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  1st Calls: Mitt 19 electors (IN, KY), Obama 3 (VT)

  7:11 pm Early returns on MSNBC: Romney projected to win Indiana (11 electoral votes) and Kentucky (8 electors). Obama projected in Vermont (3 electors). Mourdock (R) is leading Donnelly (D) 48%-46% in the Indiana Senate race, but it’s considered too close to call. In Vermont, Bernie Sanders is projected to win.

  By J.J. Goldberg

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  Five (Jewish) Things To Watch on Election Night

  It’s Election Day at last. And as we sit down in front of the TV to watch the results (for those who actually have power), here are five Jewish points of reference on this long night of swing states, bellwether counties and exit poll results. Ohio. With polls closing at 7:30 p.m., the entire nation…

  By Nathan Guttman Nov 6, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Can’t Avoid Obama? Here’s Why.

  If Jewish voters have the feeling they cannot avoid the Democratic message this election cycle, it may have to do with a new group formed this summer that has been specifically targeting the media on Jewish voters issues. The Jewish media hub, as founders, Washington public relations consultants Steve Rabinowitz and Matt Dorf refer to…

  By Nathan Guttman Nov 5, 2012 | 2 min read

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  Having It All and Being Good Jew Too

  As the season of tightly packed Jewish holidays wound down for another year — after the whirlwind of family dinners, synagogue services and even volunteer shofar blowing on top of the upheaval of a new school year for our children — my husband and I reflected once again on how hard we try to “have…

  By Aurora Mendelsohn Nov 5, 2012 | 5 min read
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  Christians Also Struggle To Keep the Faith

  A religious group wrings its hands over youth “leaving” or “rethinking their commitment to the faith.” Must be Jews, right? But — surprise! — this “dropout problem” belongs to right-of-center Christian denominations, according to a recent survey. Here we thought that Jewish teens were the only ones to go missing from religious action. Now we…

  By Dennis S. Ross Nov 5, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Can Bibi Make Nice?

  Regardless of who is sworn in as president next January 20, Israeli-American relations are headed for a period of profound uncertainty. We’ve been so focused on debating whether and how Barack Obama gets along with Israel that we’ve completely overlooked a more important question: Can Benjamin Netanyahu can get along with the United States? The…

  By J.J. Goldberg Nov 4, 2012 | 4 min read
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  When Principles and Interests Collide

  When principles and interests collide, it is often difficult to discern which is which. An apposite example, with a thoughtful conclusion, came to pass just days ago, when the Union for Reform Judaism and its public affairs arm, the Religious Action Center, were asked to support a global boycott of all Hyatt hotels and to…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 3, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Babs Gets Out the Vote

  First, they bagged Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg. Now Jewish Democrats are crowing over their biggest catch yet: Barbra Steisand. In a video produced by the National Jewish Democratic Council, Babs go through all the Jewish-voter outreach talking points: economy, women’s rights, LGBT equality, Medicare and of course, Israel and Iran. “Mitt Romney does not…

  By Nathan Guttman Nov 2, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Sandy Sends Biblical Message About Climate

  Suppose we were applying biblical theology to the events of today: We might say that God listened to the two major candidates for president of the most powerful nation in the world refusing to say the words “climate change” or “global warming” in a single one of their major speeches and debates. And then God,…

  By Arthur Waskow Nov 2, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Ed Koch Weighs In for Obama

  With the presidential election only days away, it is time for both campaigns to pull out their strongest arguments and best presenters in order to make that final push just a little bit more effective. For Jewish Democrats, this means getting out Ed Koch, former mayor of New York, for a warm endorsement of President…

  By Nathan Guttman Nov 2, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Is Bibi Obsessed With Iran?

  Everyone said that here in Israel we’d see an election that is all a about Iran, and today the largest opposition party started to set that agenda. “Netanyahu is entangling us,” Kadima’s newly-revealed election slogan claims. The Hebrew word “entangling” has the strong connotation of endangerment. Kadima’s claim is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head…

  By Nathan Jeffay Nov 2, 2012 | 2 min read