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News Will GOP Try To Block Jack Lew?
Jacob Lew helped Orthodox observance reach the highest precincts of governance. But can a man that Republicans say “can’t get to yes” be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury? President Obama nominated Lew, his chief of staff, to the post, replacing Timothy Geithner. Lew is well known in Washington circles, but in some ways he…
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Fast Forward ‘Low-Key Guy’ Jack Lew Gets Nod at Treasury
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated his chief of staff, Jack Lew, as the next Treasury secretary, praising him as a expert on the pressing national issues of spending cuts and deficit reduction. Lew will succeed Timothy Geithner and take the lead on difficult negotiations with Congress on how to cut the nation’s massive debt…
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The Schmooze Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Tops Oscars List
Presidential drama “Lincoln” led the pack of Oscar nominees on Thursday with 12 nominations including a nod for best picture, in the race for the world’s top film honors. Joining “Lincoln” in the competition for the best movie Oscar were eight films – shipwreck tale “Life of Pi” with 11 nods, musical “Les Miserables,” Iran…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Defends Writer on ‘Anti-Semitic’ Top 10
Prominent German journalist Jakob Augstein may write “horrible, hideous” articles on Israel, but his comments don’t belong on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s ten worst anti-Semitic statements of 2012 list, a German Jewish leader said. The inclusion of Augstein trivializes all the others on the list, said Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews…
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Fast Forward Hungary Rejects Complaint About ‘Jewish List’ Leader
Prosecutors in Budapest reportedly have rejected a complaint about a lawmaker who called Jews a “security risk.” The prosecutor’s office of the Hungarian capital rejected a complaint by Rabbi Slomo Koves and Daniel Bodnar of Hungary’s Chabad-Lubavitch community over statements made in parliament in November by Marton Gyongyosi, the Associated Press reported. Gyongyosi, who represents…
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Fast Forward Giffords Anti-Gun Groups Hopes To Raise $20M
A new gun control group led by Gabrielle Giffords, the former U.S. congresswoman wounded in a Tucson shooting rampage, wants to raise $20 million for the 2014 congressional elections, matching the National Rifle Association’s spending in last November’s elections, the group’s treasurer said on Wednesday. Giffords and her husband, former U.S. astronaut Mark Kelly, have…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Would Be First Orthodox Jew at Treasury
President Barack Obama plans to announce his nomination of White House chief of staff and budget expert Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary on Thursday at an event at 1:30 p.m. ET (1330 GMT), a White House official said. Lew, 57, will take the lead on difficult negotiations with Congress on how to cut…
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News Will Yeshiva Make Abuse Report Public?
Yeshiva University has declined to say if it will make public the results of an investigation into sexual abuse allegations at its Manhattan high school despite former students’ fears about the scope, openness and motivation behind the probe. In a statement to the Forward, released January 8, a Y.U. representative promised “a full and completely…
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