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100 politicians, justice officials sign letter backing Sholom Rubashkin
More than 100 former judges, attorneys general and prominent politicians have signed a letter supporting Sholom Rubashkin, the Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive sentenced to 27 years in prison for fraud and money laundering.
Iowa Senate passes anti-BDS bill
The Iowa state Senate voted to approve a bill aimed at countering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel.
Bernie Sanders dominates social media conversation on Iowa
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders dominated overall conversation about the Iowa caucuses on Facebook Inc. on Monday, the social network said.
Sanders, citing email controversy, questions Clinton’s electability
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday took a jab at rival Hillary Clinton\’s electability, pointing to the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server as evidence of potential damage to the front-runner\’s campaign.
For Jewish campaign staffers, a welcome respite at Iowa Shabbat dinner
Some 50 presidential campaign staffers and volunteers, journalists and local movers and shakers from this capital city’s Jewish community munched on house salads inside a stately ballroom at the downtown World Food Prize building last Friday night as Aliza Kline welcomed them to Shabbat dinner.
Bernie Sanders’ religion a non-issue for Iowa voters
On a frigid night in what has been an unusually cold winter here, Bernie Sanders packed more than 1,200 people into the resplendent Orpheum Theatre, a nearly 90-year-old venue in this western Iowa outpost across the Missouri River from Nebraska.
Bernie Sanders introduces himself to the Jewish community in Iowa
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders paid a first-time visit to the Jewish community in Iowa on Sunday.