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UN Racism Conference Starts Today–Ahmadinejad Accuses Israel of Genocide

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Well, it's not as if the United Nations Durban II conference against racism was ever going to avoid controversy. The primary storyline going into...

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A B’racha for Barack? The Obama Kiddush

July 13, 2023
By Mandy Katz
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By Mandy Katz Raise a glass tonight and every night through January 20. You don't have to know Hebrew to intone this one (though it helps...

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Obama's Jewish CIA Director: Anthony Lake?

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
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The New York Times claims Lake can have the job if he wants it. While it's not clear that he does, he's certainly in the...

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Is Rahm Emanuel the Jewish LBJ?

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
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Who is Rahm Emanuel (Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff)? For starters, he’s Jewish. He, his wife Amy, and their three children attend the Anshei Sholom...

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Finding the "Real (Jewish) Americans"

May 8, 2012
By Mandy Katz
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More than 200 professors of Jewish studies have joined to form the latest Jews-for-Obama group, reports The Jewish Daily Forward. But the Republican Jewish Coalition...

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Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep

May 8, 2012
By Mindy Gold
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Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its...

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Jews Go Gaga for Eggheads

May 8, 2012
By Lawrence Kessner
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By InTheMoment contributor Larry Kessner. Maybe in the Czech Republic, poets can become president, but not here. Maybe in France they like their presidents...

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Palin and Evangelicals Give Jews the Creeps. Relax, People.

May 8, 2012
By Lawrence Kessner
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By Inthemoment contributor Larry Kessner.

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Rabbis for Obama

March 29, 2013
By Jeremy Gillick
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Over 300 American rabbis publicly announced their support for Barack Obama yesterday with the launch of a “Rabbis for Obama” website. The movement was founded by...

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