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…
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…
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…
After weekend of Mark Foley, Zogby poll finds that Democrats hold leads in races for 11 out of 15 key Republican-held House seats.
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…
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…
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…
… 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…
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…
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…
Senator George Allen postpones hearing set for Yom Kippur.
