Republican hopes for a big Jewish surge in this year\’s presidential contest were dashed on Tuesday when President George W. Bush, in his successful bid for a second term, claimed only about 24 percent of the Jewish vote nationally, according to exit polls published by major news outlets.
The next Congress will look a lot like the last one, which was marked by unprecedented partisan strife and legislative gridlock.
The Israeli establishment is delighted by the re-election of President Bush.
Stress and disappointment gave way to jubilation at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) of Los Angeles\’ election night party as President George W. Bush piled up the electoral votes and turned the map of the United States Republican red.
Is religion more prominent or less today in American life? Is it fading away or roaring ahead? Articles about the conservative Christian influence in the Bush administration point — often fearfully — in one direction.
Jews have long had a reputation as being among the most successful minority groups in the country. For the most part, they are. But as a new report from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles makes clear, not all Southland Jews live large.
Walk into Zabar\’s and it\’s easy to spot 76-year old Gittel \”Gabby\” Zuckerman. She\’s feisty and funny, and her shrinking height and failing health don\’t diminish her power. Nor do the memories of the family she lost in the Holocaust ever leave her.
Nandor Markovic was lying in the gutter, awaiting death. He had already seen his best friend shot in the head, but Markovic could not take another step on the German-led march in 1945.
With 15 years of Jewish day school education under his belt, Marc Marrero had a plan for college.
Everybody talks about Israel, but, surprisingly, there is no teaching, research and community program at an American university that focuses solely on the Jewish state in all its multiple facets.
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