Jennifer Siegel
By Jennifer Siegel
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News Early Primaries Seen Boosting Jewish Voters
The rush of coastal states attempting to move their presidential primaries up to January or February of next year could provide Jewish primary voters with a much greater role than ever before in selecting a nominee. Long an outsize presence among the activists and fundraisers who make up the lifeblood of national campaigns, Jewish Americans…
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News Supreme Court Set To Hear Arguments in Key Church-State Case
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that Jewish organizations say could reduce oversight of the executive branch and limit the ability of advocacy groups to bring church-state legal challenges. The case, known as Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. and slated to be heard February 28, pits the Bush…
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News In Aipac Talk, Clinton Offers Up Red Meat Before Calling for Engagement With Iran
When Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed a packed crowd of Israel supporters in New York last week, she opened with a joke that signaled she was among respected old friends. Earlier in the afternoon, Clinton said, she had been frantic, as a critical Senate vote on the minimum wage delayed her trip north for the…
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News Clash Looms Over Energy Independence
A major debate over energy and the environment is poised to erupt among national Jewish organizations at an upcoming public policy conference. According to communal insiders, several groups belonging to the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, a policy coordinating body made up of 13 national Jewish organizations and 125 local Jewish communities, are wrangling over…
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News Crisis Over Iran Poses Political Headaches For Democratic Presidential Hopefuls
With American-Iranian tensions mounting, Democratic presidential contenders are facing a daunting political challenge: how to speak out against Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons in a way that appeals to pro-Israel supporters without alienating the party’s overwhelmingly anti-war rank and file. The political tightrope has been on prominent display in recent weeks, as liberal insiders denounced…
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News Hillary to Aipac: Talk to Tehran, But Keep All Options Open
In a speech before a packed pro-Israel crowd in New York, Senator Hillary Clinton made a forceful, if measured, case for the need to engage with Iran and Syria, while reaffirming her commitment to denying Tehran nuclear weapons. “If we are having to pursue potential action against Iran, then I want to know more about…
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News With Minnesota’s ‘Jewish Seat’ Up for Grabs, Comic Eyes Run and GOPer Runs From Bush
Al Franken is not yet officially running for the Senate, but the comedian-turned-liberal pundit already may have unleashed the best joke of his campaign. Franken’s favorite quip, the one he has repeated frequently at Democratic fundraisers over the past year, is that if he runs, he would be the only New York Jew in the…
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News Pa. Lawmaker Short-circuits GOP Grab
In some ways, Pennsylvania State Rep. Joshua Shapiro, 33, had a low-key New Year’s Eve. Married, with children ages 1 and 5, he did the “lame parents” thing with his wife: Chinese food, kids to bed early, hanging out in front of the TV. Then, before midnight, Shapiro — a moderate, second-term Democrat who took…
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