9 Jewish LGBTQ activists you should know
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2016
New York City’s gay pride parade on Sunday was full of highlights. The NBA and WNBA became the first professional sports leagues to march.
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Former Jewish lawmakers urge backing for Iran nuclear deal
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2015
Jane Harman, a former Jewish lawmaker who once was the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was among 75 ex-Congress members who signed a letter urging their sitting colleagues to support the Iran nuclear deal.
11 Jewish ex-congressmen back Iran deal; 190 former generals oppose
Jewish Journal
August 27, 2015
Eleven Democratic Jewish former congressmen signed a letter supporting the agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, while 190 former generals signed a letter opposing the agreement.
A ‘Frank’ assessment
Jonathan Kirsch
March 11, 2015
Now and then, a politician comes along who is both cantankerous and somehow lovable, highly principled and yet open to argument, possessed of both a sense of honor and a sense of humor.
Barney Frank on practically everything
Jewish Journal
December 16, 2014
Long a legislative lion for Democrats, Barney Frank retired from Congress two years ago.
Let’s not lose our Jewish political voice
Sam Yebri
November 8, 2012
Something in our DNA inspired Jews to be a voice for social justice and public service in America. Jews have served at all levels of civic leadership since the founding of this country.
Pro-Sherman mailer labeled ‘despicable’ may have ties to Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gatto
Jonah Lowenfeld
November 1, 2012
A pro-Brad Sherman mailer sent out in October to Republican voters in the San Fernando Valley’s new 30th Congressional district features a shadowy and ominous-looking image of Rep. Howard Berman, Sherman’s Democratic opponent for Congress, shown alongside Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
In Jewish election season, old themes and new concerns about Iran
Jewish Journal
May 8, 2012
Simmering beneath the presidential season’s familiar refrains of support for Israel is a passionate partisan argument over how best to confront Iran and deal with the new Middle East.
Barney Frank to wed same-sex partner in Mass.
Jewish Journal
January 26, 2012
Barney Frank, a gay 16-term U.S. congressman from Massachusetts, plans to marry his partner, his office said on Thursday.
Barney Frank leaves as he served: With a sharp wit
Jewish Journal
November 29, 2011
Barney Frank’s talk of retirement was anything but retiring. The veteran Jewish congressman’s announcement on Monday that he would not seek re-election was replete with the same caliber of verbal bombs — lobbed and received — that characterized much of his career.
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