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Reporters’ Roundtable: In AIPAC Lawsuit, Dirty Details Emerge
The lascivious details of the defamation lawsuit filed by former AIPAC staffer Steve Rosen, and the increased scrutiny on the non-profit organization run by terror expert Steve Emerson are the subjects of this week’s Reporters’ Roundtable. In this podcast, news editor Larry Cohler-Esses and staff writer Nathan Guttman join host Josh Nathan-Kazis. Subscribe to Forward…
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GOP is MIA as Many Democrats and Jewish Groups Call for Pollard’s Release
The fate of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard could be turning into a partisan issue. On Thursday, Democratic lawmakers, joined by Jewish communal leaders, held a Capitol Hill press conference presenting a letter to President Obama that called for Pollard’s release. The letter, signed by 39 House Democrats, argued that Pollard had received a disproportionate…
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Obama Gives Civil Libertarians a Little Faith
The faith-based initiative was among the more delicate inheritances left to President Obama and his fellow Democrats by the Bush administration. The initiative — which basically entails using federal funds to support social services provided by religious organizations — was viewed by liberals as problematic at best, since it blurred the lines of separation between…
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A Medical Merger
A Medical Mazel Tov for the Merger of Manhattan’s Lenox Hill Hospital With North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems “Three years ago we gathered here to celebrate 150 years,” William Hiltz, Lenox Hill Hospital’s executive committee chairman, told the 900 black-tie guests at its November 1 Autumn Ball. Beaming, he said that “the evening…
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Survivors Feel Fresh Trauma After Claims Conference Fraud
After Fira Stukelman lost her family during the Holocaust, the only document to her name was a letter from the orphanage for children of victims where she lived. Stukelman, 77, was traumatized 16 years ago when she had to recite her story in detail — including how her mother was dragged from their home in…
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New Museum on Independence Mall Is a Sign That Jews Have Arrived
The first time I traveled to the National Museum of American Jewish History, I got lost. The museum, from its founding in 1976 until recently, shared space with Philadelphia’s venerable Sephardic congregation, Mikveh Israel. Its official address included the magical words “Independence Mall,” but in reality, the museum was tucked away onto a side street…
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Terror Expert Emerson Feels His Own Heat Over Finances
Steven Emerson has made his reputation by scrutinizing American Muslim organizations and individuals, trying to uncover their possible ties to terror groups. But lately he is being scrutinized himself, by a Nashville, Tenn., daily newspaper digging into the finances of his operation. Now, under pressure to introduce more transparency to his tax-exempt charitable organization, Emerson…
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Columbia Student Group Drops Sponsorship of Gaza Talk Under Pressure
A Jewish student group at Columbia University canceled its sponsorship of a talk by a top Gaza-based United Nations official after facing pressure from the campus Hillel. John Ging, who runs the Gaza operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, spoke at the New York City…
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Environmental Activists Push Israeli Government To Take a Cut of Offshore Energy Finds
Israeli activists pushing for revenues from newly discovered offshore energy deposits to be spent on social needs have won a significant victory. A state-appointed committee is recommending that the Israeli government more than double its share of any profits from the country’s energy finds. “The committee has set a new standard — it recognized that…
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Why I Go Caroling
It’s during this time of year that I live in a mixed marriage. I love Christmas carols; my husband hates them. I go around whistling them; he runs out of the drug store when they’re playing. I feel cheery and expansive; he feels hunted and haunted. I guess that explains why he never joins me…
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Mr. Altschuler Goes To Washington
A proud and joyous freshman Class of 2010 made its way to Washington on Sunday for the traditional new congressmen orientation. They got to see the chambers, have their pictures taken and get a sense of the place that will be their temporary home, beginning January. Among the newcomers was Randy Altschuler, the Jewish Republican…
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