Was Frank Lautenberg sufficiently pro-Israel?
Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post berates AIPAC for what she calls its “fawning” remembrance of Frank Lautenberg, the longtime New Jersey senator who died yesterday:
Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post berates AIPAC for what she calls its “fawning” remembrance of Frank Lautenberg, the longtime New Jersey senator who died yesterday:
Frank Lautenberg’s rise to wealth and prominence is a classic rags-to-riches story.
Czech Jewish leaders said they hoped their Senate would approve restitution of confiscated religious property.
Two war protesters were sentenced to 30 days in federal prison for throwing a pie in the face of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan.
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman reportedly will not run for re-election. Lieberman (I-Conn.), who became the first Jewish nominee on a major presidential ticket when Al Gore chose him as his running mate in 2000, will announce his decision Wednesday in Hartford, Politico reported. Lieberman lost favor with Democrats over his support for the Iraq War. He lost the Connecticut primary in 2006 but ran as an independent and won.
U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a major figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America\’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died late on Tuesday at age 77.
The latest Field Poll shows U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer coasting toward re-election to a third term. She leads her Republican challenger, former California Secretary of State Bill Jones 48 to 32 percent.
She may not know the word shteibel, but she knows what\’s going on.
One influential Jewish representative was defeated, one venerated Jewish senator retired and the number of Jewish Republicans in the House may have tripled as a result of this week\’s elections.Overall, the Jewish presence in Congress will increase, with several new faces in the House of Representatives.