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33 Parties File for Israeli Elections

James D April 8, 1999

Thirty-three Israeli political parties signed up by Tuesday night\’s registration deadline to run in the May 17 Knesset elections, breaking the previous record of 27 parties. In addition to the large political parties, several special-interest parties and newcomers to the political scene registered, including the Casino Party, which seeks to legalize gambling, and the Green Weed Party, whose platform calls for the legalization of marijuana and other recreational drugs.

Voting for Education

Marlene Adler Marks April 8, 1999

The community colleges, like the rest of the state\’s once-stellar educational complex, have been ignored for some 20 years, which is why Tuesday\’s Los Angeles election deserves our attention.

Getting Off the Ground

Larry Derfner March 18, 1999

Until the last couple of weeks, the best thing one could say about Ehud Barak\’s campaign for prime minister was that it couldn\’t get any worse.

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.

The Liberal Revival

Marlene Adler Marks November 12, 1998

What a great week this has been for liberals. If it does nothing else, Election \’98 makes it OK to use \”L\” word again. I love it — it is so much more descriptive of hope and dream than the neutered word \”moderate.\” Liberals have been abused on both the left (by multiculturalists) and right (by fundamentalists) for so long that it will take us a while to reconsider the beauty and dignity of its expression. Liberal is who we are, even if L.A. Times\’ columnist Bob Scheer doesn\’t fathom why, defining a liberal as one who votes against self-interest. Not true.

Israel’s Mystery Man

Eric Silver October 8, 1998

The most talked-about, perhaps the most feared, figure in Israeli politics this holiday season is neither a statesman nor a rabble-rouser. He is Yitzhak Kedouri, a frail, mystical Iraqi-born rabbi, barely able to speak or to walk unaided, whose widely distributed kabbalistic amulets are credited with swaying thousands of underprivileged Sephardic Jewish voters.

‘I Am a Coalition of One’

Larry Derfner May 21, 1998

Regarding the domestic political pressures thatBinyamin Netanyahu faces in his decision-making on the peace process,the prime minister himself probably summed it up best in the \”Israelat 50\” interview he gave to Newsweek: \”I am a coalition ofone.\”

David Remnick’s Profile of Prime Minister Binyamin

Jewish Journal May 7, 1998

Some of you may have caught last week\’s New Yorker (May 25) with journalist David Remnick\’s profile of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. If not, I urge you to call the magazine\’s offices in New York and order a back copy, or simply visit your local library.\n\nRemnick offers us a portrait of Bibi as The Outsider.

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