Eric Marx
By Eric Marx
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News Candidates’ Representatives Discuss Jewish Vote, Middle East
Representatives for seven of the nine Democratic presidential candidates squared off this week on issues of importance to the Jewish community, ranging from health care and abortion to Israel and the war on terrorism. The “Democratic Presidential Insider Roundtable,” sponsored by the New York chapter of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was held on Tuesday…
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News Israel Rules ‘Treason’ Label Rude But Legal
Israel’s attorney general has declined to bring incitement charges against 250 rabbis who signed a religious ruling branding liberal opposition leaders as traitors for their role in the Geneva Understandings. The decision not to prosecute was hailed by Orthodox leaders in Israel and the United States, many of whom were vehemently opposed to the peace…
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News U.S. Peace Coalition Rejects Unofficial Israeli-Palestinian Pact
One of the country’s largest anti-war coalitions has voted against endorsing an informal diplomatic effort to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — a move that perplexed some Jewish groups in the coalition. The November 16 vote by the Palestine Working Group of United for Peace and Justice reflected the belief among some members of the coalition…
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News Senator Urges Orthodox Leaders To Wage War on Secularism
The senate’s third-ranking Republican urged Orthodox leaders to fight the powers of “radical secularism” as if “the lives of your children are at stake.” Senator Rick Santorum, leader of the Senate Republican conference, issued his call Monday in Manhattan during the Monday keynote address at a gathering of Orthodox Union leaders, an organization representing about…
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News Gun Control Ad Highlights Jews on NRA ‘Blacklist’
In their latest campaign against the National Rifle Association, gun-control groups are highlighting the names of Jewish organizations and individuals found on an NRA-compiled “blacklist,” in what observers say is an effort to spur one of the gun-control lobby’s key constituencies to action. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence-Million Mom March bought advertisements in…
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News Sharansky Article On Campus Tour Irks Hillel Leader
In a rare rebuke, a top American Jewish organizational official is criticizing the Israeli minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, for penning a scathing critique of American Jewish campus activism. Avraham Infeld, interim president of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, said that Sharansky’s portrayal of the state of…
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News Washington Lobbyist Rips ZOA Leader About Firing
The Zionist Organization of America, an organization known for its aggressive tactics and harsh criticisms of the White House, has dismissed its top Washington lobbyist, Sarah Stern. Stern told the Forward that she and ZOA president Morton Klein had repeatedly clashed over his intense criticism of the Bush administration. But, she added, the differences came…
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News Historic Boise Synagogue Preparing for Its Dramatic Relocation
This year during the High Holy Days, in addition to praying for the health of their families and the welfare of the State of Israel, the members of Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel in Boise, Idaho, prayed for the physical well-being of their synagogue. And with good reason: It is being uprooted, literally. The synagogue —…
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