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Florida Democrat Chosen To Testify at Alito Hearings
Highlighting their concerns with privacy issues, Democrats tapped a freshman congresswoman from Florida to testify Thursday at the Senate hearings on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, one of two new Jewish members of the House of Representatives, was chosen by the ranking Democratic member of Senate…
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Abramoff Prompts Native American-Jewish Gathering
Jack Abramoff’s dealings with Native American tribes did not set the best model for cross-cultural communication between Indians and Jews, so a group of Californians came together last Sunday to create a better foundation. Twenty-one Indians and Jews came together for a wide-ranging discussion just five days after Abramoff pleaded guilty to defrauding four Indian…
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God Save This Vulnerable Court
The Senate should reject Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court because of his almost certain impact in undermining basic constitutional protections. It is impossible to overstate the importance of this nomination for the immediate future of constitutional law in the United States. Often in considering judicial nominees, the Senate can take refuge in doubt…
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Lightness & Dark
“Don’t believe everything you read,” was my first reaction to the news that the American Jewish Historical Society plans to sell six of its valuable, Colonial-era portraits of the Franks family. If only my hopefulness were justified. The society’s sale is another nail in an ever-expanding coffin being built to inter the remains of dying…
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Through the Eyes of Ariel Sharon
In 1994 I sat with Ariel Sharon for two hours in an attempt, one-on-one, to understand his views on settlements, Palestinians and the territories. At the time he was a mere member of the opposition in the Knesset, busy criticizing Yitzhak Rabin’s government, Oslo, even peace with Jordan. Sharon unfolded a detailed map of the…
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GOPer Tries To Move Up As Scandal Mushrooms
As Rep. Eric Cantor, the Virginia Republican, counted votes this week in his bid to become House majority whip, the conflicting perceptions of his own lobbyist ties suggested the depth of the challenge facing Republicans in the mushrooming Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. The leadership bid by Cantor, the sole Jewish Republican in the House, is…
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Notions of Numerology
Lose Hanick from Toronto writes: “The numerical value of the Hebrew letters Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, which spell the sacred name of God, is 10+5+6+5. or 26. But so is the numerical value of ‘God,’ ‘g’ being the seventh letter of the English alphabet, ‘o’ the 15th, and ‘d’ the fourth. Is this purposeful or coincidental?” I suppose…
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Yid.Dish: Canteloupe-Jalapeno Gazpacho
This is an easy soup course or palate-cleanser. The flecks of green against the orange make for a lovely presentation. 1 medium cantaloupe, seeded, rind removed, and cut into chunks 1 cup seltzer 1 Tbs. lemon juice 1-2 jalapenos, seeded and finely diced (you may want to wear a plastic bag or latex glove over…
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Yid.Dish: Sassy Tomato Sauce
Romas (aka plum tomatoes) work best for sauce, but any kind of tomatoes you come across this fall (or high quality canned tomatoes) will work. Use this sauce to make shakshuka for your holiday guests. The sauce keeps well in the fridge thanks to the peppers’ antimicrobial properties, and of course stays fresh even longer…
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Study Finds Most Bombers Are Educated
WASHINGTON — Most of the Palestinian suicide bombers who attacked Israeli targets in the past five years were either high school or college graduates, and came from relatively less impoverished communities in the northern West Bank, according to a recent study. The study, released this month by an Israeli think tank, looked at the 163…
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Jacob Waisbord, 91, Yiddish Copy Editor
OBITUARY Jacob Waisbord, Holocaust survivor and member of the Forward Association, died December 21. He was 91. Waisbord, whose entire family perished during World War II, fled his native Poland, where he had been a student of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. He came to the United States on a visa from the Jewish Labor Committee that…
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