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  What Sheldon’s Money Buys

  It is safe to say that without multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s help the chances of Newt Gingrich becoming the Republican nominee for president would be zero — and consequently the race itself, going into Florida at the moment, would not be the competitive, drag-out fight it has become. Adelson, the hotel and casino magnate, has kept…

  By Gal Beckerman

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  State of Fairness

  A Republican commentator complained of the State of the Union speech just after its emotive conclusion that all Barack Obama wants to do is redistribute wealth, spend more of other people’s money, and take from those who have and give it to those who don’t. Actually, what the president did in this overly detailed but…

  Jan 26, 2012 | 2 min read
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  Brotherhood Prepares for Power in Egypt

  It used to be easy to meet those leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who were not behind bars. They could be found in a dusty office on a Cairo side street; they had time for all visitors. Today, however, the movement has an imposing new headquarters in a suburb overlooking the city. One has to…

  By Nathan J. Brown Jan 25, 2012 | 4 min read

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  Gingrich’s Anti-Semitic Dog Whistle: Saul Alinsky

  When Newt Gingrich is called out for using the phrase “food stamp president,” he fiercely defends the idea that he is simply pointing out the obvious: that under Obama more people signed up for food stamps. Simple as that. He is not gently plucking racist tropes for the benefit of his base, but just telling…

  By Gal Beckerman Jan 25, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Adler’s Tearful On-Air Apology: ‘Call Me Naive’

  Andrew Adler, owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, appears on a local cable program to apologize for his recent column proposing that Israel assassinate President Obama. It’s a wrenchingly, gruesomely compelling scene of a broken man who plainly has no idea how he got himself in this mess. I was basically writing the…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 24, 2012 | 2 min read
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  All Eyes on Boca

  As the primary cycle wends its way into Florida, it’s advisable for Jews to maintain a lively sense of humor as well as a strong sense of irony. And then, of course, Florida being Florida, there are some folks here who just have an entirely different perspective on the race. Tucked behind the 10-foot privacy…

  By Peter Weisz Jan 24, 2012 | 4 min read
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  Revolution in Jewish Life Called Limmud

  Where will we go once the synagogues are gone? In a Jewish religious landscape dominated by denominations struggling to compete for dollars and daveners, the idea that the three big faith streams might fade into irrelevance, supplanted by a robust “just Jewish” identity, sounds like a fantasy. But what if it turned out that the…

  By David Hazony Jan 24, 2012 | 5 min read
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  ‘Taking Out’ Obama, and Our Slide Into Madness

  I guess we can all breathe a sigh of relief now that Andrew Adler has resigned as publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times. His January 13 column, proposing that Israel might consider assassinating President Obama, was enormously embarrassing to Israel, its supporters and Jews everywhere. Removing him from his visible position makes life a lot…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 24, 2012 | 7 min read
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  Face It: That Atlanta Publisher Is One of Us

  I guess we can all breathe a sigh of relief now that Andrew Adler has resigned as publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times. His January 13 column, proposing that Israel might consider assassinating President Obama, was enormously embarrassing to Israel, its supporters and Jews everywhere. Removing him from his visible position makes life a lot…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jan 24, 2012 | 7 min read
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  Can Santorum Win Over South Floridians?

  Coral Springs, Fla. — It doesn’t take long to find Obama voters in the synagogues and retirement communities of Jewish south Florida. Mitt Romney has fans here, too. Newt Gingrich supporters are a little harder to come by. And Jewish Rick Santorum supporters? In two and a half days of talking to Jews here, the Forward…

  By Josh Nathan-Kazis Jan 23, 2012 | 3 min read
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  Where Are the Women?

  A recent front-page story in The New York Times that discussed gender issues in Israel opened with a telling anecdote: The winner of a major honor was not permitted onstage at a government-sponsored awards ceremony because she was a woman. The disappearance of women from too many stages of public life in Israel has become…

  Jan 23, 2012 | 2 min read