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  Alleged Child Molesting Pastor Wrapped in Torah Scrolls

  Apparently oblivious to how offensive this would be to any non-messianic Jew, Atlanta pastor Eddie Long — who privately settled lawsuits with several men who had alleged he molested them as boys, and whose wife recently divorced him for the same reason — allowed himself to be wrapped in a Torah scroll by messianic ‘Jew’…

  By Jay Michaelson

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  Conservative Florida Jew Switches to House Bid

  It looks like Adam Hasner won’t end the drought of Republican Jews in the U.S. Senate. The onetime Florida Republican hopeful, whose troubled Senate campaign the Forward profiled last week, has dropped out of the race against U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, son of the former Senator Connie Mack III. But Hasner hasn’t given up…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Feb 2, 2012 | 2 min read
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  The Revenge of Saul Alinsky

  I have to share Dana Milbank’s sentiment in his open love letter to Newt Gingrich this week. It would be a real shame to lose Newt (and he thinks the liberal east coast media elite hates him! Au contraire!). Mostly I would be saddened by the thought that the ghost of Saul Alinsky would then…

  By Gal Beckerman Feb 2, 2012 | < 1 min read

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  Race for the Door

  Why Planned Parenthood has become Public Enemy No. 1 for a vocal segment of conservative America remains a mystery to us. All of its services are legal and medically necessary, filling an essential void left by our piecemeal, inequitable health care system, which is why the federal government provides the agency with $363 million annually….

  Feb 2, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Islamophobic Film and Its Jewish Backers

  The New York Police Department is caught up in a tangled spat with the city’s Muslim community and assorted liberal groups over counter-terrorism measures that seem to have crossed the line into rank anti-Muslim bigotry. The department’s chief spokesman has made matters worse by repeatedly offering explanations of police actions that turned out to be…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 2, 2012 | 4 min read
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  More Adelson Cash Flows to Gingrich

  The eyebrow-raising $10 million in donations to a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC from billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, isn’t the only Adelson money flowing into the Gingrich cause. Federal filings on Tuesday revealed an additional $1 million in donations to Winning Our Future, the pro-Gingrich super PAC, from members of the…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Feb 1, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Following Ultra-Orthodox Money Trail

  You’ve already heard about the wave of violence by ultra-Orthodox zealots in Israel: grown men spitting on and cursing terrified little girls trying to walk to school; harassing women who refuse to move to the back of public buses; stoning those buses, private cars and the police, and starting full-blown riots. But did you know…

  By Shmarya Rosenberg Feb 1, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Rate the Anti-Semites

  Be your own anti-Semitic hall monitor! In the wake of the recent debate over a biting cartoon aimed at Benjamin Netanyahu, Occupy Judaism’s resident technologist, Dan Sieradski has created antisemiticornot. It’s a tongue-in-cheek site that allows users to post and vote on figures, organizations or concepts that may or may not be considered anti-Semitic. According…

  By Eddy Portnoy Feb 1, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Newt Faces Tough Road Ahead

  Newt Gingrich is in for a tough few weeks. Following a decisive loss to Mitt Romney in Florida, Gingrich will move through a number of contests that appear to favor Romney before Super Tuesday, on March 6, analysts say. Next up for the Republicans is Nevada, which will hold its caucuses on February 4. Romney…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Feb 1, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Florida Exit Polls Suggest Fewer Jews Vote GOP

  Florida’s Jewish voters were in the crosshairs of Republican efforts to peel support away from President Obama in the general election. Exit polls from the Republican primary suggest that the strategy may not be working particularly well. According to polls posted by Fox News, only 1% of voters in today’s Republican primary identified themselves as…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Feb 1, 2012 | < 1 min read
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  Obama’s Jewish Mega-Bundlers

  Disclosures released today by the Obama campaign cite more prominent Jews among Obama’s top fundraisers. Prominent additions in the latest quarterly report include American Council for World Jewry chair Jack Rosen and former chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Alan Solow. The Forward reported in December that Obama had lost…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Jan 31, 2012 | 2 min read