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Think American, Not Mexican on Antonio
Bill Boyarsky
April 7, 2005
As Antonio Villaraigosa campaigns for mayor in the Jewish community, he will face the same big question asked by all non-Latino voters: Are you too Mexican?
The question is especially important to Jews, because our community\’s long-time relationship with Latino and African American Los Angeles has been a powerful force in the city\’s history.
Bang the Press Slowly
Bill Boyarsky
August 5, 2004
\”I will concede that conservative Jewish Republicans like myself are in the minority, especially out here on the Left Coast,\” reader Gillee Sherman e-mailed me. \”But we are growing in numbers every day, and this election should see a huge improvement for Bush in the Jewish community.\”
Arnold’s Choice
Rob Eshman
September 18, 2003
If there was a presidential candidate whose father accused \”the Jew media\” and \”Jewish pundits in New York and Los Angeles\” of beating the drums for war, and said he had no problem with harassing and punishing the Jews — but such things shouldn\’t be done in \”a loud clamor\” — would you vote for that candidate?
Increasing Political Isolation for Jews
James D. Besser
November 7, 2002
If all those statistics are true about Jews still being one of the most liberal voting blocs in the nation, why are they increasingly estranged from the American left?
Easy: The left, ranging from the anti-globalism fringes to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to some segments of the mainstream liberal community, has adopted policies and perspectives that even many progressive Jews regard as offensive and dangerous.
A National Unity Government for L.A.
Sheldon Teitelbaum
February 22, 2001
The more time I spend trailing the Los Angeles mayoral candidates, the more I find myself musing about rehabilitating the commissariat as a form of government. Or, failing such \”Red Dawn\”/\”Red Alert\” scenarios, perhaps we might seek something akin to the national unity administration now under contemplation in Israel. I say this not just to be provocative — well not only. It just strikes me as a huge waste of precious talent, integrity and commitment to be forced by a winner-takes-all electoral system to have to pick just one of these outstanding people for mayor while jettisoning the others.
Tight Races
Rabbi Dov Fischer
November 16, 2000
Initially, one cannot help but think that the surge of retired, elderly Jews to Florida, augmented by this year\’s Lieberman Factor, has redefined Florida politics into an Israel-style method of governance. While the rest of America was voting and deciding on Tues., Nov. 7, Florida was telling us – just as Israel runs under Barak – \”Wait 48 hours, and then we\’ll decide.\” Two days later, as the last recount came in from Seminole County with Bush a nose ahead, Florida essentially told us, \”Well, wait 48 more hours, and then we\’ll really decide.\” Even today, Nov. 17, with all the incoming mail ballots from those Floridian voters stationed out-of-state in the military and on campuses tallied, we still have the proverbial 48 hours and more. Recounts. Manual recounts. Just like Barak\’s Israel.
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