Jewish candidates will be well represented in the March 2 election, with incumbents in Los Angeles County expected to sail through with no — or token — opposition in the Democratic and Republican primaries.
Sen. John Kerry, the Boston Brahmin who has so far won the vast majority of Democratic primaries and caucuses, appears to have opened up an insurmountable lead over rival Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) for the presidential nomination.
The fact that \”The Passion\” isn\’t anti-Semitic doesn\’t make it an effective piece of filmmaking. The bad news is that Gibson\’s motion picture manages to be sadistically violent and somewhat boring at the same time.
Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya\’alon was describing the Palestinian Authority\’s strategy of terrorism, when a small commotion erupted in the corner of the room.
Holland turned into a staging ground for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this week, as demonstrators converged on The Hague to talk about Israel\’s security barrier and Palestinian terrorism.
American public support for Israel has declined slightly over the past year. In its annual \”favorability of nations\” poll Feb. 9-12, Gallup found that 59 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Israel to various degrees, versus 35 percent unfavorable, with 6 percent having no opinion.
For Jason Alexander, best known as Jerry Seinfeld\’s hapless sidekick, George Costanza, a grass-roots peace initiative to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace is more than just \”yadda yadda yadda.\”
András Simonyi, Hungary\’s ambassador to the United States, made his first visit to the Museum of Tolerance Feb. 11 to plan a spring memorial marking this year\’s 60th anniversary of the Nazi deportation of Hungarian Jews in 1944.
The burnt-out hulk of an Israeli bus destroyed by a Palestinian suicide bomber had just arrived at The Hague on Sunday, when a second bus was blown up at a busy intersection in Jerusalem.
All over Los Angeles, Jewish groups were finding innovative ways to commemorate Tu B\’Shevat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat, which is the New Year for trees.
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