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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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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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Life Compromising Over Pizza and More
Jeremy and I were both raised in Modern Orthodox households, spent two years in Modern Orthodox yeshivas in Israel, and attended the flagship of Modern Orthodoxy, Yeshiva University. You’d think that it would be relatively smooth sailing when it comes to settling on the religious outlines of our household. But even though we don’t have…
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Opinion Jack Lew’s Really Bad John Hancock
Does Jack Lew need to tighten up his penmanship if he’s going to be treasury secretary? The Orthodox Jew whose signature is going to be on every single dollar bill in the land has a pretty weird — actually, an incredibly, startingly weird — signature. And it seems to be the main thing the world…
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News Jack Lew Will Be Named Treasury Secretary
President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his next Treasury secretary, choosing a budget expert and close confidant to spearhead tough fiscal fights with Congress over the U.S. deficit. If confirmed by the Senate, Lew will replace Timothy Geithner, the longest serving member of Obama’s original economic team,…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Eyed for Treasury Secretary
Jack Lew is reportedly the strong favorite to be named the next treasury secretary and President Obama may announce the pick before the end of the week. Lew, an Orthodox Jew who now serves as White House chief of staff, would replace Timothy Geithner at Treasury, Bloomberg News reported. Lew, who lives in the Bronx…
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Israel News New Faces of Israel’s Election
Israel’s January 22 general election looks unlikely to bring a change in who will be heading the government. But it does promise to shake up the Knesset by bringing a large, and in many cases controversial, cohort of new players into politics. Among them are some hard-nosed ideologues whose likely ascension to Israel’s parliament is…
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