former fellow-traveller of the Nation of Islam who will almost surely become the first Muslim elected to Congress this November. In our pages this week, we have a story about the support that the National Jewish Democratic Coalition is throwing behind Ellison, even as Jewish Democrats…
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Lieberman Says He’s Been Promised Seniority
… but Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid denies making the pledge, according to The Hill. Here’s an interesting tidbit from the article: “That’s what I’ve been told,” said Lieberman in an interview Friday, before Congress recessed for the election. “Caucuses like to keep as many members as they can, not discourage membership,” implying that leaders…
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Lamont Neck-and-Neck with Lieberman, Zogby Poll Finds
Just two percentage points separate Lamont and Lieberman with just over a month until the mid-term elections, according to the latest Zogby poll. As of 9/25, Liberman polled at 46% of likely voters statewide, and Lamont polled at 44%. Source: Zogby Interactive survey of 550 likely voters statewide, conducted Sept. 19 through 25, 2006. MOE…
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W. Jumps Into the Yom Kippur Act
A letter from the president… Yom Kippur, 5767 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations… Deuteronomy 7:9 On this most holy day of the Jewish calendar, Jews celebrate God’s goodness and…
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Allen Gets Into the Yom Kippur Spirit
Senator George Allen postpones hearing set for Yom Kippur.
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Israel Seeks To Raise Profile of African Aid
At a recent symposium promoting Israeli aid to Africa, the Nigerian ambassador to America reflected on what he had learned in his previous post as ambassador to the Jewish state. The greatest lesson he took from those four years, he said, is that self-confidence is the key to a nation’s success. Africans, he opined, should…
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Democrats Fighting Back Against Bad-on-Israel Charge
In response to the GOP campaign to paint Democrats as weak on Israel – see the recent advertising campaign from the Republican Jewish Coalition, for example – leading Democrats have been speaking out. Last week, California Rep. Howard Berman responded to the charges with an op-ed in our pages. Yesterday, three leading Democrats – Sen….
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The Divine Word
Pope Benedict XVI’s address at the University of Regensburg two weeks ago made headlines because of an anti-Islamic passage cited by the pope from a book by the medieval Byzantine emperor Manuel II. However, as more thoughtful commentators have noted, this passage did not stand at the center of the pope’s talk, What did stand…
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Saudis in Quiet Talks To Revive Arab Peace Bid
Reports of an unprecedented meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and a top Saudi Arabian official earlier this month, coupled with Riyadh’s outreach efforts to American Jewish leaders, have rekindled talks of a serious international diplomatic push to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The Saudi push comes as European countries pressure the Bush…
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