A liberal Jewish lawmaker in Memphis, Tenn., has won the Democratic nomination for Congress in a majority black district but has yet to secure the endorsement of several African American figures and could face a third-party challenger. On August 3, State Senator Steve Cohen — overcoming a crowded field that included a dozen black opponents…
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, a Georgia Democrat who has drawn stiff criticism and opposition from pro-Israel activists, lost her primary bid for re-election. McKinney was defeated Tuesday in a runoff against Hank Johnson, who won 59% of the vote. The first black woman from Georgia to win a seat in Congress, McKinney has stirred anger among…
*Holy Unexpected: My New Life as a Jew By Robin Chotzinoff PublicAffairs, 240 pages, $25. When it comes to religion, a lot of people take a straight path. Not Robin Chotzinoff. In her new memoir, “Holy Unexpected: My New Life as a Jew,” the writer chronicles a twisted trail to her own unique brand of…
Some wag once called the book of Deuteronomy “the Torah reading’s version of summer reruns” because significant sections of its narrative review what we have previously read in the fall, winter and spring in Genesis, Exodus and Numbers. Deuteronomy is structured, at least in its opening sections, as Moses’ recollection of the powerful events that…
Usually congressmen are looking to be quoted when they write letters to administration bigs. But Rep. Chris Van Hollen could have done without conservative columnist Bob Novak’s praise for the lawmaker’s letter to Condoleezza Rice. Van Hollen was really criticizing the White House’s handling of foreign policy, but Novak made it seem like the congressman…
We are in a golden age of hipster Jewish culture. VH1 airs “Matzo and Metal: A Very Classic Passover,” in which Jewish heavy metal rock stars go afikomental, and “So Jewtastic,” in which the influence of Jews on pop culture is celebrated. Gary Shteyngart and Elisa Albert get book critics hyperventilating with witty, funny, multiculti…
Senator Chuck Schumer stranded in Heathrow.
Karl Rove on Joe Lieberman: “He’s a personal friend.”
Here is Joe Lieberman’s latest on the dangers of partisanship in wartime: “We are at war with a brutal enemy,” Lieberman said. “How the heck can we be in a battle in which we are fighting as Democrats and Republicans against each other when these terrorists certainly don’t distinguish based on party affiliation? They want…
Here is the National Jewish Democratic Council’s statement asking newspapers not to run a Republican ad that paints Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat as a slap against Israel: “Newspapers have a responsibility to provide their readers with information that is both factually accurate and proper in taste. Jewish newspapers will do a disservice to their readers…
Senator Russ Feingold is backing Ned Lamont with wordsand money. The Wisconsin lawmaker is also calling on the Bush administrator to appoint a special envoy. He suggest James Baker, Colin Powell or George Mitchell.
