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Food 5 Ben and Jerry’s Flavors to Sweeten the Iran Deal
While we wait for senators to make up their minds on the Iran Deal, two important Jews have announced their opinion on it. , have announced their support for the controversial deal. The two ice cream mavens wrote in an email newsletter from the liberal nonprofit policy group MoveOn last Wednesday: “This agreement is the…
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Opinion How Iran Is Winning the Media War
In 1999, I joined CBS 60 Minutes II to help create a segment about a leading political prisoner in Iran. It had been a difficult piece to report, and in it I had invested months of legwork and personal contacts. Now, the late beloved Bob Simon was to tell the tale of the Iranian Andre…
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Opinion Jewish Leaders, Don’t Be Afraid To Fight Iran Deal
My 30 years as a hedge fund manager have taught me to spot someone attempting to hedge his bet. As I look around the American Jewish landscape, I see much of our leadership doing just that — crafting cleverly noncommittal “statements of concern” about the Iran deal, expressing neither approval nor disapproval. Many openly despair…
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Fast Forward Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow Will Back Iran Deal
President Barack Obama on Monday picked up the support of another Democratic senator for the Iran nuclear deal as Debbie Stabenow of Michigan announced that she will vote to allow the pact to go ahead. “I have determined that the imminent threat of Iran having a nuclear weapon outweighs any flaws I see in the…
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Opinion Why Federations Shouldn’t Take Sides on Iran
As the debate about the joint agreement on Iran’s nuclear future reaches into its second month, defying the August doldrums and energizing Washington lobbyists, some American Jews are still making up their minds. Polls are split on the matter, indicating a slight majority for or against the deal, depending on who is asking and how…
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Fast Forward Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid Announces Support for Iran Nuclear Deal
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal. Reid (D-Nev.) called the deal the “best way” to curtail Iran’s military ambitions, in an interview Sunday with the Washington Post. “This is the best way, the only way, to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,” Reid said. Reid also told…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Inches Closer to Iran Deal Victory
President Barack Obama is gradually building support in the U.S. Congress for an international nuclear deal with Iran, working the phones to counter lobbying against the pact and sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to support it. Obama needs to win the backing of one-third of either the House of Representatives or the Senate…
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Fast Forward Jerry Nadler, Upper West Side Congressman, Will Support Iran Deal
Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said on Friday he would support the nuclear deal with Iran after President Barack Obama sent him a letter spelling out the merits of the agreement. The deal has flaws but it “gives us the best chance of stopping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon,” Nadler said in…
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