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Prof. Steven Cohen: Help Trump do a mitzvah
Economy more than anything drove Jewish vote, poll data shows
The economy was the strongest determinant for Jews who voted for Barack Obama, according to an analysis of polling data.
JDate study claims more Jewish marriage matches than its competitors
The Jewish dating Web site JDate recently announced results from a study that claims the site is responsible for facilitating more Jewish marriages than all other dating Web sites combined. The study, commissioned in-house by JDate’s parent company, Spark Networks, and conducted by the research company ResearchNow, reportedly was based on a survey of 948 Jewish Internet users who have married since 2003. Of those surveyed, 52 percent said they met their match on JDate, compared with Match.com, which facilitated 17 percent, and eHarmony, which can claim 10 percent.
Will the real Steven Cohen please stand up?
Steven Cohen is the new secretary to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, among his most powerful aides. So please don’t confuse him with Steve Cohen, the Memphis congressman, or Steven A. Cohen the billionaire hedge fund manager.
Brooklyn Rabbi Milton Balkany convicted of extortion
Brooklyn Rabbi Milton Balkany, a Jewish day school director and political activist, was convicted in federal court of extortion.
Monsters
Ten years ago, intermarriage rose up as one of the great bogeymen of Jewish communal life. The National Jewish Population Survey, released in 1990, reported that some 52 percent of Jews marry outside their faith. You could hear the rending of garments from Maine to San Diego, as rabbis and Jewish leaders bemoaned American Judaism\’s imminent collapse. Intermarriage equals demise, we were told. Jewish communities formed committees – task forces, even – and programs on Jewish continuity multiplied like legal briefs in Tallahassee.