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November 13, 2008
Attention, politicians: Pandering won’t fly
[Jewish voters] are widely perceived as virtually single-issue in outlook, lacking nuance on complex matters and easily pleased. \”Throw them a few bones, and they\’ll be happy,\” seems to be the operative assessment among the politicians who do the Jewish circuit.
Can new pro-Israel group J Street generate political clout?
Can fundraising success translate into Capitol Hill clout? That\’s the question facing J Street, the new liberal pro-Israel political action committee, which raised nearly $570,000 for 41 U.S. House and Senate candidates.
Mosques and synagogues reach across divide
Starting next week, 50 synagogues and 50 mosques throughout the United States and Canada will get together for three days of \”twinning\” and intensive discussions.
Passage of Prop. 8 reveals rift between denominations
Jewish voices had joined both sides of the bitter and costly Proposition 8 debate leading up to Election Day. Reform and Conservative leaders largely condemned the stripping of civil rights from a fellow minority population, while Orthodox officials praised constitutional protection for the biblical definition of marriage.
Two LAUSD board members retire, Friedlander wins Shoah scholarship prize
Veteran Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board members Julie Korenstein and Marlene Canter, both of whom are Jewish, announced in late October that they would not seek re-election for their terms, which expire in June.
Look up to see angels
Parshat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) May we, like Abraham the Patriarch, be comforted by the appearance of what Abraham Lincoln called, \”the better angels of our nature\” as they come to transform our country into the caring community for which we pray every day.
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