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  Balding Jew Grabs Lead for L.A. Seat

  The Berman-Sherman congressional race in California’s 30th district has been nothing but pure drama. With millions of dollars pouring into the race, attack ads, and with the two Jewish Democrats, Howard Berman and Brad Sherman’s latest debate making headlines thanks to an unprecedented physical altercation, the entire nation is tuning in to see who will…

  By Nathan Guttman

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  Eat Your Vegetables!

  The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 has gone into effect, requiring public schools to follow new nutritional guidelines to receive extra federal lunch aid, and — surprise, surprise — the kids don’t like it. As The New York Times reported, students are organizing protests and boycotts, creating YouTube parodies, dumping perfectly good food in…

  Oct 16, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  The Forward’s Debate Drinking Game

  At the Forward, we’re always looking for ways to help our readers stay in touch with current events from a Jewish perspective. In that spirit, we’ve come up with a Jewish drinker’s guide to tonight’s presidential debate. After his lackluster performance two weeks ago, it’s President Barack Obama’s shot at debate redemption. Mitt Romney can…

  By Forward Staff Oct 16, 2012 | < 1 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman Pro-Palestinian protesters are suddenly supporting Iran. They might want to talk to some Palestinians

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Moving on From Two-State Solution

  The current Israeli-Palestinian stalemate is as comprehensive as it is unprecedented. All relevant parties — Israelis, Palestinians (both Fatah and Hamas), the United States, the European Union, the Arab world — are preoccupied with their own internal or regional political or economic issues, not to mention the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb and Israeli…

  By Paul Scham and Edy Kaufman Oct 16, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Nobel Prize a Reminder to Europe

  Recognized for its contribution over the course of six decades “to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday. There has been the usual carping from the reliably reactionary elements in the American commentariat – “The once-significant award has become…

  By Liam Hoare Oct 15, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Michael Bloomberg and Magen David’s Anti-Arab Rabbi

  When one enters Jerusalem, two structures immediately catch the eye. The first is a digital sign informing the traveler when the next Sabbath begins and ends. The second is a building bearing a sign identifying it as the William H. Bloomberg MDA Jerusalem Station. The building is the Jerusalem headquarters of Magen David Adom, Israel’s…

  By Zohar M. Nevo Oct 15, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Chameleon Romney Turns Race on End

  The gaffable Romney has become the affable Romney, Obama misses the basket as often as he makes it. Earlier assumptions have been upended. Does this mean that Mitt Romney deserves a second look? He and his people, in the aftermath of the debate, clearly think he does. Whether that’s because Romney seems less ominous, and…

  By Leonard Fein Oct 14, 2012 | 3 min read
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  The 1 Billion User Man

  Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is proud to be a 1 billion user man. After the social network hit the 10-digit mark for users, Zuckerberg said he was “humbled” by the power of connecting poeople. “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life,”…

  By Seth Berkman Oct 14, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Taking Israel’s Protests to Ballot Box

  Stav Shaffir is the first, but perhaps not the last, of the leaders of Israel’s social protest movement to enter politics. Shaffir, a 27-year-old journalist, is vying for a spot on the Labor Party’s list for the upcoming January 22 elections. In a video that friends helped her produce, Shaffir, recognizable to many by her…

  By Renee Ghert-Zand Oct 14, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Jewish Twitter-Sphere Abuzz Over Veep Debate

  What’s the use of a spin room when we have social media? Last night, the Twitterverse turned its eyes towards the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. You’ve probably already heard all of the “malarkey” from partisans representing both parties, but here’s a look at the lighter side of last night’s important…

  By Seth Berkman Oct 12, 2012 | 2 min read
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  When Balding Jews Attack

  A startling video posted online Thursday night shows California Rep. Brad Sherman violently grabbing his bitter rival Rep. Howard Berman during a debate. The confrontation between the two Jewish Democrats fighting for their political lives was shot at a Thursday night debate at Pierce College, according to a report in the Los Angeles Daily News….

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Oct 12, 2012 | < 1 min read