Rabbi Meir Soloveichik to offer opening invocation at Republican convention
Jewish Journal
August 27, 2012
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik is scheduled to deliver the opening invocation at the Republican National Convention.
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Romney/Ryan and the lullaby of lying
Marty Kaplan
August 27, 2012
It shouldn\’t have taken Todd Akin\’s crackpot contraception comment to alert us that Paul Ryan thinks rape is just another \”method of conception.\”
GOP, Democratic conventions will gain Jewish focus for similarities and gaps
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2012
Get set for a political double feature with much of the same plot, but with different outcomes for the issues that tend to preoccupy Jewish voters.
VP hopeful Paul Ryan meets with Sheldon Adelson
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2012
Paul Ryan met with Sheldon Adelson, a major giver to Republicans in the effort to defeat President Obama, just days after being tapped by presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney as his running mate.
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Florida Jews
Raphael Sonenshein
August 15, 2012
In 1992, Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts mounted a strong campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The pundits considered him a brainy guy who was willing to take on the sacred cows of Social Security and Medicare. Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, by contrast, seemed like a flawed candidate. Tsongas stung Clinton by calling him “pander bear.”
Paul Ryan’s courage
David Suissa
August 15, 2012
“Have any of you all met Paul Ryan? I’m telling you this guy is amazing. He is honest; he is straightforward; he is sincere; and the budget he came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget.”
Ayn Rand … Rosenbaum?
Rob Eshman
August 15, 2012
The first public cause to which Ayn Rand donated her own money was the State of Israel. I find this little-known nugget fascinating for two reasons.
Algemeiner’s transparent ploy: Naming Romney top non-Jew
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2012
I consider Dovid Efune a friend and believe he should be applauded for his work at the Algemeiner Journal. As editor, he has managed to revive and electrify the newspaper. Dubbed in the 70s as the largest Yiddish weekly in the United States, today, in addition to their Yiddish section, the Algemeiner and its website have become well-read sources of news and information on Israel and Jewish happenings for the readers of both English and Yiddish.
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