• With the release of Ayelet Waldman’s “Bad Mother” and Lenore Skenazy’s “Free Range Kids,” self-proclaimed “bad” Jewish mothers are having their moment. • A breast cancer diagnosis brought Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz closer to her Jewish heritage, according to a Moment magazine profile of the Florida Democrat. • Jewess has a Q&A with Tamar Snyder, the founder…
It’s difficult to quantify whether Jews are in line to hold any sort of a record number of top positions in the Obama administration or the next Congress, but it’s clear that a large number of Jews stand to serve in key positions. Among the latest is U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman. The California Democrat dethroned…
Hello pot, the kettle’s on Line 3. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who doesn’t exactly have the strongest bona fides when it comes to Israel or any foreign policy, is questioning whether Democrat Barack Obama is really as staunch a supporter of Israel as he contends. CBS News reports that at a rally in…
Supporters of Barack Obama readily acknowledge a lingering reluctance among many Jewish voters to embrace the presumptive nominee. The campaign has recently stepped up its outreach to Jewish voters and the Jewish community at large, including naming long-time adviser Daniel Shapiro to a formal role in the Obama campaign. Jewish and political leaders say the…
The Washington Post has a great story today about the record (albeit still pretty miniscule) number of women in Congress with children under the age of 13. The grand total, by the way, is 10. This is in a year when the total number of women in Congress is itself at a record high, with…
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