Liz Brody
By Liz Brody
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News Sure, Roy Moore’s Jewish Lawyer Is A Christian — He’s Still A Mensch
There’s a joke that’s often told in the South about a hunter on the line with the local emergency services after the buddy who is with him while stalking deer has a heart attack. He tells the woman on the line, “Bubba’s dead,” to which the woman responds, “Well, sir, make sure that Bubba is…
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News I Found Roy Moore’s Jewish Attorney — And He’s A Friend Of Doug Jones
Roy Moore loves his many attorneys. On Thursday, a whole gaggle of them got another 15 minutes of fame as he sued the state of Alabama to block the certification of Doug Jones as a United States senator. On December 12, Jones beat Moore in a special election. If you’re reading this, you’ll remember that…
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News My Quest To Find Roy Moore’s ‘Jewish Attorney’ (If There Is One)
When Kayla Moore said that she and husband Roy Moore, lately defeated but un-conceded in Alabama’s special senate election, had a Jewish lawyer, I was intrigued. As a Jewish New Jersey transplant who graduated from high school and college in Alabama, and who still lives here, I found myself surprisingly eager to suspend my disbelief….
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News Jewish Alabama Hails Roy Moore’s Defeat As A Hanukkah Miracle
On the first night of Hanukkah, Alabama’s Jews said the Shehecheyanu, the 2,000-year-old prayer of generalized thanksgiving that’s almost always appropriate: “Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has granted us life, sustained us and enabled us to reach this moment.” Then they were presented with another miracle, on top of…
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News Where Do Jews Fit In Roy Moore’s Alabama?
Many would say Alabama is black and white. Trying to convince those people otherwise feels futile. As a Yankee who lives here now, it’s easy to reduce Alabama to a fever dream and hide in an enclave of Jews, most transplanted here because Birmingham’s a college town that needs academics. I’m a bit of a…
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