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Mark Udall, Democrat candidate, US Senate
Chris LeppekOct 24, 2008
IJN Associate Editor interviews Cong. Mark Udall, currently serving Colorado’s second congressional district, and now running for the US Senate in November’s...
With Jerusalem on a precipice, the Nov. 11 mayoral election seen as crucial
Dina Kraft, JTAOct 24, 2008
JERUSALEM It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A rabbi, a Russian oligarch and a high-tech millionaire are running for mayor of Jerusalem. Except theres no punch...
Did Jesse Jackson say that Obama rejects Zionists?
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 24, 2008
WASHINGTON Two prominent political bugbears whose very mention drives the other side into foaming denunciations Rev. Jesse Jackson and Amir Taheri collided...
A ‘schlep’ to Obama
Ben Harris, JTAOct 24, 2008
BOCA RATON Fred Wolff is pretty explicit in laying out the reason why he wont support Barack Obama on Nov. 4. A survivor of the Dachau concentration camp who...
Scott Starin, Republican candidate, second district
Stacy FarbOct 17, 2008
The IJN’s Boulder correspondent, Stacey Farb, interviews the Republican candidate for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in November’s election....
Jared Polis, Democrat candidate, second district
Stacy FarbOct 17, 2008
The IJN’s Boulder correspondant, Stacey Farb, interviews the Democrat candidate for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in November’s election....
Some Israeli settlers break a taboo
Dina Kraft, JTAOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM Marking the close of the Fast of Gedaliah, a mournful day that commemorates the biblical-era political assassination of a Jew by another Jew, some 200...
Haider’s death removes a key player in Austria
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTAOct 17, 2008
VIENNA The death of Joerg Haider, a controversial and charismatic right-wing politician in Austria, has removed one of the countrys key players at a time of...
Yom Kippur violence overtakes Acre, Israel
Leslie Susser, JTAOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM The rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Acre, which erupted after an Arab man drove through a Jewish neighborhood on Yom Kippur, shows just how...
Kadima, Labor agree to coalition
Jerusalem PostOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM Kadima and Labor party representatives on Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, initialed a coalition agreement in which Labor chair and Defense Minister Ehud Barak...