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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer’s Ex-Wife Takes His Name — Eyes Political Future
Women usually dump their married names after a divorce, but the ex-wife of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer – has gone in the other direction, changing her name from Silda Wall to Silda Wall Spitzer via a filing in an upstate court. “Petitioner simply desires to change her name from Silda Alice Wall, her legal…
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Opinion The Political Rabbi’s Survival Guide
On my desk, there is a small black and white photograph depicting the late Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld of Cleveland, his face bloody from a beating that he suffered at the hands of segregationists in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964. It is now more than a half century later, and from what I…
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Fast Forward Emmanuel Macron Vaults Into Lead With French Jews in Rollercoaster Presidential Race
(JTA) — With old favorites knocked out of France’s presidential race and the far-right National Front party making worrisome gains, many Jews are joining fellow voters in supporting Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old independent politician and surprising front-runner. A banker who is 18 years younger than the average age of past presidents in France, Macron was…
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Opinion When Should Religious Leaders Get Political From the Pulpit?
One of the best debates I remember having in rabbinical school was whether a rabbi should speak about politics from the pulpit. In theory it makes sense why a rabbi would try to avoid doing so as God is neither a Republican or a Democrat. The rabbi not only runs the risk of potentially alienating…
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Fast Forward Columbia Professor Accuses Right-Wing Jews of ‘Infesting’ American Politics
Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi is bemoaning that right-wing Jews are “infesting” the American government and influencing policy toward Israel. “There are a group of people, a lot of them in Israel, some of them in the United States, who live in a world of their own,” he told WBEZ’s Jerome McDonnell, criticizing President-elect Donald Trump…
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Opinion Lessons from the Israeli Left: Civil Society Is No Substitute for Smart Electoral Politics
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, many Americans disappointed by the results of the election are looking to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a panacea to combat hate and preserve the values they hold dear. The ADL has benefitted from a marked uptick in donations. Writing in Ha’aretz on “How to…
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Community The Looming Revolution in Jewish American Politics
The election of Donald Trump is an earthquake shaking the foundations of American politics. Established leaders and advocates for change in both the Republican and Democratic parties will be dealing with the aftershocks for years to come. So too this election foreshadows seismic change in Jewish America. For decades, the established leadership of the Jewish…
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Opinion After This Election, Americans Have Lost Faith in Polling. Should Jews?
One casualty of the election: people’s faith in surveys. We relied on polls to help us understand the election and they seemingly failed us. Although pre-election polls came within 1-2% of predicting the national popular vote, state polls that were the basis for Electoral College predictions were far less accurate. Whether and how to use…
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