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News Mr. Grayson Salsas Back to Washington
Thanks to overwhelming support from a growing Puerto Rican community in Central Florida, Alan Grayson, the pugnacious Jewish Democrat ousted in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is returning to Congress after a historic landslide. Grayson’s success comes after the 18-point shellacking he took as an incumbent congressman two years ago. This time, he won…
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News Tough Night for Sheldon Adelson
It’s been a tough night for Jewish political mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate who was the biggest political donor of the election cycle. Adelson and his wife had backed Mitt Romney with $20 million in donations to the pro-Romney super PAC. But his spending on failed Republican candidates went well beyond the…
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Fast Forward Fresh Faces Among 32 Jews in New Congress
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is no closer to having a minyan. The majority leader will remain the sole Jewish member of his party’s caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a generally rough night for Republicans, the party’s top Jewish congressional prospects all went down to defeat to Democrats. In Ohio, state Treasurer Josh…
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Fast Forward Shmuley Boteach Loses to Pascrell in New Jersey
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has lost his bid for a congressional seat from New Jersey. The Orthodox rabbi, author and media personality was handily defeated in his effort to unseat Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). Boteach mounted a longshot run as a Republican in the heavily Democratic northeastern New Jersey district. Pascrell previously had defeated fellow Democratic…
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Opinion 31 Jews in Congress
As the election enters its final stretch, the Forward is making some final projections for our congressional scorecard based on the latest polling results. We now predict at least 31 Jews — 10 in the Senate and 21 in the House of Representatives — will serve in the next Congress, a slight rise from the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Pull Out of Interfaith Meeting
Jewish groups pulled out of an upcoming meeting with Protestant colleagues over a letter from Christian leaders to congressmen calling for a possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel. “While we remain committed to continuing our dialogue and our collaboration on the many issues of common concern, the letter represents an escalation in activity that…
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Opinion 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…
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Fast Forward Adelsons Give $500K to Pro-Boteach Super PAC
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $500,000 to a Super PAC supporting Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s bid for Congress. The Adelsons gave the money to the Patriot Prosperity PAC, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the gift. The Adelsons gave $500,000 to the PAC earlier this year and also…
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