If Moses Could Lobby Pharaoh, You Can ‘Lobby’ to Make the World a Better Place
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and Matan Koch
September 11, 2019
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AIPAC discouraged Rouhani overture, Rabbi Wolpe says
Jared Sichel
September 25, 2013
The pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC “actively discouraged” an effort by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to reach out to Iranian-American Jews in Los Angeles, according to Sinai Temple’s Rabbi David Wolpe.
L.A.’s top cop debates gun laws
Jonah Lowenfeld
March 6, 2013
In the ongoing debate over proposed laws aimed at reducing gun violence, the main decision-makers work in Washington, D.C. In cities and state capitols across the country, legislators, advocates and lobbyists push for new limits on gun ownership or advocate for a broad interpretation of the constitutionally protected right to bear arms.
Jack Abramoff gets radio show
Jewish Journal
July 13, 2012
Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who served a jail term for defrauding Native American tribes, is now a radio talk-show host.
Occupy K Street
Marty Kaplan
October 3, 2011
It’s premature to give the Nobel Peace Prize to those Occupy Wall Street kids. But it also may be too soon to blow them off as clueless hipsters “with nowhere to go,” as New York Times columnist Charles Blow did, calling the two weeks “a festival of frustrations, a collective venting session with little edge or urgency.”
Knesset hearings on J Street up ante in debate about ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ lobby
Jewish Journal
March 15, 2011
Is turnabout fair play when Israel examines the critics who would examine its actions? Groups on the Jewish left expressed outrage last week after the Knesset subcommittee on public diplomacy voted to convene hearings on J Street, the Washington-based lobby that calls itself “pro-Israel, pro-peace.”
New lobby launches tougher love for Israel campaign
Jewish Journal
May 3, 2010
The new European Jewish lobby JCall launched a campaign calling for tougher love for Israel.\n\nThe European Jewish Congress sharply criticized the campaign, called \”European Call for Reason,\” saying it represents a minority view.\n
Biden and the Jews: Strong ties and friendly disagreements
Jewish Journal
August 24, 2008
Before he announced his vice presidential pick, Barack Obama said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship. No one knew then that he had picked Joe Biden, but his ISO ad fit Biden\’s relationship with the Jewish community perfectly
Congress OKs bill barring military chaplains from mentioning Jesus in official prayers
Jewish Journal
October 5, 2006
Briefs courtesy of Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Memoirs From the Orthodox ‘Minefield’
Ami Eden
October 14, 2004
Unfortunately, at least from the perspective of an editor at a Jewish newspaper, our communal leaders traditionally don\’t do memoirs. The result is an incomplete record of a community that operates a multibillion-dollar charity network, has helped frame the debate on domestic issues from civil rights to church-state separation and wields increasing power on the international stage.
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