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OPINION: Will redistricting diminish the influence of the Jewish community?
By MARC GRONICH
Redistricting is a process undertaken every 10 years with the release of new census data so each of Albany County’s 39 legislators serve roughly the same number of residents. This year’s proposed redistricting could diminish the influence of the Albany Jewish community.
Albany County has 304,204 residents. Divided by 39 districts, that means each [...]
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Tagged Albany, Albany County, Bethlehem, community, county legislator, government representation, Harold Joyce Albany, Israel, Leah Golby, MARC GRONICH, member legislature, Phil Steck, Redistricting, redistricting commission, Reporter A
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Palin, Trump may be media darlings, but they don’t excite Jewish Republicans
By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA)– Republican Jews to Donald Trump (left): You’re not hired. That is, not until you at least turn up to an interview with a resume.
And the same goes for Sarah Palin, (right) another media favorite who keeps flirting with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination but never commits.
Leading Jewish Republicans, many speaking off the record, [...]
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Tagged Alan Joel Steinberg, Alaska, Bill Kristol, China, Cleveland, Colorado, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Fred Taub, Houston, houston businessman, India, Iowa, Israel, Jared Kushner, Jay Zeidman, Jennifer Rubin, joel steinberg, Las Vegas, New Jersey, policy, President Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, republican presidential nomination, Sarah Palin, Speech, U.S., United States, Washington
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OPINION: America’s irresponsible silence on Syria
BY MATTHEW RJ BRODSKY (left)
The American Spectator
When it comes to the “Arab Spring” in Syria, the silence and lack of leadership in Washington is stunning. Two months into the uprising, unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as 800 people have been killed with as many as 10,000 arrested. The countrywide crackdown is massive, with the [...]
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Tagged America, Assad, bashar al assad, Clinton, Egypt, Golan Heights, hafez al assad, IRAN, Iraq, Israel, Kerry, Lebanon, Libya, Madrid, MATTHEW RJ, Middle East, North Korea, President Obama, regime, Senator John Kerry, state sponsors of terrorism, Sy, Syria, U, U.S., United States, Washington
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Fighters for Israel’s independence recall life-changing experience
THIS BAND OF BROTHERS, MACHALNIKS, WOULD GO ON TO FIGHT IN ALL BRANCHES of the Israel Defense Forces, but their greatest impact was in applying their World War II training to build up the Israeli Air Force and Navy.
By TOM TUGEND
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—For Ira Feinberg (left), what he calls the “pinnacle of my life’s experiences” [...]
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Tagged Bet, Bob Vickerson, Browning, Burma, Cambridge, Canada, Col., England, Esther Shawmut, Fort Lee, hebrew acronym, Hollywood, Ira Feinberg, Israel, israel defense forces, israeli air force, Jason Fenton, Joe Warner, Kirk Douglas, Los Angeles, mail correspondence, Marcus, Mickey, N.J., New York City, open cockpits, Palestine, Panama, South Africa, TOM TUGEND, U.S., U.S. Navy, United Kingdom, war, world
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Wasserman Schultz brings Jewish identity to top party role
By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA)–Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s first day as a sophomore in the U.S. House of Representatives, on Jan. 8, 2007, was marked by a number of extraordinary achievements for a woman barely out of her first term.
Named to the Democratic caucus leadership. Named to the all-powerful Appropriations Committee. Named as a major fundraiser—$17 million—for [...]
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Tagged America, Arizona, Calif., Capitol Hill, caucus leadership, Clinton, David Harris, Debbie Wasserman, debbie wasserman schultz, Fla., Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Gabrielle Giffords, gov tim kaine, hillary rodham clinton, Israel, J Street, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, North America, Party, Peter Deutsch, Pia Carusone, President Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Schultz, Steve Gutow, Tim Kaine, U.S., U.S. House, Virginia, Washington
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Mitt Romney, John Thune make pitch to Jewish Republicans at RJC
By RON KAMPEAS
LAS VEGAS (JTA)–At the Republican Jewish Coalition’s winter leadership retreat here, it was the absence of certain likely candidates for president that had the crowd most excited.
While names like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann generate enthusiasm at some other conservative gatherings, their absence over the weekend here had the Jewish crowd giddy that [...]
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Tagged America, Czech Republic, Dan Lederman, Europe, health, IRAN, Israel, john thune, Las Vegas, Massachusetts, Matt Brooks, Michele Bachmann, Poland, President, President Obama, President
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Should frozen sperm be used to create posthumous grandchildren?
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG
NEW YORK CITY (Tablet)–Last fall, 27-year-old Ohad Ben-Yaakov was injured in an accident at his part-time job, and he died after two weeks in a coma. Ben-Yaakov wasn’t married, nor was he in a relationship. No woman was pregnant with his child.
Nevertheless, his devastated parents believe it’s not too late for them to [...]
‘On the internet, nobody knows you are a dog,’…or a lunatic
By FAYE BITTKER
BEERSHEBA, Israel (JTA)–The blogger is a dog…Or a lunatic, extremist or just someone whose opinion you would dismiss were you really to know him.
Like the famous 1993 New Yorker cartoon, where one dog explains to the other that “On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog,” we are inundated today with information [...]
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Tagged 24 hour news, Alex Berlyne, critical thinking skills, dog, FAYE BITTKER, Israel, Jerusalem, new yorker cartoon, someone
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