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The thing is, as long as Obama keeps it close in high-delegate states like New York and California and wins enough of the smaller states and rural areas, then I think he can stay in reach of Clinton on...
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In 1978, a cardiologist and author named Michael Halberstam imagined 1988 in a fast, funny novel titled The Wanting of Levine, in which a man named A.L. Levine is poised to become the first Jewish...
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Temple Beth Hillel, San Fernando Valley, Calif. I am all alone. For the first time in 35 years, I sit in the sanctuary at my childhood place of worship, reform Temple Beth Hillel in the San Fernando...
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On February 10, the citizens of Israel will vote in a new prime minister. We would be happy to get an Obama-like figure who symbolizes change and tells us, “Yes, we can.” But at the moment, our...
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Lebanon’s parliamentary elections yesterday delivered a strong blow to Hezbollah and its Iranian-Shiite patrons by granting the pro-Western March 14 coalition, consisting of Sunni, Druze, and Christian...
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Until Friday’s presidential vote in Iran, the smarty-pants view in Jewish circles was this: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be a menace, but at least he’s a Holocaust-denying menace who rarely wastes...
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Of all the absurdities we lovingly call journalism, my favorite bit of intellectual calisthenics is the “X—It’s Just Like Y!” routine. Here’s how it’s done: Choose a hotly contested topic (abortion,...
View ArticlePresident Sarkozy has taken up a plank of the Xenophobic Front National
It’s election season in France, which, as it does in all countries, means a collective drop in IQ. In a Tuesday debate, President Nicolas Sarkozy repeated his Saturday call for “the ticketing...
View ArticleShmuley Boteach and Noah Feldman on Jesus the Jew
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach made a huge splash with his 1999 book, Kosher Sex. The book, along with works including Kosher Sutra and Kosher Adultery, flouts taboos against discussing physical intimacy,...
View ArticleYair Rosenberg Accuses President Obama's Critics of Ignoring Past President's...
Today in Tablet Magazine, Yair Rosenberg reminds critics of President Obama’s Israel policy that it was once President Ronald Reagan being accused of bullying the Jewish state. On a completely...
View ArticleRabbi Sharon Brous on Why She's Voting for President Barack Obama
We all know that if you want to change someone’s mind it’s a waste of time to offer logical arguments, facts, and figures. None of this will work—people only hear whatever supports the positions they...
View ArticleA look at the political contributions of America's wealthiest Jews
Conventional wisdom has it that Jews go for Democrats—and according to the latest Gallup poll, that’s certainly true in this presidential election. But are big-time Jewish names actually putting their...
View ArticleMontreal Elects First Hasidic Woman to Office with Mindy Pollak's Outremont...
Wow what a night! Thank you, Claude-Ryan voters, for your confidence in me. I am so looking forward to working together with you. — Mindy Pollak (@MindyPollak) November 4, 2013Continue reading...
View ArticleAustralia's New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Believes He Has Jewish Roots
On Tuesday, Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in at the Government House in Canberra as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, the country’s fourth since 2013. Turnbull defeated Tony Abbott in a “sudden and...
View ArticleLearn, Practice, and Perfect Your Hebrew: A Podcast About Casting a Vote
The New York primaties are today, so celebrate with an exploration of the Hebrew election lexicon (for when you’ve finished perusing Yiddish Bernie Sanders ads, that is). This week’s StreetWise Hebrew...
View ArticleNo Matter Who Wins in November, the Jews Have Already Lost
Let’s get real: No matter what happens in November, America will survive. True, we’ve every right to feel incensed that the choice we now face is between a thoroughly corrupt cynic and a reprehensibly...
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The thing is, as long as Obama keeps it close in high-delegate states like New York and California and wins enough of the smaller states and rural areas, then I think he can stay in reach of Clinton on...
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In 1978, a cardiologist and author named Michael Halberstam imagined 1988 in a fast, funny novel titled The Wanting of Levine, in which a man named A.L. Levine is poised to become the first Jewish...
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Temple Beth Hillel, San Fernando Valley, Calif. I am all alone. For the first time in 35 years, I sit in the sanctuary at my childhood place of worship, reform Temple Beth Hillel in the San Fernando...
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On February 10, the citizens of Israel will vote in a new prime minister. We would be happy to get an Obama-like figure who symbolizes change and tells us, “Yes, we can.” But at the moment, our...
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