Voter Revolt
Joyce Moed
November 16, 2000
Alan David never gave his ballots a second thought after voting in dozens of presidential elections during the decades he lived in New York.
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November 16, 2000
Jewish Surprises on Election Day
James D
November 16, 2000
Last week just didn\’t go at all like the pundits and prognosticators predicted.
East Ventura Bound
Charlotte Hildebrand
November 16, 2000
If you\’re looking to move into a new home in Los Angeles, good luck. Last month, the median sale price for an L.A. home jumped 10 percent to $213,000, setting an all-time record for L.A. County.
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.
Service for the Dogs and Cats
Naomi Pfefferman
November 16, 2000
The rabbi wore a pooch-print tie.\nThe rebbetzin sported a pussycat brooch and a doggy bone pin \”to give equal time\” to man\’s best friends. The congregants arrived two by two, with canines and felines in tow.
Joe
Rob Eshman
November 16, 2000
Whatever happens in this election, we\’ll always have Lieberman. It is easy to forget now, amid the post-election chaos, just how momentous a day Aug. 8, 2000, was. Al Gore stood before supporters in Nashville (little did we know those may have been his only supporters in Tennessee) and called Lieberman \”someone with the experience, the character and the judgment to become the president at a moment\’s notice.\” Then Gore said words that should ring in the ears of American Jews from that day on: \”With pride in his achievements, I am here to announce my running mate for vice president, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.\”
Nervous But United
Julie Wiener
November 16, 2000
In a speech that was the centerpiece of the North American Jewish federation system\’s gathering in Chicago this week, Israel\’s prime minister recalled being a small child when he heard of the United Nations\’ 1947 vote to partition Palestine.
Leah’s Legacy
Eric Silver
November 16, 2000
After Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated five years ago this month, his wife Leah cast herself as the unforgiving scourge of the Israeli right, which she blamed for fostering the atmosphere in which a Jewish radical, Yigal Amir, pulled the trigger.
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