Opportunities Ahead — Maybe
James D. Besser
February 8, 2001
Talk to Jewish Republicans these days and you hear a palpable sense of coming out of the wilderness.
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Humor
Burt Prelutsky
October 12, 2000
As I see it, the big problem with the political debates isn\’t, as everybody contends, the candidates; rather, it\’s the format. It\’s too polite, too genteel. You wind up with two men, who have spent months accusing each other of being treacherous fools, suddenly having to put on their company manners. They wind up acting as if they just might vote for the other guy. The whole thing is as phony as a bad amateur production; mediocre lines delivered by over-rehearsed robots who have been dressed by a wardrobe lady with way too many red neckties at her disposal.
Coalition Politics That Work
David Evanier
October 5, 2000
\”It\’s almost magical,\” said Jon Friedman, a Democratic activist, of the effective coalition politics waged by the 47th Assembly District Committee. The committee, which covers a wide rectangular area including Culver City and the South Fairfax and Beverlywood neighborhoods, and extending east as far as central city areas north of the Inglewood city line, is comprised mainly of Black and Jewish members who have formed a bond of closeness and trust. The ages ranges from 20\’s to 70\’s. Members are civil servants, teachers, lawyers, show business folk, small business people, health care technicians.
Small-Town Surprise
Peter Ephross
August 24, 2000
It\’s not easy working for a Jewish vice-presidential candidate
With Power Comes Responsibility
Gene Lichtenstein
August 17, 2000
From a Jewish perspective, this past week in Los Angeles was a tremendous success. Among other things, it tended to confirm the influential role of the Jewish community in L.A. From the parties that President Clinton attended to the panelists at the Shadow Convention who derided and dogged the very proceedings at Staples Center, Jewish organizations and activists were dominant figures.
Dissenting Opinions
Eric Roth
August 17, 2000
Congressional leaders, activists and religious leaders invoked biblical notions of justice to spotlight the need to bring about campaign reform, reduce poverty and end the \”failed war on drugs.\” Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) warned the packed Shadow Convention 2000 audience in downtown Los Angeles that the Democratic and Republican con-ventions are \”the worst display of money and corruption in American history.\”
Educational Experience
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2000
By the time Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) ends his campaign for vice president, the American public will be well educated in the practice of Judaism.
Why the GOP Lacks Jews
Jonathan S. Tobin
August 3, 2000
Studies of electoral trends in the past two decades, polls and just plain political horse sense all point to yet another big win in the fall for the Democrats among Jewish voters in the presidential and congressional elections.
Endangered Species
Jewish Journal
November 12, 1998
Pity the poor Jewish Republicans. This was supposed to be their year, the election that was sure to put them on the map at last as a serious force, both in the Republican Party and in the Jewish community.
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