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As the Democrats’ chief deputy whip, Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz herds her colleagues for key votes. So I figured she could rustle up nine Jews.
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Opinion Hagel, the Israel Lobby and Kerry’s Peace Bid
The Daily Beast just posted a magazine-length article by yours truly looking back at the Chuck Hagel confirmation battle and the role (or lack thereof) of the Jewish community and the notorious “Israel lobby” in the affair. What’s surprising about the whole affair, on close reexamination, is how absent the Jewish advocacy community was from…
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Food Story of a Fishpond in Rural Mexico
This is the story of a fishpond. Not just any old fishpond, but a fishpond in Muchucuxcah (Pronounce the x like a sh), Mexico, four hours west of Cancun. I was in Muchucuxcah for ten days in January with American Jewish World Service’s Rabbinical Students Delegation. We were there to learn about global poverty, to…
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Food Kosher Food Coming to Senate Cafeteria
Some good news for hungry Jewish Capitol Hill staffers, lobbyists and politicos. The Senate cafeteria will soon begin offering kosher food alongside its regular specialties (which include the famous ham-and-bean soup). As first reported this week in The Washington Post, the cafeteria has reached an agreement with a local kosher deli to provide pre-packed sandwiches…
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News Remembering Marla Gilson
In Washington, the value of people is all too often measured by how close they are to this senator or that one, or what office they hold in whichever administration is in power at the moment. Yet Marla Gilson wasn’t a senator, Cabinet secretary or billionaire. Completely down to earth, she was never wearing the…
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Life Child Nutrition Seders Fight Hunger
Ten O’clock in the morning might be a little early for a Passover Seder, especially if one intends to drink all four glasses of wine. But this was a Seder with a cause, and for dozens of Capitol Hill staffers, anti-hunger activists and students, its seemed just right. The Congressional Seder on March 18 was…
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