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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker To Host Obama Fundraiser
Michelle, meet Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha, and Miranda. Sarah Jessica Parker is the latest Hollywood star to offer up her not-so-humble abode in the name of Obama fundraising. Following in the footsteps of George Clooney and Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who raised a cool $15 million from a bash at Clooney’s place, Parker is offering up…
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Opinion Presidential Questions on Peace Process
The battle for the philo-Israel vote is taking familiar shape as both major candidates and major parties do their best to pledge fealty to Israel at this hour of maximum peril. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are outdoing each other when it comes to their rhetoric. Obama says he’s got Israel’s back. Romney…
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The Schmooze Stern Weighs in on Obama Marriage Stance
Radio host Howard Stern is telling President Obama to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. While so many other celebrities have been praising the president for publicly stating earlier this week that he is personally in favor of same-sex marriage, Stern is criticizing him for not going far enough. “I wish the…
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Opinion Katzenberg’s $12 Million Party for Obama
President Obama raised a reported $12 million for his reelection campaign at a Hollywood fundraiser at George Clooney’s home co-hosted by top Obama donor Jeffrey Katzenbeg. The May 10 fundraiser came days after Obama announced his personal support of legal recognition for gay marriage. Though the president stopped well short of calling for federal legislation,…
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The Schmooze Clooney Hosts Big-Time Obama Fundraising Party
In case you hadn’t heard, there is going to be a big fundraising bash for President Obama’s reelection campaign tonight over at George Clooney’s place. No one — well, at least no Democrat — would want to miss that, right? But before you run to put on your party dress, you might want to know…
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Life Marriage, Evolved
The public acceptance of gay marriage by the President of the United States — a position that most Jews support — is hardly the end of the struggle for full equality for LGBTQ citizens, who continue to lack many of the same enshrined rights and protections as other minority groups. Similarly, Barack Obama’s historic announcement of…
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Opinion Three Reasons Obama’s Right on Gay Marriage
President Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage is good for the Jews. Why? Here are three reasons. First is the “who.” Obama’s support of same-sex marriage signals that he’s not going to let a noisy religious minority dictate public policy. This is important for all religious minorities, including the Jewish one, because that same group of…
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News Jewish Groups Back Obama on Gay Marriage
Jewish leaders praised President Barack Obama’s statement that he personally supports gay marriage. “I am pleased that the President has made a decisive statement in support of marriage equality,” said National Jewish Democratic Council chair Marc R. Stanley in an emailed statement. “President Obama has admirably continued to demonstrate the values of tikkun olam in…
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