JERUSALEM — Municipalities in southern Israel appear to have heeded the experiences of their northern counterparts during the Second Lebanon War two years ago. Efforts to keep more than half a million residents safe and calm in light of the current... Read more...
6 January 2009, 8:11 pmA inaugural party featuring filmmaker Aviva Kempner, National Jewish Democratic Council executive director Ira Forman, Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver and former New York Knick John Starks?...[Link]
6 January 2009, 8:03 pmThe Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism is urging Congress to back two "pay equity" bills that are likely to come to a vote this week in the House of Representatives—the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pa...[Link]
6 January 2009, 3:20 pmThe Minneapolis Star-Tribune has all the details on Al Franken’s 225-vote victory (for now) and Norm Coleman’s legal challenge in the U.S. Senate recount in Minnesota:
The lawsuit that Coleman...[Link]
5 January 2009, 11:07 pmAl Franken may have been declared the winner of the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota Monday, but the Republican Jewish Coalition is not giving up the fight for Norm Coleman....[Link]
5 January 2009, 9:52 pmElena Kagan is the "quintessential Barack Obama appointment," says Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism director Rabbi David Saperstein....[Link]
5 January 2009, 7:58 pmOne of the nice things about this job (tracking policy) is uncovering open-mindedness, finding out that officials, talking heads, politicos, don’t necessarily fit into a slot, that they’re willing...[Link]
5 January 2009, 4:12 pm"He’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and, gosh darn it, he’s a U.S. senator?" That’s how the Washington Post begins its piece reporting that Al Franken is likely to be named the winner of the...[Link]
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