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Jewish voters know the scene well. Politicians show up at our synagogues, community events and Jewish homes for the aging—all talking up “Jewish values,” all trying to speak the language of the Jewish community. This election season, we are seeing more of the same. Yet the trick for our community and congregations is to decipher […]

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“Americans who support Israel should take the president at his word,” wrote Haim Saban recently in the New York Times, claiming President Barack Obama is fully committed to the Jewish state. But is that true? Should we take him at his word? No, not when Israel confronts the threat of nuclear annihilation by Iran. Time […]

During his recent visit to New York, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s delegation ordered Shabbat food from Brooklyn’s Pomegranate whole foods supermarket, and the bill for the 10-person spread came to $1,800, according to published reports. One of Netanyahu’s aides told a store employee who would be eating the food and the news was leaked to […]

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