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Ulysses Grant and the Jewish vote, and its 2012 parallels


So Israelis think that US Jewish support is “essential’’ so what?


Overcoming ‘back-next-year’ syndrome


Must Read, January 13, 2012


If you don’t come back to Israel you’re going to lose it


From left to right, American Jews are criticizing Israeli anti-boycott law

Backers of a new Israeli law penalizing anyone who targets Israel or West Bank settlements for boycotts tout it as a tool to fight back against anti-Israel campaigns, but American Jewish organizations seem remarkably united in deeming the measure an affront to freedom of expression.

Quest for spiritual truth guides US woman to Sufi Islam

For many people, the word 'Islam' conjures up images of violence, suicide bombings and holy war. But not for Maryam Kabeer Faye, a Jewish-born American. She believes the religion she adopted after a long spiritual journey represents peace, love and mercy.

Study of American Jews making its way into Israeli schools

The Jews of America may be the largest Jewish community in the Diaspora, but that does not mean Israeli schoolchildren learn much about them.

When Jews on the Left See Americans on the Right as Nazis

There should be absolutely no division when it comes to condemning the use of the Holocaust and Holocaust imagery for domestic political purposes.
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A Muslim and a Jew board a boat ...


J.D. Salinger dies at 91—and was Jewish


Yes, Artie Lange is Jewish; no, he’s not dead


Braun is MLB’s Jewish MVP


New York still has Jewish hoopers


Having shiks-appeal in Hollywood


“Family Goy’s” Jewish secret


National Jewish umbrella gets another new name


Sokatch on federations’ Israel limitations


AJC’s campaign against a nuclear Iran


Baseball’s new Jew crew


Federation finds next leader in Jewish entertainment


Sokatch leaving Bay Area federation for New Israel Fund


Nazi-looted art and property law


Wondering why Jews are liberal


Jon Stewart needs to bring back Leibowitz


Rabbis and politicians arrested in New Jersey corruption scandal


Cancer cancels Beastie Boys tour


Remembering Gary Tobin


Israeli prime minister calls Rahm Emanuel a ‘self-hating Jew’


LA’s Jewish mayor for the weekend


Neo-Nazi trash on a rabbi’s highway


Michael Jackson a Jew?


New American Girl doll: poor and Jewish


Sotomayor or Cardozo: Supreme Court’s first Hispanic?


A Jew is New York’s first swine flu fatality


Asher Roth: Not a nice Jewish boy


A Jew for California governor


Variety’s Peter Bart—Jewish, whether he likes it or not


Spinka rabbi gets 24 months in prison


Nearly 40 percent of American Jews were hit by Madoff


More mini-Madoffs? Valley Jew accused of massive real estate fraud *


Alabama town’s first $50,000 Jews arrive


The economy and the Jewish future


San Berdoo’s really cool Jew


The Jewish banker with the really big heart


Should Jews sue Jews?


‘Do the Jews Really Control America?’


Remaking a staple of the Jewish community


Koufax got swindled by Madoff, too


Jewish community’s ‘devastating losses created by Madoff pale when set beside ...’


South African politician: Jewish money ‘controls America’


Iranian.com: Obama will take care of his Jewish ‘homies’


Remembering a prophet of Jewish journalism


Jews, money and a classic canard


Hadassah reveals it withdrew $130 million from Madoff account *


Muslims heart ‘The Daily Show’


Jews and Episcopalians—kindred spirits


The Jewish Forward defends Obama’s selection of Rick Warren


NYT realizes Jews aren’t just mad about money lost by Madoff


At least $600 million lost for Jewish charities



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