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News Jewish Numbers in Congress Set To Plunge
The U.S. Congress will see a steep drop in Jewish members after the November election, a Forward analysis suggests. The Forward is projecting that 31 Jews will serve in the next Congress — eight fewer than the number that served at the start of the last Congress. Interactive map of 2012 Congressional elections involving Jews…
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Opinion How Can Mitt Swing Florida Jews?
During my 35 years at the University of Miami, I have asked hundreds of Jews why they moved to Florida. The most common answer has been that they came here to join friends or relatives. Some came to retire, others for employment. Some wanted a place with a large Jewish community. Many mentioned the climate….
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News Marc Leder Is Secretive GOP Fundraiser
(Reuters) — Marc Leder, the host of the fundraiser where Mitt Romney labeled 47 percent of Americans as people who paid no tax and believed the government has a responsibility to care for them, has spent most of his career in relative obscurity. But the 51-year-old private equity executive, who made his fortune buying and…
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News Romney Kicks the Can, Leaving Hasidic Community, Drifting Right
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman and Editor Jane Eisner to discuss Mitt Romney’s apparent dismissal of the two-state solution in a speech in May. Then, the group turns to Eisner’s recent editorial, in which she compares political party platforms from 2012 and 1980. They may…
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Opinion The Words Do Matter
The messy alteration of the party platform at the recent Democratic National Convention was a political embarrassment for Democrats and a rhetorical gift to Republicans. But did it mean anything? At a time when presidential candidates so powerfully shape their party’s personality, do these platforms even matter anymore? In the short term, the answer is…
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Fast Forward Romney Derides Obama Supporters in New Video
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissed supporters of President Barack Obama – almost half of U.S. voters – as people who live off government handouts and do not “care for their lives,” in a potentially damaging video. “There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are…
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Fast Forward Struggling Romney Campaign Tries To Retool
After a difficult week that sparked a wave of Republican hand-wringing, Mitt Romney’s campaign team fought back on Monday against a report of disarray in his inner circle and promised to retool his message with more specifics of his policies. Senior adviser Ed Gillespie struck an optimistic tone despite the Republican worries, saying President Barack…
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Fast Forward Mitt Romney: Same Iran ‘Red Line’ as Obama
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney suggested that he had the same “red line” as President Obama on Iran but a different strategy to prevent the Islamic Republic from crossing it. Romney told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that his “red line” on Iran was the acquisition of a nuclear weapon. “My red line is Iran…
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