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Fast Forward Jack Lew Wins 19-5 Senate Committee Vote for Treasury Post
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday backed President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the U.S. Treasury Jack Lew, despite some concerns about his perks from previous employers, and clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full Senate. The 19-5 vote saw about half of the panel’s 11 Republicans opposing Lew’s nomination, which could…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Sues Reporter for ‘Foul-Mouthed’ Line
Sheldon Adelson sued a Wall Street Journal reporter for libel for calling him “foul-mouthed.” The lawsuit filed on Feb. 22 seeks “damages, including aggravated, exemplary and special damages,” for a December article co-written by Kate O’Keeffe. Only O’Keefe is named in the suit, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. “We will vigorously defend Ms. O’Keeffe…
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Opinion Prisoner X Case Signals Moment of Crisis for Israel and Jewish Diaspora
Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky probably thought he was stating the obvious when he welcomed his board of governors to Jerusalem on February 17 with a bromide about Israel-Diaspora solidarity. “It is increasingly clear,” said the chairman, still best known for his years in a Soviet prison, “that world Jewry depends on Israel and Israel…
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News Homeless Tent City Meets Suburbia in Orthodox Town
Shortly after being sworn in for his first term in January, Lakewood’s mayor, Albert Akerman, visited “Tent City,” an encampment of about 100 homeless people living in a densely wooded area of township land — a rare slice of open space in the fastest-growing municipality in New Jersey. Akerman, an Orthodox Jew originally from the…
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Fast Forward Seth MacFarlane Panned as ‘Bumbling’ Oscars Host Depite Rise in Ratings
Sunday’s Oscar ceremony scored the biggest TV audience in three years, and edgy new host Seth MacFarlane helped boost interest from young men, despite getting a mauling from TV critics. Nielsen ratings data on Monday showed that 40.3 million Americans watched the Academy Awards ceremony on ABC television, up three percent from 2012. ABC said…
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Opinion 3 Questions for the Oscars
Watching gagmeister Seth MacFarlane’s off-color, take-no-prisoners performance as host of the Oscars on Sunday night and then observing public and press reactions afterward, two things become clear. The first is that a half-century after the Civil Rights revolution and 42 years after the debut of “All in the Family,” Americans are still hopelessly divided on…
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Fast Forward Andy Samberg Gets Engaged to Joanna Newsom
Comic actor Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom are engaged to be married, a representative of Samberg said on Monday. “I can confirm that Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom are engaged,” Samberg’s publicist, Carrie Byalick, said in an email. The former “Saturday Night Live” comedian and the harpist have kept a low public profile since…
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Opinion Instagramming Purim in Hasidic Boro Park
People in Boro Park tend to stick with traditional Hasidic clothing like headscarves, shtreimels, and rekels. But on Purim you’re bound to see people dressed as clowns, princesses and even SpongeBob SquarePants. Here are a few Instagram photos from around the neighborhood that give a sense of what it’s like on Purim in Boro Park.
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Opinion Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go
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News What a Mayor Mamdani would mean for New York Jews
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Fast Forward Mamdani tells Colbert — and a national audience — why NYC Jews shouldn’t fear him as mayor
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Opinion Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement
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