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Bagels and Ballots – Monday
Dressed to … Distress: The Atlantic found photographs of Ohio Republican house candidate Rich Iott in Nazi Uniform. His campaign maintains his affiliation is purely historical — it was for a group that reenacts SS battles — but experts disagree. Either way, not a great calling card for Jewish voters. (BBC) Republican Jewish Push: Speaking…
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‘Every Title Is on the Table’ as Advisers at Women’s Yeshiva Consider Degrees
A new debate looms over what to call Orthodox Jewish women trained in rabbinic texts and serving the Jewish community as religious leaders. And the ‘R’ word has once again reared its disruptive head. Yeshivat Maharat, the institution that is training women to work as Orthodox religious leaders, has formed its first advisory board and…
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Republican Jewish Group Take Out Big Ad Buys in Races Nationwide
This could be the biggest single injection of Jewish organizational money into the mid-term campaign so far. The Republican Jewish Coalition announced today that it was putting $1 million into eight congressional races, in attempt to promote Republican candidates. The money will go for TV and newspaper ads, mainly those attacking Democratic rivals in key…
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Bagels and Ballots — Friday
POTUS, Hammering Away: While on the campaign trail, Barack Obama chided the GOP’s private donations, suggesting that some of the cash came from abroad. “Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections, and they won’t tell you where the money for their ads come from,” he said. (The New York…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Rick Sanchez’s Fall; Brooklyn Cuisine
In this week’s Forward Reporters’ Roundtable, host Josh Nathan-Kazis speaks with staff writer Gal Beckerman about Rick Sanchez’s recent firing — and about other prominent journalists who have lost their jobs after making comments perceived as hostile toward Jews. Then editorial assistant Devra Ferst joins the conversation to discuss accompanying famed food writer Joan Nathan on…
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Send Us Your Forward 50 Nominations
In an annual tradition, the Forward compiles a list of 50 American Jews who have had a large impact on the Jewish story in the past year. E-mail your suggestions for this year’s Forward 50 to [email protected], by October 15, and explain why your nominees merit a spot on the list. Check out our Forward…
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Jewish Chief Justice Campaigns to Keep His Seat in Ohio
Think you have a good grip of all the Jewish candidates running for office in the November elections? Well, how about Judge Eric Brown from Ohio? Yes, he is Jewish, and yes, he is running. Eric Brown, if elected, will be the first Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. In fact, he already is….
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Senator Barbara Boxer Answers Our Questions
In early September, MitzVote sent a questionnaire to candidates we wanted to learn more about. We’ve just received our answers from California Senator Barbara Boxer — the Democratic incumbent who is fighting Republican Carly Fiorina to defend her seat — via Boxer campaign research director Rosa Po. Here’s what Boxer had to say, word for…
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Bagels and Ballots – Thursday
Big Bucks: Florida’s Republican senatorial candidate Marco Rubio has held a lead in polls against rivals independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek — and yesterday posted that he raised $5 million in the last quarter. As Politico’s Alexander Burns puts it: “that’s a ridiculous fundraising performance, and if one of Rubio’s two opponents can…
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How Will Jews React to ‘Budrus’?
Protesters in the Palestinian town of Budrus were growing frustrated. After months of nonviolently demonstrating against the Israeli separation barrier being built through their olive groves, the demonstrators faced increased force from Israeli border police who were firing tear gas and swinging batons. Young Palestinians began tossing rocks at the soldiers despite pleas from protest…
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J Street Board Sticks With Ben-Ami After Soros Flap
On September 25, a day after J Street, the dovish Israel lobby he helped found, was revealed to be funded by George Soros, Jeremy Ben-Ami convened a conference call with members of his group’s board. Ben-Ami, the lobby’s president, had already alerted board members by e-mail about an upcoming report in The Washington Times revealing…
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