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News Los Angeles ‘Jewish’ Mayoral Candidates Focus on Economy Not Ethnicity
The prospect that Los Angeles will get its first Jewish mayor increased sharply after the votes were counted in the city’s recent non-partisan primary election. But whether Jewish issues will play any part in the next round of campaigning is about as uncertain as the identity of next year’s Oscar host. The primary results left…
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Fast Forward Sen. Carl Levin Won’t Run for Reelection
Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, said on Thursday he would not seek re-election in 2014, ending more than three decades in the Senate. “This decision was extremely difficult because I love representing the people of Michigan in the U.S. Senate and fighting for the things that…
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Israel News Obama Tells Jewish Leaders He Will Ask Both Sides To Jumpstart Peace Process
On his upcoming visit to Israel, President Obama will tell Israelis that “both sides have an obligation” to return to long frozen negotiations to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to Jewish leaders who met with Obama Thursday. The construction, if accurate, is notable as it varies somewhat from the government of Israel’s stance that it…
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News States Move to Extend Window on Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits; Was AIPAC Boring?
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward reporter Paul Berger to discuss New York may ease restrictions on lawsuits stemming from decades-old cases of child sex abuse and, if the law passes, how it might bring justice for victims at Yeshiva University. Then, Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman reports…
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The Schmooze First Picture of Woody Allen’s New Film Released
Does Woody Allen ever sleep? Sony Pictures just released a still from the filmmaker’s 46th feature film, to be released later this year. “Blue Jasmine” will star Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Bobby Cannavale, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg, in a film about “the final stages of an acute…
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The Schmooze "Rhoda" Actress Puts On A Brave Face
Valerie Harper, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” —remember those headscarves? — revealed yesterday that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. On January 15, her doctors told her that she had as little as three months left to live. In a tear-jerker interview with People Magazine,…
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Fast Forward Venezuela Jews Watch Warily at Tumult Over Death of Strongman Hugo Chavez
Students at the Ma’or HaTorah yeshiva in Caracas knew something was afoot Tuesday afternoon when bodyguards driving bullet-proof vehicles started showing up unexpectedly at the gate, whisking teenagers from wealthy families to the safety of their homes. “After the second and third came, we realized this was serious,” Aron Misadon, a 16-year-old student at the…
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Fast Forward Alfred Dreyfus Document Trove Is Posted Online by French Defense Ministry
France’s Defense Ministry has posted online hundreds of documents from the trial of Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish soldier whose wrongful espionage conviction was a determinant in the genesis of political Zionism. The historical department of the French Ministry of Defense, SHD, placed online this week the entire military file that was used to convict Dreyfus…
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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